About CFC

Chilalo Food Complex is one of the biggest food processing companies in Ethiopia, which found in Oromia region Arsi Zone Asela town 175Km far from the Ethiopian capital city Addis Ababa.

In earlier, Chilalo food complex/owner Tedla H/Giorgis had a flour factory named Chilalo Flour Factory, which established since 2008 with a beginning capital of 2.8 million ETB, 28 employees, and 3,500 km² planted flour machinery. Chilalo Flour Factory obtains all the row materials from the local Farmers and the company was known by producing high-quality flour for customers. Even though the company works with banks in this time, during the establishment of the flour factory, the company did not take any kinds of bank credits-that can be a strong effort of the owner.

As we know the name Chilalo is taken from the highest mountain in Ethiopia, which is found in Oromia region Arsi Zone around Asela town. As a Chilalo mountain, the company was coming to food processing industry with a SMART strategic plan, which helps to growing up rapidly. Because of three reasons Chilalo food complex is booming in short period of time-hard working culture by professional workers, competitive advantage to get wheat in terms of quality, quantity, and price and better market driving system of the company.

After three years, at 2010 the company gets a legal documents and a place to expand itself from it where. The city administration office allows the company to locate another area in side Asella for further expiation. During this time, the company can able to produces biscuits in addition to flour. Then the name Chilalo Flour Factory changed and become chilalo food complex.

During 2011, Chilalo Food Complex covers 15,000 Km2 areas, which were granted from Assela City Administration following the investment permit from Oromia Regional State in early 2011, under registration number KIO-A/ID/HO270 with a starting capital of 25 Million Ethiopian Birr (1.4 Million USD). The period of establishment was full of challenges, getting professional employees, penetrating the products into the market, way of product delivery, Promotion and some others challenged the company. However, the owner and the employees hardly work to break the market barriers, Even if the owner works by being sales drivers. Finally Chilalo food complex become a well-known company that produces a high quality OK brand biscuits, macaroni pasta, spaghetti pasta and flour.

After the establishment, Chilalo Food Complex started producing high quality wheat flour, Macaroni and wide varieties of

Biscuits with a common brand name `OK`.  Its products are available in every market using its own more than 70 van trucks of different types throughout the country. Since the factory is located in Asela town, which commonly cultivate wheat with good qualities and quantities nationally; it enables the location the most convenient place a food complex could ever.

Currently, Chilalo Food Complex has above 1500 permanent and more than 600 seasonal employees. As of 2020, the total capital of the factory is 716,000,000 Ethiopian Birr. One extra Spaghetti pasta factory, one noodles factory and one large warehouse are parts of the expansion project. The company started an expansion project with more than a total capital of 600,000,000 Ethiopian Birr. When the project is finalized, the company will hire 2,000 permanent and more than 600 seasonal employees. Moreover, Chilalo Food Complex is an action-oriented company, which is greatly participating in providing different social-support to the needy ones.

Now a days, Chilalo Food Complex supplies huge amount of high energizer biscuit for Ethiopian National Defense Force, Oromia Special Police force and AID organizations.