SOUTH AFRICA – Grand Parade Investments (GPI), the master franchise holder for Burger King in SA, is in talks with an unnamed buyer to offload a majority stake in the local operations of the US […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Choppies Group has offloaded its South Africa stores and distribution centres to King Investments following the launch of open bids for its 88 stores in October to settle its outstanding debt. In […]
SOUTH AFRICA – The current head of Taste’s luxury food division, Duncan Crosson, has been appointed as the new CEO of Taste Holdings following the exit of Dylan Pienaar as CEO. Pienaar stepped down after […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Cape Town-based investor Silvertree Holdings has invested R5 million (US$0.34 million) in return for a majority stake in former OrderIn co-founder Heini Booysen’s new Darth kitchens business. Also known as a “ghost […]
SOUTH AFRICA – South Africa based water technology company, Aqua Air has launched Africa’s first atmospheric water generating plant in Pretoria aimed at tackling the critical scarcity of potable water in South Africa. The plant, […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Africa’s largest packaging manufacturer, Nampak, reported a loss of R390m down 132% compared to last year’s profit of R1.2bn (US$81.3m), according to its annual financial results for the year ended September 30, […]
SOUTH AFRICA – TCapital, a Norwegian private equity group has announced it has acquired Daily Dish, a meal kit delivery startup based in Cape Town, South Africa to merge with TCapital’s healthy dinner delivery, Day […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Checkers, a consumer goods retailer owned by Shoprite, has launched its on-demand one-hour grocery delivery service app, Sixty60, after months of testing. Billed as SA’s first 60-minute grocery delivery service from a […]
SOUTH AFRICA – Kauai, a health food restaurant, has extended its brand into retail with the launch of range of healthy frozen ready-to-eat meals, sides and smoothies in partnership with Pick n Pay. The Pick […]
SOUTH AFRICA – The Competition Commission of South Africa has recommended South African shopping centres to cease their exclusive leases with the country’s biggest supermarket chains. The move is in accordance to findings of a […]