South African retail group Woolworths says that a constrained economy and power supply issues negatively impacted its operations in the half year period ending 29 December 2019 – but its food sales remained resilient.

SARS Commissioner Edward Kieswetter has committed the revenue collector to work closely with other government agencies to stamp out illicit trading plaguing various sectors.

The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell says the government’s support package for bushfire-affected small businesses will help viable small businesses get back on their feet.

Clicks will prioritise its own branded products in a bid to provide better value to cash-strapped consumers, CEO Vikesh Ramsunder says.

As the academic year kicks off the 150 learners from Constantia Primary School will have their school meals supplement by vegetables from their own organic food garden thanks to a partnership with Checkers Constantia.

Shoprite, the owner of Checkers and Usave stores, said on Wednesday that liquor sales in its half-year to end-December 2019 rose by more than a fifth, helping to underpin almost double-digit sales growth in its core SA business.

After successful trials at the Woolworths Head Office and Garden Centre store, Woolworths has rolled out its new coffee cup recycling initiative to all Western Cape stores with cafés, coffee carts or pods. When it comes to recycling, the disposal of coffee cups presents the challenges of mixed materials and the potential of food waste contamination.

In line with the Shoprite Group’s commitment to ensure that 100% of its plastic packaging is reusable and/or recyclable by 2025, it is now using the 4 000 tons of plastic returned annually to its distribution centres to produce its 100% recycled and recyclable plastic shopping bags.

Pick n Pay will now offer flight booking and travel ticket services in-store, in partnership with Travelstart.

After the SA competition authorities cracked down on a Dutch seed potato breeder – and its exclusive South African distributor – a new deal could help drive prices down for one of SA’s favourite potatoes.

As more South African retailers announce possible closure of unprofitable stores, their peers in the continent are breaking new grounds, becoming the ones to watch in the foreseeable future, the latest Global Retail Development Index compiled by international consulting firm, A.T. Kearney shows.

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