UPick n Pay, okungezinye zezitolo eziyiketanga ezinkulu eNingizimu Afrika, usuqalile ukuvala izitolo njengengxenye yesu lokuvala noma ukukhiqiza kabusha izitolo eziyi-100. Lesi sinyathelo silandela isitatimende sokuhweba esiveza ukukhula okuncane nezinselelo ezibalulekile ezinyangeni ezinhlanu zokuqala zika-2024.
Emavikini angu-21 aphela zingama-21 kuJulayi 2024, abakwa-Pick n Pay babike ukuthi bakhuphuke ngo-0.1% nje kuphela ekuthengisweni sekukonke, nokuthengiswa okufanayo—okuyinkomba eyinhloko yokusebenza ezitolo ezikhona—kukhuphuke ngo-1.1%. Kwa-Pick n Pay South Africa kube nokuthuthuka okuncane, ukuthengiswa okuphelele kukhuphuke ngo-0.6% kanye nokuthengiswa okufanayo ngo-1.7%. Ukukhula okulinganiselwe kudalwe ukuvalwa kwakamuva kwezitolo ezinkulu eziyi-16, okuhlanganisa nezitolo eziphethwe yizinkampani kanye nezitolo ezidayisa ukudla.
Ukungasebenzi kahle kwezitolo ezinkulu eziphethwe yinkampani, ezifaka kakhulu imali yeqembu, kube yimbangela enkulu yokuvalwa kwalezi zitolo. Ephendula, i-CEO u-Sean Summers iqale uhlelo lokuguqula izinto oluhlanganisa ukuvala izitolo ezingasebenzi kahle ezingama-35 kanye nokuguqula izitolo ezingama-70 zibe uphawu lwe-Boxer, oluqondiswe emakethe enkulu. Leli su limele ukugudluka endleleni yalowo owayeyi-CEO u-Pieter Boone, owayegxile ekuhlukaniseni uphawu lwakwa-Pick n Pay lube izingxenye eziqondiswe kubathengi abacebile nabasezimakethe ezimaphakathi.
Sekukonke, lezi zinguquko zizothinta cishe u-10% wezitolo ezinkulu zakwa-Pick n Pay eziphethwe yizinkampani ezingu-300 eNingizimu Afrika, okuphawula uguquko olubalulekile embonini yokudayisa yenkampani.