Zimbabwe
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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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Thinking inside the box
A small, but growing, number of African consumers are turning to vegetable boxes supplied by the likes of Zimbabwe’s Fresh In A Box, PricePally in Nigeria, Market Garden Uganda, and Tambula in Namibia as a safe and convenient alternative to open-air markets during the Covid-19 crisis. These online players mainly source fruits and vegetables directly
25th June 2020
Categories: SagaRetail News - Retail - Nigeria - Uganda - Zimbabwe - Namibia
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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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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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Choppies faces fire and fury in Zimbabwe
January has been an eventful month for the Botswanan supermarket chain in one of its most important international markets. Riots sparked by the government’s January 12th announcement that it was more than doubling the retail price of fuel saw nine Choppies outlets in Harare and Bulawayo looted, with four of these extensively damaged by fire.
22nd January 2019
Categories: Retail & Shopping Malls - Zimbabwe
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Empty shelves prompt Zimbabwean government to temporarily lift import ban
On October 23rd, The Zimbabwean government removed a ban on the importation of basic commodities. The products affected include bottled water‚ cereals and cooking oil. This decision comes in the wake of shortages that had led to panic buying and seen businesses ranging from fast food chain KFC to clothing retailer Edgars temporarily shut their
31st October 2018
Categories: SagaRetail News - Consumer - Retail & Shopping Malls - Zimbabwe