Food app rescue Diasporans
Petronella Mabhena, a domestic worker in South Africa, has been paying bus drivers to ferry food to her relatives back home (Zimbabwe) for over a decade. As with many other… Read more »
Category: Retail
Edgars skates struggling Edcon
Sometimes brilliant business decisions are just that, brilliant; sometimes they are just luck. The acquisition of Edgars Limited by Mauritian investment management firm SSCG Africa Holdings last year was part… Read more »
VAYA on grocery deliveries
VAYA Logistics has launched VAYA Express Shopper, a free personal shopping service that allows customers to identify and pay for the groceries they want in a shop, and a dedicated… Read more »
Produce markets move to suburbs
BULAWAYO City Council (BCC) has identified five fresh produce distribution hubs and new vending sites for 600 informal vendors who were affected by the closure of the 5th Avenue market… Read more »
Makamba plans supermarket reopening
BLUE Ridge Spar or Sweet Valley, which is owned by businessman, Dr James Makamba, is set to reopen in July, after Government last week returned the shopping complex on Maryvale… Read more »
Covid-19 shifts Zim retail sector fortunes
Zimbabwe’s retail sector is one of the few sectors that could benefit from the coronavirus pandemic as demand for basic commodities rises. The global outbreak of the health pandemic has… Read more »
Vendors plead for chance to clear perishables
MRS Miriam Ncube’s vending stall at Kombayi Fresh Produce Market in Gweru was often busy, bringing together up to 10 customers at one go to buy produce that includes tomatoes… Read more »
Mealie-meal blackmarket thrives
THE black market for subsidised roller meal is thriving during the 21-day lockdown due to shortages that have seen many people spending long hours in queues and not maintaining social… Read more »
Edgars in bid to raise capital
CLOTHING retail chain, Edgars Stores Limited, said yesterday it will soon issue a rights offer to mobilise capital to fund expansion projects. A rights offer allows existing shareholders to buy… Read more »
Spar owner to pay R11m
An owner of eight Spar grocery stores has been ordered to pay over R11 million to staff for not complying with labour laws. The Department of Employment and Labour on… Read more »