In the last quarter of 1989 Walter A Chipkin (Pty) Ltd who are based in Industria - Johannesburg listed on the J.S.E. under the name of Bidvest (Pty) Ltd.

Chipkins Catering Supplies had been trading in KZN under the name of Denis Lowen for the past 26 years. In April 1994 we moved to more modern premises in Jacobs and simultaneously changed our name from Denis Lowen To Chipkins Catering Supplies.

March 1995 saw the closure of L.M.Harris who had been trading in Durban since the turn of the Century and with that Chipkins absorbed a substantial share of the L.M.Harris customer base. This led to Chipkins expanding at a quicker than expected rate and 5 years later had to move once again to larger premises.

Chipkins Catering Supplies is nationally represented with free standing de-centralised branches in the following major centres:

We supply a comprehensive range of Grocery - Hardware - Packaging - Kitchen smalls - Glassware - Crockery and Liquor items that can be viewed within the Product Listing section of this website.

We offer credit facility to our customers subject to the completion of a credit application and approval by our account department.

Our fleet of 9 trucks offer a daily delivery service to the greater Durban area and South Coast as far as Scottburugh.

Same day deliveries are available to the following areas Durban Central - Berea - Morningside - Durban North and Umhlanga.

We request that orders for same day delivery be placed before 10:00am.

The other free delivery areas are far South Coast as far as The Wild Coast Sun and Casino, North Coast as far as Hluhluwe, both of the above areas on a once a week basis.