Clover has been the largest manufacturer of milk and butter in South Africa for well over a century.
Established in 1898 as Natal Creamery the dairy producer set out purely to become a butter producer for the Kwa-Zula Natal region. The group of farmers at the helm soon realised the opportunity of distributing milk to other regions of the country.
Eight years later and they were already established in Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg. For the next thirty years Clover would expand into other major regions within South Africa and make large scale upgrades to their infrastructure to cement themselves as a clear industry leader.
Their next sixty years would build up one of the most efficient distribution networks for transporting fast moving consumer goods. Finally re-branding to Clover SA for the first in 1994 the dairy giant would aggressively expand into other market segments for the next twenty years of their existence.
Clover has had some form of partnership with companies such as Danone (France), Fonterra (New Zealand), Real Huice Co (SA) and Futurelife (SA).