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Thu 17 Sep 2026

The rand weakened from R16.01 to R16.26 against the dollar over the week to 16 September, about 1.6%, while pr...

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Mon 7 Sep 2026

Shoprite grew merchandise sales 7.2% to R270.8bn in the 52 weeks to 28 June, adding R18.1bn. Internal selling ...

Five items: data, opening, deal, trend, watch
Sun 6 Sep 2026

Diesel 50ppm inland went to R30.05 on 2 September, up R3.15 in a month. On a vehicle burning 200 litres that i...

Five items: data, opening, deal, trend, watch
Fri 14 Aug 2026

Cafes grew 9% in value last year, specialist coffee counters 6.4%. The seats are taking the growth, not the ha...

Five items: data, opening, deal, trend, watch
Wed 12 Aug 2026

Coffee spend per customer is up 16% since 2023, R99 to R116 a week, and more of them now come twice. The growt...

Five items: data, opening, deal, trend, watch
Mon 10 Aug 2026

The July food basket came in at R5,530.52, up R28.11 on June. Frozen chicken, eggs, maize meal and cooking oil...

Five items: data, opening, deal, trend, watch
Sun 9 Aug 2026

The Big Mac now costs R70.90, up nearly 30% in a year after beef inflation peaked at ~30% following the foot-a...

Five items: data, opening, deal, trend, watch