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Woolworths

An indigestible helping of hype
Columns
/ 28 March 2025

An indigestible helping of hype

If stores must wheel out celebs to make us buy what we can’t afford, make it Snoop Dog and Martha Stewart

By Christian Stephen
New law to address ‘feeding frenzy’ at listed companies
Business
/ 22 June 2024

New law to address ‘feeding frenzy’ at listed companies

Sibanye-Stillwater, which is at the centre of the debate on excessive pay for executives, has had its remuneration report rejected three years in a row

By Anathi Madubela
Call for reform and pricing transparency in South Africa’s fresh produce markets
National
/ 19 June 2024

Call for reform and pricing transparency in South Africa’s fresh produce markets

The Competition Commission has said that practises by fertiliser, agrochemical and seed companies may also distort competition

By Lyse Comins
Spar looks to delivery as profits decline
Business
/ 14 June 2024

Spar looks to delivery as profits decline

The grocery retailer grew online volumes by 463%, albeit from a low base

By Anathi Madubela
Online shopping is booming in South Africa
Business
/ 11 May 2024

Online shopping is booming in South Africa

Consumers are increasingly turning to online supermarkets to buy essential goods

By Lyse Comins
Seven budget-friendly family vacation activities: How Old Mutual Rewards makes it possible
Partner Content
/ 28 March 2024

Seven budget-friendly family vacation activities: How Old Mutual Rewards makes it possible

Enhance your holiday experience without straining your finances. Old Mutual Rewards helps you to stretch both your imagination and your hard-earned Rands further

By Old Mutual Rewards
Continuity is the recipe for success at Woolworths Food
Business
/ 21 March 2024

Continuity is the recipe for success at Woolworths Food

Analysts say the market can rest easy knowing that the popular retailer’s food section is in good hands

By Anathi Madubela
Vegetable and other food prices remain high
Business
/ 14 January 2024

Vegetable and other food prices remain high

The M&G’s basic food basket survey shows that supermarket prices don’t always drop when those at fresh produce markets do

By Lyse Comins
JSE-listed clothing retailers want labour department to shut down sweatshops
Business
/ 20 December 2023

JSE-listed clothing retailers want labour department to shut down sweatshops

The South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union has said people are working from 10 to 16 hours a day, seven days a week for as little as R120 to R200 a week

By Lyse Comins
Meet the all-female lineup of chefs who’ll be cooking at the 2023 Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards
Partner Content
/ 7 November 2023

Meet the all-female lineup of chefs who’ll be cooking at the 2023 Eat Out Woolworths Restaurant Awards

They have reached the top of their game, and will inspire more women to rise through the ranks

By Woolworths
Call to switch to cage free egg farming
National
/ 15 October 2023

Call to switch to cage free egg farming

There are pros and cons to cage free and free range farming when it comes to disease control and the bottom line

By Lyse Comins
Pick n Pay: Summers is back, but will the Ackermans check out?
Business
/ 7 October 2023

Pick n Pay: Summers is back, but will the Ackermans check out?

The prodigal son’s return may usher in a new era for the retailer, which has languished under the Ackerman family’s control

By Sarah Smit
Farm to fork: Factors fuelling food price hikes
Business
/ 22 September 2023

Farm to fork: Factors fuelling food price hikes

Farmers have been hard hit by everything from load-shedding to transport costs and supermarkets say they have not passed the costs
of running generators on to battling consumers

By Lyse Comins
Pick n Pay, Woolworths and Checkers charge up to 300% more for fresh produce
National
/ 22 September 2023

Pick n Pay, Woolworths and Checkers charge up to 300% more for fresh produce

Fresh produce markets in cities around the country provide people with a cheaper shopping alternative, but not many cash-strapped households are aware of the benefits of cutting out the middleman

By Lyse Comins
‘Rocket and feather’ food prices signal inadequate competition – watchdog
National
/ 13 September 2023

‘Rocket and feather’ food prices signal inadequate competition – watchdog

In its latest essential food pricing monitoring report, the Competition Commission notes consumer prices were slow to come down despite easing inflation. Blame load-shedding?

By Sarah Smit
Consumers are choosing to buy sustainably sourced fish
The Green Guardian
/ 5 August 2023

Consumers are choosing to buy sustainably sourced fish

Retailers and suppliers are heeding the call for sustainable seafood products

By Lesego Chepape
Departure of CFO ‘inevitable’ as Mr Price counts its costs
Business
/ 2 August 2023

Departure of CFO ‘inevitable’ as Mr Price counts its costs

The retailer has struggled amid more intense competition and as consumers continue to feel the pinch

By Sarah Smit
Woolies’s gay pride range: solidarity or profit?
Thought Leader
/ 15 June 2023

Woolies’s gay pride range: solidarity or profit?

Supporting the LGBTIQA+ community involves more than merely putting rainbows on clothes

By Amanda Gouws
Food producers will continue to pass on costs to consumers
Business
/ 31 March 2023

Food producers will continue to pass on costs to consumers

Consumers must brace for more food price increases as retailers battle with input costs

By Anathi Madubela
Amazon to eat Woolworths, Shoprite and Takealot lunch?
Business
/ 27 February 2023

Amazon to eat Woolworths, Shoprite and Takealot lunch?

The pandemic may have disrupted the analogue business models of South African retailers to the online world. Amazon, unlike Walmart, is possibly an even bigger disruptor lying in wait

By Anathi Madubela
Dumping David Jones will boost Woolworths
Business
/ 18 January 2023

Dumping David Jones will boost Woolworths

Woolworths is in a better position now than it was when it bought the Australian department store

By Anathi Madubela
The best places to eat out
Friday
/ 30 December 2022

The best places to eat out

Restaurant of the year goes to the only Durban-based restaurant that made it to 2022 Eat Out Award winners

By Bongeka Gumede, Kimberley Schoeman and Gugulethu Tshabalala
There’s a place for the herbivore at the braai
Business
/ 22 December 2022

There’s a place for the herbivore at the braai

There may not be a lot of South African vegans, but it seems many still want a taste of the plant-based life

By Sarah Smit
What’s the beef: Government tussles with plant-based Fry’s
Business
/ 11 July 2022

What’s the beef: Government tussles with plant-based Fry’s

The Local food pioneer has been drawn into a dispute with the department of agriculture, which has an issue with how meat alternatives are labelled

By Sarah Smit
South Africa’s middle class endures rising cost of living
Business
/ 6 June 2022

South Africa’s middle class endures rising cost of living

The financially stretched middle class is teetering on the brink as fuel and food prices gnaw at their disposable incomes

By Sarah Smit
Woolworths, Shoprite, Spar test consumers’ resilience with higher prices
Business
/ 5 June 2022

Woolworths, Shoprite, Spar test consumers’ resilience with higher prices

High inflationary pressures are set to be put to consumers as retailers and food producers alike warn of impending storm

By Anathi Madubela
2022: A return to normality or more economic uncertainty?
Business
/ 5 January 2022

2022: A return to normality or more economic uncertainty?

Covid-19 cast the economy adrift, but a less punishing new phase of the pandemic could set it back on track

By Sarah Smit
Farmers squeezed by big retailers
Business
/ 19 September 2021

Farmers squeezed by big retailers

It may be beneficial for consumers when supermarkets push to get the lowest price from suppliers, but it can harm the farmers

By Anathi Madubela
Retailers get tough on dirt products
The Green Guardian
/ 14 August 2021

Retailers get tough on dirt products

Environment-friendly cleaning products form part of a small, but growing market

By Sheree Bega
Companies are grasping at straws
The Green Guardian
/ 8 August 2021

Companies are grasping at straws

Companies are keen to ditch plastic straws, but replacing them with single-use alternatives is not the best option, environmentalists say

By Sheree Bega
Grocers reap tidy profits from liquor
Business
/ 31 July 2021

Grocers reap tidy profits from liquor

Covid-19 bans on alcohol and the recent violence have exposed just how important booze sales are to retailers that once only filled trolleys with food

By Sarah Smit
Top South African companies trip up in Nigeria
Business
/ 16 July 2021

Top South African companies trip up in Nigeria

Local firms have struggled to adapt to the regulatory environment and the dynamics of an unpredictable market

By Sarah Smit
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