To ensure all customers enjoy the same quality instore experience, SPAR South Africa’s Eastern Cape retailers each year raise funds to donate wheelchairs to residents in need. As part of these efforts, the retailers run the ‘Wheelchair Wednesday’ community campaign, now in its tenth year. The campaign is traditionally held over four Wednesdays in October

Shoprite created 42 new jobs with the opening of its supermarket at the Flagstaff Square shopping centre in the Eastern Cape. Shoprite Flagstaff Square offers customers a convenient shopping experience with 19 pay points and access to several in-store fresh food departments including a Meat Market, Hot & Cold Foods Deli, Bakery and Fresh Fruit

It’s official, electronics manufacturer TCL, the global second bestselling LCD TV brand of 2019 and 2020 as per OMDIA data, is entering the South African market as of 3 November 2021. It promises affordable quality and smarter than smart televisions for all South Africans. TCL’s launch into South Africa speaks volumes of the company’s confidence

Checkers was recently named South Africa’s best grocery and liquor store (Checkers LiquorShop) in the 2021/2022 Ask Afrika Orange Index Awards. “It is an honour to be recognised as the best grocery and liquor store in South Africa. We are very proud of this accolade and wish to thank our customers as this would not have

Food safety is critically important to Woolworths and we take all issues regarding the production of our food extremely seriously. Following routine quality tests, Woolworths is recalling Woolworths branded 100% APPLE JUICE 200 ml cartons (single boxes and six packs) with the best before date of 23, 28 and 29 March 2022. It was identified

African retailer, Game Stores, is introducing its Price Beat Promise to its month-long Black November promotion for the first time in history – guaranteeing Game shoppers the lowest possible price on all items stocked at Game, between 1 and 30 November. “This is how we are reimagining the popular shopping holiday ‘Black November’ for our customers. Not only are we giving them

Checkers opened its new world-class supermarket at Chartwell Corner in Dainfern yesterday, elevating the customer experience through the introduction of brand-new in-store services and greater convenience. Named the most reputable brand in South Africa in Brand Finance’s 2021 annual report, Checkers continues to introduce more and more customers to a world-class shopping experience and is growing

When buying electronics and appliances, many consumers opt for self-installation with the perception that this will save them time and money. However, doing this runs many risks – including voiding the warranty on the item in question, says African retailer, Game. Most electronics and appliance manufacturers stipulate in their policies that the product warranty will only remain valid

Clicks Group has announced that chief executive officer (“CEO”) and executive director Vikesh Ramsunder has resigned from the group with effect from 31 December 2021 to take up a career opportunity as the CEO of a listed company in Australia. He will continue as a strategic advisor to the group until 31 August 2022. Bertina

Proudly South African and leading fashion and lifestyle retailer, TFG, has acquired the beloved local bedding, duvet and pillows brand Granny Goose and the associated manufacturer, Cotton Traders. The Granny Goose products will be available exclusively to TFG’s @home brand. The acquisition will result in the over 235 Granny Goose & Cotton Traders employees joining

Update on impact of civil unrest During the widespread civil unrest in KwaZulu-Natal (“KZN”) in July 2021, 52 Clicks stores and one The Body Shop store were looted and vandalised. The affected stores represented 6% of the group’s store base. By 31 August 2021, 34 of these stores had been reopened. A further 8 stores

In the month of National Recycling Day and World Clean-up Day, Woolworths is expanding its reusable bag collection trial and introducing more recycling vending machines in selected stores. After running a successful reusable shopping bag collection trial at Woolies’ Palmyra store since May, the retailer has now introduced collection points at Hout Bay and Constantia

Key information – continuing operations for the 53-week period Sale of merchandise increased by 8.1% to R168.0 billion Trading profit increased by 24.9% to R10.3 billion Diluted headline earnings per share (DHEPS) increased by 20.1% to 952.5 cents (restated 2020*: 793.4 cents) Adjusted DHEPS** increased by 20.7% to 883.8 cents (restated 2020*: 732.5 cents) Full

Clicks has been voted the Coolest Specialist Health Store in the annual Sunday Times GenNext Awards. The GenNext Awards, now in its 17th year, is the country’s leading annual youth brand preference and consumer behaviour survey focusing on South African youth aged 8 to 30. Winning this award indicates that Clicks’ efforts to resonate with

Key information – continuing operations for the 53-week period Sale of merchandise increased by 8.1% to R168.0 billion Trading profit increased by 24.9% to R10.3 billion Diluted headline earnings per share (DHEPS) increased by 20.1% to 952.5 cents (restated 2020*: 793.4 cents) Adjusted DHEPS** increased by 20.7% to 883.8 cents (restated 2020*: 732.5 cents) Full

Clicks has been voted the Top Brand for Convenience in the annual Kantar BrandZ Top 30 Most Valuable South African brands survey. The retail pharmacy chain increased its brand value 10% in the past year to US$449 million which saw it move up two places to No. 22. The BrandZ ranking is an annual survey

SPAR South Africa’s sustainability tagline, ‘My SPAR, Our Tomorrow’ is a public commitment to the future of the SPAR Brand and our planet. SPAR South Africa wants to reduce its overall impact and contribute to social and natural ecosystems’ wellbeing. The company has a number of own brand packaging goals to achieve over the next

As South African consumers grapple with constrained budgets, Massmart’s Game Weekly Market Price Position Report – which conducts weekly research into the prices on goods across several South African retailers – found that Game is leading the way on the price of promotional items, outweighing its competitors by 8.54%. With this week’s petrol increase dishing

Pepkor has made significant strides in its recovery of affected operations since the civil unrest experienced last month. The group expects to have more than 350 of the more than 500 looted stores up and running by the end of September. This is following the announcement that around 10% of the group’s total store footprint

These new goals focus on traceability, transparency, circularity, diversity and inclusivity as well energy and carbon emissions. In line with its vision to be one of the world’s most responsible retailers, Woolworths Holdings Limited (WHL) is proud to announce its next set of ambitious Good Business Journey sustainability goals. These include future-focused, measureable targets aimed

SPAR retailers in South Africa affected by recent civil unrest and looting have “expressed a firm commitment to start again”, said SPAR South Africa Group CEO Brett Botten in an update. The Group’s update issued on the current state of its business as of 22 July, noted the extent of the impact on its operations in KwaZulu-Natal

Commenting on progress in recovering from the social unrest and damage last week, Pick n Pay Group CEO, Pieter Boone said: “We updated stakeholders earlier this week on damage to Pick n Pay and Boxer stores and infrastructure as a result of last week’s social unrest and looting.  In total, 136 of our food, grocery,

Following a week of political and social unrest in South Africa impacting our operations in the KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng provinces, this announcement serves to update shareholders of our assessment of the impact of this event on our operations as at 18 July 2021. It is noteworthy that, as a result of exceptionally strong turnover in

As the authorities are restoring stability in pockets of KZN and Gauteng the Shoprite Group is working around the clock to repair and restock looted and damaged stores. These stores are becoming operational and are re-opening for business by the hour while the safety of both customers and employees remains paramount. “Supply lines to the majority of stores

As a result of looting and vandalism over the past few days across Gauteng, and predominantly KwaZulu Natal (KZN), a total of 184 SPAR Group Ltd stores (including 62 TOPS liquor stores and 31 Build it stores) have been severely impacted. This represents roughly 7% of the SPAR store network across Southern Africa. SPAR stores

Amidst the disruption in South Africa, Game Stores remains focused on providing South Africans with essential goods in as many areas as possible, through its brick-and-mortar stores and its partnerships with Uber Eats and OneCart. “Our ability to deliver online orders has been affected in some areas, such as Durban and surrounds, where routes have

Pick n Pay has opened additional capacity in response to the high demand in online shopping on its scheduled delivery platform www.pnp.co.za. In Gauteng particularly, where the third wave is resulting in more people distancing and isolating, Pick n Pay has increased delivery slots by 65% on the platform. “We have moved quickly to add