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Pick n Pay delivers on first year of multi-year recovery plan
Pick n Pay’s turnaround is taking shape as the retailer reports a year of recovery after solving its debt challenges and driving a like for [...]
Blind SA and Checkers Sixty60 collaborate on app accessibility
Checkers to optimise the online shopping experience on the Sixty60 app for blind and partially sighted users. Source: Blind SA and Checkers Sixty60 collaborate on [...]
Pick n Pay delivers early momentum on its turnaround plan
Pick n Pay delivers early momentum on its turnaround plan Source: Pick n Pay delivers early momentum on its turnaround plan
Company Updates
SA’s largest poultry group plans tinned chicken to take on pilchards
SA's largest poultry group plans tinned chicken to take on pilchards Source: SA's largest poultry group plans tinned chicken to take on pilchards [...]
Tiger Brands forced to sharply increase its food product prices
Tiger Brands, South Africa’s biggest food producer, yesterday provided some indication of just how sharply food prices have risen after it pegged its overall basket [...]
How much sugar is packed into South Africa’s favourite cereals
How much sugar is packed into South Africa’s favourite cereals Source: How much sugar is packed into South Africa’s favourite cereals
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Videos
Shoprite and Checkers win recycled product of the year at 2018 PETCO Awards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgPiO979tbw Shoprite and Checkers were awarded the Recycled Product of the Year at the 2018 PETCO Awards, the South African PET Recycling Company’sannual awards and the industry’s biggest celebration of recycling and waste management excellence.Source: [...]
BUSINESS DAY TV: Retailers concerned about SA’s growth outlook
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ79iGys4qQ
BUSINESS DAY TV: Out with the crown jewels and in with the food focus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJuZ1WBHTV8
Economic Updates
Retailers not cutting food prices fast enough – especially eggs, competition watchdog warns
Releasing its latest Essential Food Price Monitoring Report (EFPM) on Friday, the Competition Commission said the "slow transmission" of reduced cooking oil prices to consumers, for instance, raised concerns [...]
SA retailers confidence remains in contractionary territory, but optimism persists
Sentiment in the retail industry in South Africa has ticked up though it remains in contractionary territory as consumers have begun feeling confident that the cost of living is [...]
Inflation sinks below the Reserve Bank’s key target | Business
Consumer inflation has dipped below the SA Reserve Bank's key target of 4.5%, cooling to 4.4% in August from 4.6% in July. Source: Inflation sinks below the Reserve Bank's [...]
Fuel prices expected to drop in October
Following a drop in fuel prices for the month of September, South African consumers could expect fuel prices to decrease in October. Source: Fuel prices expected to drop in October [...]
Big petrol price drop tipped for July
Economists are predicting a big drop in petrol and diesel prices next month, saying it will bring much-needed relief to under-pressure consumers. Source: Big petrol price drop tipped for [...]
SA retail sales up 2.3% in March
SA retail sales up 2.3% in March Source: SA retail sales up 2.3% in March
Good news for petrol prices in June
A big drop in global oil prices is signalling a significant drop in prices for both petrol and diesel in June. Source: Good news for petrol prices in June [...]
Logicode Industry News
Veggie victory as JHB High Court sets aside the decision to seize plant-based products
A new ruling by the South Gauteng High Court in JHB has overturned an interim interdict to forestall and prevent the seizure of plant based meat alternatives from South [...]
SA consumers feel the big squeeze: 99% have changed their FMCG shopping habits to save money
44% of South African consumers feel they are in a worse financial position this year. Source SA consumers feel the big squeeze: 99% have changed their FMCG shopping habits to [...]
Massive shift in shopping habits in South Africa as consumers adapt to load shedding
Load shedding has pushed South Africans away from perishable foods Source:Massive shift in shopping habits in South Africa as consumers adapt to load shedding
Pioneer Foods to take full ownership of Futurelife
PepsiCo South Africa, through its subsidiary Pioneer Foods, is set to acquire the remaining 50 percent stake in Futurelife Health products Source:Pioneer Foods to take full ownership of Futurelife [...]