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Gareth Ackerman

Ackerman retreat gives Pick n Pay a lift
Business
/ 1 June 2024

Ackerman retreat gives Pick n Pay a lift

The family’s decision to relinquish control over the grocery retailer gives their new chief executive more room to turn the business around

By Anathi Madubela
Ackerman family to relinquish control of struggling Pick n Pay
Business
/ 27 May 2024

Ackerman family to relinquish control of struggling Pick n Pay

The announcement comes after another disappointing set of results, in which the group reported a massive decline in its trading profit

By Sarah Smit
Summers returns to revamp vintage Pick ‘n Pay with Ferrari drive
Business
/ 2 October 2023

Summers returns to revamp vintage Pick ‘n Pay with Ferrari drive

The retailer announced that outgoing Pick n Pay chief executive Pieter Boone would be replaced by Sean Summers, who led the company from 1999 to 2006

By Sarah Smit
Pick n Pay: How labour has fared in Ackerman’s empire
Business
/ 13 September 2023

Pick n Pay: How labour has fared in Ackerman’s empire

The retail giant was known for his role in opposing apartheid-era labour restrictions. But as economic conditions became tough, so did Pick n Pay

By Sarah Smit
Pick n Pay founder and retail pioneer Raymond Ackerman dies
National
/ 7 September 2023

Pick n Pay founder and retail pioneer Raymond Ackerman dies

The retail group Ackerman founded described him as a ‘visionary South African’ in a statement released on Thursday

By Sarah Smit
Gareth Ackerman takes up big business’s plight
Business
/ 4 May 2023

Gareth Ackerman takes up big business’s plight

Pick n Pay’s chairperson has called out government’s inaction on resolving the country’s structural economic decline

By Anathi Madubela
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Article
/ 14 July 2011

Small farmers to be brought into the fold

A new project aims to help integrate small-scale farmers in Limpopo into the formal food supply chain, the Pleiad Foundation said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 7 June 2011

Ackerman: Info Bill bad for SA, bad for business

Pick n Pay’s chairperson Gareth Ackerman on Tuesday expressed his opposition to the Protection of Information Bill.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 17 November 2010

Australia blocks Pick n Pay’s exit strategy

Australia’s competition watchdog has stopped South African grocer Pick n Pay’s sale of Franklins supermarket chain, to prevent creating a monopoly.

By Tiisetso Motsoeneng and Sonali Paul
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Article
/ 10 March 2010

Raymond Ackerman hands over to son Gareth

Raymond Ackerman, the founder and until now the chairperson of Pick n Pay, handed the keys to his kingdom to his older son Gareth on Wednesday.

By Michael Hamlyn

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