The article discusses the implication of falling food prices to the corporate profitability of food retailers in South Africa like Shoprite Holdings Ltd. and Woolworths Holdings Ltd. It mentions that the price increase of retail goods in the country is only 4,2% compared to 16,9 in 2009. It...
There is strong competitive rivalry among food retailers in South Africa, and a key determinant of success is the level of supply-chain efficiency. Shoprite has invested in this for a number of years and consequently generates higher margins than peers. ...
Sources of processed foods Home Small local retailers and neighbors SMEs, stalls, and retailers in towns Small shops and supermarkets These consumption changes can be summarized into five basic categories of change: (1) from home processing and meal preparation to buying processed and prepared foods...
(4)___It needs to ensure that marginalized producers,processors and retailers have an opportunity to earn a decent living.At the same time corporate dominance needs to be addressed.Anyway,at the most basic level,it requires that South Africans know they have a right to food in the first...
Reasons given for shopping at the different retailers were most markedly leisure for LSM, while for the neighbourhood grocer the reasons were fidelity, proximity and availability of credit (the latter even more for lower-income customers).ConclusionsThe results pertain to the transition in food ...
For the microbial analysis, the team collected information on the lorry tracks when they arrive in the market, the wholesaler whose product it is, the location details of the wholesaler, and the retailers who come to buy from the wholesalers. The enumerators followed the retailer to their sellin...
the government has put forward numerous food and nutrition security programsto fight against hunger.D.T his means that smaller scale producers, process ors and retailers are squeezed out.E.Hunger, lack of nutrition and related illnessesare not equally spread.FT here are international examples of go...
Meal kits can be sold on a subscription-based model, wherein retailers provide customers with a new meal on a recurring basis. Or you might create a collection of meal kits and sell them à la carte. Benefits Niching opportunities: Meal kits are a relatively young business, so there’s...
There is a special need for studies on how farmers and supporting agencies, especially public agencies should respond to adapt their interventions to the new realities of supplying large retailers. This is of importance for South Africa because of its unique policy environment where the expansion of...
SOUTH AfricaMANDELA, Nelson, 1918-2013CLIMATE in greenhousesGREENHOUSE gasesCLIMATE changeFOOD reliefRETAIL industryLITERATURE reviewsObjective - This paper sets out to assess perceptions of food retailers regarding climate change, greenhouse gas emission and sustainability in the Nelson...