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Pan Africa Retail Trade Exhibition 2010
Food, Beverage & Merchandise
Dry goods ● groceries ● frozen foods ● convenience foods
● HMR ● fresh produce ● confectionery
●beverages ● liquor and FMCG

This event features not only all the regular FMCG items found in a modern retail outlet but defining new boundaries in stock inventories and “best of practice” business solutions.
Dry goods, groceries, frozen foods, convenience foods, fresh produce, confectionery, toiletries, OTC medicines, stationery and health and beauty products are the main product categories together with products, services and ideas that enhance the core business of speed and convenience that are essential for the successful and profitable operation of C-Stores.
Size of the retail market in South Africa
 According to Statistics South Africa, retail food, beverage and toiletry sales in 2007 (latest figure available) were R236.7 billion, indicating a 30% growth from 2005 to 2007. A recent AC Nielsen report states the major supermarket chains in the country account for R 115 billion of this spend showing almost 16% annual growth.


Retail Group

Turnover
2007

Footprint

Pick ‘n Pay

R39.3 billion

Hypermarkets (16); Supermarkets (159); Franchise Stores (190); Liquor (36); Pharmacies (6); Score Supermarkets (127); Boxer (60); Retail stores in rest of Africa (92)

Shoprite Checkers

R38.9 billion

Shoprite supermarkets (366); Checkers Supermarkets (115); Checkers Hypers (24); Usave (99); OK Minimark (29); OK Foods (26); OK Grocer (61); Megasave wholesale stores (61); Sentra (79); Retail stores in rest of Africa (154)

Woolworths

R18.6 billion

Food Stores (206); Engen Food Stops (5); Retail stores in rest of Africa (31)

Spar

R21.7 billion

Superspar (104); Spar (487); Kwikspar (192), TOPS Liquor(172); Retail stores in rest of Africa (73)

Clicks

R1.6 billion

320 stores

Imports and Exports
South Africa imported groceries worth US$2.4 billion in 2006, of which dry groceries accounted for 31% of the total, followed by cosmetics and toiletries at 13%, vegetable oils at 11% and alcoholic beverages at 10%. In the same period South Africa exported groceries to the value of US$ 3,5 billion. Fresh and dried fruit accounted for 34% of this amount, followed by alcoholic beverages at 20% and confectionery at 12%.

 




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