Former Pick n Pay CEO Richard Brasher stated that of the R200bn in sales growth expected in the South African grocery market to 2025, R140bn will come from the discount market where Pick n Pay is the least represented.
Shoprite Holdings has Usave.
Pick n Pay has Boxer.
Pick n' Pay is open to the idea of buying Massmart’s Cambridge Food chain (63 Cambridge and Rhino stores).
This will enable it to compete aggressively in the discount market with Boxer and Cambridge Food against Shoprite uSave?
Boxer opened 44 stores in 2020.
Pick n' Pay already operates in this market via the ownership of Boxer.
It owns 342 Boxer stores. Boxer is South Africa’s leading limited-range discount supermarket.
Cambridge Food caters for the low- to middle-income shoppers which PnP is targeting.
Pick n Pay recently announced that Clicks plans to acquire the retail pharmacy business of Pick n' Pay, including 25 in-store pharmacies which will be rebranded to Clicks.
This is due to Pick n' Pay intending on streamlining its portfolio.
As part of Massmart’s restructuring, it announced that it would sell its Cambridge Food, Rhino and Massfresh businesses.
Massmart has appointed Barclays to facilitate the sale of the stores.
Earlier this year, The Competition Tribunal has approved Devland Cash and Carry's acquisition of 8 Masscash stores.
Masscash owns Jumbo, Cambridge Food and Rhino stores.
Massmart also announced that it is selling 14 additional Masscash stores.
Massmart has destroyed so much shareholder wealth ever since Walmart paid ~R16.5bn for a controlling stake (51%)in Massmart.
A few months ago, Walmart gave its subsidiary Massmart a R4bn loan to be used to withstand the effects of Covid-19 after it suffered a R2.3bn revenue loss
The CEO of Massmart Mitchell Slape received a R24 million remuneration package for the year ended Dec 2020.
What were they rewarding him for?
Massmart has been been struggling to make something pit of Game.
For the 26 weeks to end-June, Massmart impaired the Game chain stores by R570m.
Massmart recently introduced apparel in 60 Game stores and exited Fresh & Frozen in 51 stores.
Many say Pick n' Pay should not purse Cambridge and focus its efforts on beefing up Boxer stores.
Will the Competition Commission approve this acquisition?
Are there any consequences for competition should this transaction go ahead?
Those are questions will need to answer.
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It is reported that the “greatest CA(SA)”, Markus Jooste, SAICA has ever produced, shot and killed himself when police came to arrest him today.
Let’s look at how Steinhoff (Markus Jooste) got its hands on Pepkor (92.34%), Tekkie Town (100%) and (almost) Shoprite.
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Before going too far, it is important to note that there is an allegation that most of the deals Steinhoff (Markus Jooste) entered into were based on false and misleading representations made by Steinhoff N.V. and Markus Jooste.
The PwC Report into Steinhoff quantified the fictitious and/or irregular transactions at €6.5bn (R106bn) for FY09 - FY17.
The above 'fictitious and irregular transactions' had ''the effect of inflating the profits and/or asset values of the Steinhoff Group".
All Caltex-branded service stations in SA and Botswana are being rebranded into Astron Energy.
The name change follows a 2018 majority acquisition of former Chevron SA by Glencore SA Oil Investments.
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Astron Energy, a Glencore group company, is a leading supplier of petroleum products in Southern Africa, with a vast network of service stations and is the second-largest petroleum network in the region.
Why the name change?
The name change follows the 2018 majority acquisition of the former Chevron South Africa Pty (Ltd) by Glencore South Africa Oil Investments (Pty) Ltd, since which time Astron Energy has been operating the Caltex brand under a licence agreement for $973m.
In 1985, the Kagiso Trust began its development work to help promote the struggle against apartheid.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu co-founded the Kagiso Trust with Dr Beyers Naudè, Reverend Frank Chikane, Dr Max Coleman, Dr Alan Boesak, Dr Abe Nkomo, Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, and Eric Molobi, and took on the arduous task of trying to persuade the European Union to impose sanctions on the South African apartheid government.
In 1985, the EU agreed to impose partial sanctions on South Africa and also decided, through its Special Programme for the victims of apartheid, to support projects that promoted non-racialism and capacity development among those disadvantaged by apartheid.
They indicated that they wanted to allocate development funds using three channels, namely: South African Council of Churches (SACC), the South African Catholic Bishops conference, and a third secular channel, Kagiso Trust.
Ever wondered how the 99-year lease agreement at Waterfall works like especially where Balwin is concerned?
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A bit of history.
It is reported that the first title-deed-holders of the Waterval farm were the Gibson brothers, who arrived from England in South Africa in 1871.
They bred cattle and operated their Red Star Line stagecoach business between Johannesburg and Pretoria.
In 1934, the farm was sold to Moosa Ismail Mia.
He later registered the development in the name of Witwatersrand Estates Limited, which to this day is owned and controlled by the Waterval Islamic Institute.