The Pick n Pay Group is a retail business in the fast-moving consumer goods industry. The Group operates through multiple store formats under three brands – Pick n Pay, Boxer and TM Supermarkets. Pick n Pay also operates one of the largest online grocery platforms in
sub-Saharan Africa
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.
Raymond Ackerman purchased the first four Pick n Pay stores in
Cape Town,
South Africa, in 1967 from Jack Goldin. Since then, the Group has grown to encompass stores across South Africa,
Namibia,
Botswana,
Zambia,
Nigeria,
Eswatini
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and
Lesotho
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. Pick n Pay also owns a 49% share of Zimbabwean supermarket chain, TM Supermarkets.
As of 2021, the company was operating at 1,994 locations across eight countries on the Africa, African continent.
Store types
* Pick n Pay Hypermarkets 21 (owned)
* Pick n Pay Supermarkets 530 (287 owned and 243 franchise)
* Pick n Pay Clothing 255 (235 owned and 20 franchise)
* Pick n Pay Liquor 506 (264 owned and 242 franchise)
* Pick n Pay Express 174 (franchise)
* Pick n Pay Market stores 38 (Spaza partners)
* Boxer Supermarkets 208 (owned)
* Boxer Punch 17 (owned)
* Boxer Build 30 (owned)
* Boxer Liquor 87 (owned)
* TM Supermarkets 61 (associate – 33 trading as TM; 28 trading as Pick n Pay)
References
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External links
Pick n Pay*www.picknpayinvestor.co.za
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Retail companies established in 1967
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Food retailers
Companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange
Companies based in Cape Town
Retail companies of South Africa
1967 establishments in South Africa
South African brands