{"id":877312,"date":"2026-09-29T12:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=877312"},"modified":"2026-09-29T12:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T10:05:12","slug":"new-gourmet-spar-next-door-to-ultra-luxury-zimbali-estate-photos-of-whats-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/877312\/new-gourmet-spar-next-door-to-ultra-luxury-zimbali-estate-photos-of-whats-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"New ‘Gourmet’ SPAR next door to ultra-luxury Zimbali Estate \u2013 Photos of what’s inside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

BusinessTech visited the recently launched SPAR Gourmet in Zimbali and was impressed by the store’s high-end look and feel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPAR Gourmet, located next door to the high-end Zimbali Estate in KwaZulu-Natal, was launched<\/a><\/strong> at the end of 2025 and was the first SPAR of its kind in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The store offers a luxury grocery experience, with a Vida e Caff\u00e8, premium bakery and butchery, dedicated wine section, and ready-made meals on offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Craft pizza cooked in-store, a flower kiosk, “restaurant-quality” frozen food, a fruit and vegetable section, and standard groceries are also available to shoppers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPAR previously said the launch of the SPAR Gourmet in Zimbali was a defining moment for the brand, as it showed “how powerful it can be when our retailers\u2019 passion and entrepreneurial spirit come together”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This was in reference to SPAR’s partnership with independent retailer Mark Anderson, which brought the store to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company added that SPAR\u2019s model has always relied on independent owners who operate under the brand, while using their own entrepreneurial insight and understanding of local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SPAR said at the time that it planned to open more Gourmet stores going forward, with four new stores planned for 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inside SPAR Gourmet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

SPAR Gourmet is located in the Zimbali Oasis shopping centre, right outside Zimbali Estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The centre also features a Tops at SPAR bottle store, a SPAR-branded pharmacy, padel courts, a coffee shop, and a gym.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Zimbali Oasis was the perfect place to bring this vision to life and alongside our retailer, we\u2019ve created a store that genuinely lifts the shopping experience for our consumer,” said SPAR at the launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos of inside the SPAR Gourmet in Zimbali Oasis are below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BusinessTech visited Spar Gourmet, a high-end grocery store aimed at up-market shoppers. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":877313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"posted","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"2104875349553070370","_sma_facebook_post_id":"191437357620492_2220481888772210","_sma_instagram_post_id":"18030494180894093","_sma_x_attempts":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[9838,22036,23223],"class_list":["post-877312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-spar","tag-spar-gourmet","tag-zimbali"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=877312"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":877430,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/877312\/revisions\/877430"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=877312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=877312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=877312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}