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Zambia and Zimbabwe weigh down Pick n Pay’s international performance
Sales at Pick n Pay’s Rest of Africa division rose by 2.8% in constant-currency terms, to ZAR4.7 billion (USD276 million), during its FY2020 (the 12 months to February 2020). Outside of its native South Africa, the chain operated 154 stores in six southern African countries at the end of February, having opened a net six
13th July 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Lesotho - Swaziland - Supermarkets - Supermarket - Botswana - Zambia - Zimbabwe - South Africa - Namibia
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Zambeef continues retail expansion despite economic headwinds
Zambeef, which describes itself as “the largest vertically integrated food retailing brand in Zambia,” has reported total revenue of ZMW3.1 billion (USD210 million) for its 2019 financial year (the 12 months to September 2019), with its retail operations accounting for almost two-thirds of this. Zambeef’s retail revenue rose by 20.4% year-on-year, to ZMW2.0 billion (USD136
18th March 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Supermarkets - Zambia
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Sagaci Research relaunches the KFC Index
En francais ci-dessous Kwa lugha ya Kiswahili hapa chini KFC Index identifies Central African CFA Franc as the most overvalued currency in Africa Sagaci Research, the leading independent pan-African market research and market intelligence firm, has released its “KFC Index” for January 2020. This twice yearly index utilises the prices of KFC chicken buckets in
31st January 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Lesotho - Egypt - Ghana - Angola - Cote d'Ivoire - Gabon - Kenya - Morocco - Mozambique - Nigeria - Senegal - Sudan - Tanzania - Tunisia - Uganda - Zambia - Zimbabwe - South Africa - Ivory Coast
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Shoprite stabilises sales in sub-Saharan Africa
South African retailer Shoprite, the largest operator of supermarkets in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), saw the annual rate of decline in its sales in that region slow from -4.9% to -1.5% between Q3 and Q4 of 2019. During the period July-December (the first half of its financial year), sales declined by 3.1%, to ZAR10.8 billion (USD736
29th January 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Angola - Nigeria - Zambia
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FX-woes continue to weigh on Shoprite’s turnover in sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa-based Shoprite, the largest supermarket chain in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with more than 400 outlets in 14 countries (excluding its domestic market), saw sales in these markets decline by 7.7% during the 12 months to June 2019. However, in constant-currency terms, they rose by 0.9%. Against a background of hyperinflation and currency depreciation, Angola
6th August 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Consumer
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South African REIT seeks to exit six sub-Saharan malls
South African real estate investment trust (REIT) Hyprop Investments and its partners Attacq and Atterbury Group are seeking a buyer for the six malls they own in sub-Saharan Africa. Hyprop has an interest in four Ghanian malls (Accra, West Hills, and Achimota in the capital, as well as Kumasi City), in addition to Ikeja City
4th June 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Ghana - Nigeria - Zambia
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Massmart reorients growth efforts towards East Africa and Zambia
South African retailer Massmart, in which Walmart holds a majority stake, intends to open 47 new stores by 2021, with about a third of this space to be located outside of its domestic market. According to CEO Guy Hayward, “Zambia and East Africa are interesting to us because they’re not totally dependent on mineral resources
7th March 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Kenya - Zambia
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Import restrictions threaten supermarket supply chains in Southern Africa
According to The African Development Bank’s annual African Economic Outlook, which was published last month, such South African retail chains as Shoprite risk becoming victims of their own success in Southern Africa. This is because governments in the region have begun to perceive them as a threat to local economic development and are moving to
25th February 2019
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Zambia - Zimbabwe - South Africa
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Zambian agribusiness beefs up its retail presence
Zambeef Products is rapidly expanding its supermarket footprint in its native Zambia under the Macro banner, bringing modern retail to provincial towns like Wusakile in Copperbelt Province and opening a smaller store in Lusaka. During September 2018, Zambeef opened its first City Market Macro outlet in the capital. According to the company, this concept “is
16th November 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Zambia
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Massmart to open six new Builders Warehouse outlets
South Africa-based Massmart has unveiled plans to open six new Builders Warehouse stores over the next two years.These stores will located in Kenya, Mozambique, Swaziland and Zambia.
5th September 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail & Shopping Malls - Construction & Real Estate - Kenya - Mozambique - Zambia