Galito’s is targeting a network of 30 stores in Namibia within the next five years as the fast-food chain combines traditional restaurants with its container-based GaliPod model to accelerate expansion.
The target would more than triple the company’s current footprint after it recently opened its ninth Namibian outlet in Okuryangava. The new outlet is its second GaliPod in the country, following the launch of the first in Pioneers Park.
Galito’s Director for Marketing and Communications Anouk Savic told The Brief that both conventional restaurants and GaliPods will remain central to the company’s expansion strategy.
Traditional restaurants will continue to anchor the brand in key locations, including its Klein Windhoek flagship and Maerua Mall outlet, while the GaliPod format will allow the company to enter locations where a conventional restaurant may not be suitable.
“Both formats will remain central to our strategy. Traditional outlets continue to anchor our presence in key locations, like our Klein Windhoek flagship and Maerua Mall, while the GaliPod, a shipping container converted into a fully functioning Galito’s outlet, gives us a faster, more flexible way to reach additional sites, particularly at partner forecourts and retail locations,” Savic said.
“We see it as a complementary growth lever rather than a replacement for our standalone stores.”
The company does not have a fixed target for the number of GaliPods it plans to roll out, with potential locations to be assessed individually based on commercial viability and operating conditions.
Savic said the container model requires less construction time and capital investment than a conventional restaurant, allowing the company to establish outlets more quickly when suitable locations become available.
“The biggest draw of the container format is flexibility. A GaliPod can be placed in almost any location, without compromising on the quality or freshness of our flame-grilled menu,” she said.
Savic said the format is particularly suited to Namibia because of Galito’s partnerships with fuel and retail operators, where available space may not accommodate a full-scale restaurant.
“This suits Namibia well given our strong partnerships with fuel and retail brands, whose forecourt and retail sites often don’t have room for a full-scale restaurant but are ideal for a compact, self-contained unit,” she said.
