1987
City Pharmacy founded by Mahesh Patel at Garden City, Port Moresby with just four staff.
1992
City Pharmacy moves beyond Port Moresby, opening five stores in regional PNG.
1998
City Pharmacy is the first business house to operate in Buka after the Bougainville Crisis.
2002
CPL Group lists on the Port Moresby Stock Exchange. Exciting times ahead for CPL Group.
2003
City Pharmacy launches PNG’s first customer loyalty program, Real Rewards.
2005
CPL Group acquires Stop N Shop supermarket chain from Steamships Trading Company.
2007
CPL Group partners with Post PNG to co-locate some City Pharmacy retail outlets. CPL Group launches the first women’s empowerment program in PNG, the Pride of PNG Awards for Women, honouring ordinary Papua New Guinean women doing extraordinary things.
2009
CPL Group acquires Hardware Haus stores from Steamships Trading Company.
2010
Mahesh Patel named Director of the Year by the PNG Institute of Directors.
2011
CPL Group launches Boncafé coffee shops in Papua New Guinea.
2012
CPL Group opens Paradise Cinema in Port Moresby, PNG’s first multiplex cinema. CPL Group named Private Sector Employer of the Year by the PNG Human Resources Institute.
2013
CPL Group acquires Sydney, Australia-based pharmaceutical wholesaler Cost Save Pty Ltd. CPL named Innovative Company of the Year by the PNG Institute of Directors.
2014
CPL opens new concept shopping complex, Waigani Central, in Port Moresby, featuring a do-ityourself hardware concept store, its largest ever Stop N Shop supermarket and its second Paradise Cinema complex.
2015
CPL moves into fashion retailing, with the opening of two Jack’s of PNG stores in Port Moresby. CPL opens two Prouds Duty Free stores and an IGA Airport Express outlet at Jacksons International Airport. CPL opens its third City Pharmacy store in Mt Hagen—the 30th City Pharmacy store overall.