Gareth Ackerman
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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
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 This content is restricted to registered…
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.