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 SOUTH AFRICA
FRANCHISE NEWS ARCHIVE
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: : Jan-Jun 2005
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Church's Chicken in SA. Church's Chicken, the world's
second largest fried chicken franchise, will soon be spreading its
wings over the Western Cape. .... [more]
28 Jun, 2005
Famous Brands plans 80 new restaurants a year. Quick-service
restaurant group Famous Brands is confident of experiencing enough
sustained demand to open 80 new restaurants per year on average across
its franchises over the next three years. .... [more]
8 Jun, 2005
Franchising structures pose collusion danger. The competition
commission has cautioned that the structure of franchising has the
potential to create collusion among competitors. .... [more]
7 Jun, 2005
Pick 'n Pay 'not so empowered'. Retailer Pick 'n Pay
has discovered it is not as empowered as it thought it was, according
to chair Gareth Ackerman. .... [more]
3 Jun, 2005
Pick ’n Pay to build nine new supermarkets. Supermarket
group Pick ’n Pay Stores has doubled its planned capital spending
for the current year to R601,7m from R318,6m last year. .... [more]
25 May, 2005
Famous Brands to open 489 more outlets by 2010. Famous
Brands, the owner of Wimpy, Steers and Debonairs Pizza brands, plans
to open 489 more stores by 2010, representing an investment of up
to R489 million and which will create about 9 700 jobs. .... [more]
18 May, 2005
Fast food a way of life. “We have set ourselves
the goal of having 1,500 stores open by 2010. Ours is no longer a
luxury purchase, it is becoming an essential item,” says Famous
Brand’s chief operating officer. .... [more]
17 May, 2005
New chickens threaten Nando's. The trendy and hip eateries
mushrooming all over Tshwane called Chicken Kwasa is a business phenomenon
rising like a phoenix out of nowhere. .... [more]
8 May, 2005
Scooters adds Maxi’s Grill chain to its menu. Scooters
Pizza has wholly acquired the franchised family restaurant chain,
Maxi’s Grill Marketing, for an undisclosed sum, in a move that
nearly doubles the group’s turnover for the current year. ....
[more]
4 May, 2005
Pick ’n Pay reins in costs to lift earnings 20% Tight
control of operating expenses in an environment of low or no price
increases was one of the main achievements underlying supermarket
chain Pick ’n Pay Stores results for the year to February. ....
[more]
20 Apr, 2005
Scooters aims for larger base by opening another 20 stores.
Franchised pizza delivery group Scooters Pizza would establish another
20 stores nationally in this financial year and aim for a 40% increase
in turnover to R187m. .... [more]
11 Apr, 2005
Two women take the helm at the Franchise Association of Southern
Africa. For the first time in the history of FASA, two women
have been appointed to the helm of the association. .... [more]
10 Apr, 2005
7-Eleven litigants undaunted by ruling. Despite a legal
setback last week, another 69 cases against 7-Eleven Corporation are
pending from franchisees who are still determined to pursue their
litigation. .... [more]
7 Apr, 2005
Nashua merges unit with BEE franchise. Office automation
company Nashua is to merge its direct selling operation, Nashua Office
Automation, with black-owned franchise Nashua Kopano, creating the
largest black-empowered company in the industry. .... [more]
7 Apr, 2005
7-Eleven Supreme Court appeal successful. Following
the Supreme Court of Appeal's judgement last month, disgruntled franchisees
will now have to pay withheld monies - in the region of R25-million
- to 7-Eleven Corporation. .... [more]
4 Apr, 2005
Chopsticks Drawn Over Yo! Sushi. YO! Sushi is not likely
to introduce a South African brand of the British restaurant chain
any time soon, says founder Simon Woodroffe. .... [more]
1 Apr, 2005
Famous Brands buys Trufruit in quest to spread wings.
Fast-food chain group Famous Brands has wholly acquired fruit-juice
manufacturer Trufruit for an undisclosed sum. .... [more]
18 Mar, 2005
Irish-based sandwich bar chain comes to SA. O'Brien's,
an internationally successful Irish sandwich bar chain with more than
260 outlets in 13 countries, celebrated St Patrick's Day a day in
advance by opening its first branch in South Africa yesterday. ....
[more]
17 Mar, 2005
Spur grows profit as middle class eats out. The substantial
growth in spending power over the past two years in the middle class
and the opening of new restaurants helped grow family restaurant franchise
group Spur Corporation’s profit. .... [more]
4 Mar, 2005
INTEREST - Small firms get incentives and reduced red tape,
while BEE gets money. A series of tax incentives aimed at
encouraging the growth and development of small businesses was tabled
by Trevor Manuel yesterday. .... [more]
24 Feb, 2005
New Clicks appoints new brand head. Health and beauty
group New Clicks Holdings has appointed Michael Harvey as head of
the integrated Clicks and pharmacy brands. .... [more]
22 Feb, 2005
Ailing Kingco pins hopes on new Keg Cafe. Kingco, the
owners of the Bimbos, Keg and McGinty's restaurant brands, has launched
a new concept, Keg Cafe, in a bid to capture a slice of the coffee
drinking market to help its ailing business. .... [more]
10 Feb, 2005
Italtile lifts turnover by a third to R997m. Strong
growth in volume sales, underpinned by the rallying new residence
and DIY renovation market, had seen Italtile, the listed tile and
bathware retailer, lift turnover by nearly a third. .... [more]
10 Feb, 2005
Police on the prowl for 'franchise conman'. Two farmers
paid a deposit of R300 000 for the "franchise" of a popular
Burg Street Internet coffee shop - only to find they had been conned
and the shop owner had no intention of franchising her business. ....
[more]
7 Feb, 2005
New Clicks could shut 20 of its drug stores. Listed
healthcare and beauty retailer New Clicks was looking at closing about
20 of its stand-alone pharmacies due to the current uncertainty surrounding
the medicine pricing regulations. .... [more]
25 Jan, 2005
Woolworths gets stable outlook from Moodys. International
rating agency Moody's Investors Service has assigned a long-term national
scale senior unsecured issuer rating of A3.za to Woolworths Holdings
Limited. .... [more]
25 Jan, 2005
Metcash investors clear path for Metoz buyout. Shareholders
of Australian-listed grocery and liquor wholesaler Metcash Trading
have approved a number of resolutions that will facilitate the group's
plan to buy the 60% stake in Metcash held by South African -listed
holding group Metoz. .... [more]
24 Jan, 2005
Spar to open 130 new branded stores in expansion
drive. The Spar group will bring another 130
branded stores on-stream in the current financial year. .... [more]
19 Jan, 2005
New Clicks 'in a state of transition'. Several aspects
of New Clicks Holdings' activities are in a state of transition and
in varying stages of progress, chairman David Nurek says in the group's
latest annual report. .... [more]
3 Jan, 2005
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