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How would you like to dig into a "recycled" snack? Or take a swig of juice with "reprocessed" ingredients made from other food byproducts? Without the right marketing, these don't sound like the most appetising options. 28 Jul 2021
Managing stock availability for post-protest recovery
Managing stock availability has always been important but it became more so as e-commerce gained traction due to how we now live and the effect it had on our shopping experience. But the challenges in managing stock have never been so acute as they are now for retailers affected by the looting that swept through KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng mid-July 2021. 28 Jul 2021
Tommy Hilfiger collabs with Indya Moore on gender-fluid fashion
Tommy Hilfiger, owned by PVH Corp., is launching a gender-fluid summer pre-fall 2021 capsule collection co-designed by non-binary actor and activist, Indya Moore. 28 Jul 2021
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Two minor shareholders of South Africa's largest food producer, Tiger Brands, have written to the company requesting more details after it announced recalling 20 million canned vegetable products over a leak risk. 28 Jul 2021
Liquor.co.za launches to service B2C and B2B customers
New online liquor store Liquor.co.za has launched in South Africa. The digital platform caters to the need for an e-commerce portal that can service both direct-to-customer (D2C) and high-volume business-to-business (B2B) requirements, and is the result of a collaboration of expertise from key players in the liquor and entertainment industries. 27 Jul 2021
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The implementation of lockdown restrictions in 2020 forced consumers to change their shopping habits. SoundInsights, which specialises in radio consumer insights, polled East Coast Radio and Jacaranda FM's audiences to gauge consumer behaviour in 2021. 27 Jul 2021
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The Gauteng Department of Economic Development has warned suppliers not to inflate the prices of essential items listed under the Consumer and Customer Protection and National Disaster Management Regulations and Directions. These are items issued in terms of Regulation 350 of Government Notice 43116 (Regulation 350). 27 Jul 2021
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For SA's middle class, Covid is not the worst stressor
Any measure of happiness in South Africa during Covid times has to take into consideration that we are a nation, already chronically and highly stressed by the impacts of obdurate social and economic inequality. When a mega-sample of 30,000 mid-income South Africans participating in the latest BrandMapp survey were given a list of 'which of these things keep you up at night?', the average respondent ticked off no less than seven items. 27 Jul 2021
30,000 liquor outlets audited in Responsible Trading Programme
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The South African Breweries (SAB), in partnership with other alcohol manufacturers, has implemented the Responsible Trading Programme (RTP) - an initiative designed to address the issue of harmful alcohol consumption and help mitigate Covid-19 transmission. More than 30,000 liquor outlets are being audited as part of the programme. 27 Jul 2021
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Greenwashing: What is bioplastic, compostable and biodegradable packaging anyway?
Let us unpack the industry terms for good 27 Jul 2021
Spar continues cleanup operations to 184 damaged stores
A total of 184 Spar Group stores - including 62 Tops liquor stores and 31 Build It stores - were impacted by varying degrees of looting and damage during the civil unrest that took place two weeks ago. One Spar truck was also lost in the violence. 26 Jul 2021
First Soko District retail concept to open at Rosebank Mall
Rosebank Mall in Johannesburg will soon be home to the first Soko District, a new multi-brand retail concept that aims to re-tell the retail story. The shopping space will feature various brands across apparel, footwear, fashion accessories, food, babywear, furniture and homeware. 26 Jul 2021
Millions of Koo and Hugo's canned veg products recalled
Tiger Brands is recalling certain Koo and Hugo's canned vegetable products produced from 1 May 2019 to 5 May 2021 due to "an extremely small number" of defective cans supplied by a packaging supplier, the FMCG company said on Monday. 26 Jul 2021
Small traders suffering as a result of Cape Town taxi violence
For yet another day on Thursday, small traders at the Bellville taxi rank sat without customers. The taxi violence in Cape Town has seen people too afraid to use taxis or buses. 26 Jul 2021
Distell expects up to 20% rise in full-year profits
Drinks maker Distell said on Friday its full-year profit would be up to around 20% higher than a year earlier, but a fourth ban on alcohol in its home market South Africa had cost it about R30m so far. 23 Jul 2021
Pepkor's sales rebound from worst of pandemic
South African retailer Pepkor Holdings reported on Friday a 13.9% rise in revenue for the nine months through June, rebounding from a low base in 2020 when it could hardly trade at all in some months due to lockdown restrictions. 23 Jul 2021
With 136 stores hit, scale of destruction "heartbreaking" - Pick n Pay CEO
The civil unrest in South Africa last week had a significant impact on the Pick n Pay group's operations in the affected areas - particularly in KwaZulu-Natal - as a result of physical damage to property, looting of stock and an interruption to trade, Pick n Pay said in a shareholder update on Tuesday. 23 Jul 2021
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South Africa's alcohol industry lost at least 23 weeks (161 days) of trade from 26 March 2020 to 25 July 2021 due to the government implementing alcohol bans in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Even before the cost of last week's looting is factored in, the four alcohol bans have cost the country an estimated R64,8bn or 1.3% of GDP. 23 Jul 2021
#BehindtheBrandManager: Meet Tamsin Darroch of Kellogg's South Africa
Few food brands have the historical connection with consumers around the world as Kellogg's does, having held meaning at the breakfast table for over a century. 22 Jul 2021
Balancing food safety with packaging sustainability
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The tension between food safety in packaging on the one hand, and environmental protection on the other, is a longstanding dilemma that has been brought into sharper focus by Covid-19. This conflict was unpacked in Tetra Pak's global research Tetra Pak Index 2020: Covid-19 and the Food Safety-Sustainability Dilemma undertaken in partnership with Ipsos. 22 Jul 2021
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