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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Arnot OpCo signed a 10year (2m tonnes of coal a year) Coal Supply Agreement with Eskom for the supply of coal for the Arnot Power Station.
In terms of the agreement, Arnot OpCo will supply the full coal requirement for the life of Arnot Power Station.
Who is Arnot OpCo?
Arnot OpCo a mining company that is half-owned by 1 038 former Exxaro Resources employees who were retrenched in 2015 from the Arnot Mine in Middelburg.
The other half is owned by Wescoal which is listed on the JSE.
How did the employees come about owning the 50%?
Minister of Mineral Resources granted consent in terms of s11 of the MPRDA for the cession of the mining right for Exxaro's Arnot coal mine to a Consortium which will benefit its former employees who had been retrenched.
The deal saw the Ubuntu-Botho consortium take an initial 8% stake in Sanlam.
Shareholding was extended to include broad-based groups; trade union companies, religious organisations, women and youth groups,provincial companies from all the provinces, representing 700 shareholders
By 31 December 2013, the 8% equity stake had grown to 14% through a combination of share buybacks and the reclassification of an additional 66.5 million deferred shares to ordinary shares.
How/Why is it dubbed to be the most successful B-BBEE scheme?🤔
CEO of Adapt IT, Sbu Shabalala, has taken the decision to terminate his employment with Adapt IT and resign as director of Adapt IT and its subsidiaries.
Reasons for the above?
He took leave in May following allegations he hired thugs to beat up his estranged wife's partner.