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Famous Brands becomes Paul's licensed partner in SA
Famous Brands has signed an agreement with the global brand Paul, the family-owned French chain of bakery-cafés established in 1889 in Croix, Northern France, to become its South African licensed partner for a 10-year period... read


SA's coffee culture set to grow

According to Statistics SA, coffee shops have contributed to around 2.8 percentage points of the positive annual growth around takeaway and fast food. They have also had a 7.1% increase in income since 2014 with impressive growth across the country... Read

McDonald's evolves as competition bites

Zeenat Moorad

McDonald's, which serves just under 8-million customers every month in 234 restaurants across SA's nine provinces, last week marked 20 years operating in the country by selling Big Mac Medium Meals for R19.95... Read

Retailers bemoan cost of grant payouts

Retailers want banks to share the pain of the congestion, costs and risk of crime associated with grant payouts, writes Zeenat Moorad... Read

Banking & Finance
Retail banks need to revolutionise the way they serve customers
Retail banking is at a crossroads. Increasing consumer use of new technology and the internet has raised customer expectations, reduced customer loyalty and brought new entrants to the market... read
Tiger Brands will not support Nigerian operation
Hospitality
Limited edition, one-off De Toren Decade
The winemaking team at De Toren are celebrating their 10th vintage of De Toren Z, a Merlot-dominated Bordeaux blend, all five varieties of which are grown on a gentle slope facing onto False Bay in the Stellenbosch wine-growing region... read
Retail Marketing
SAB campaign combats under-age drinking
South African Breweries is encouraging young adults to 'be the mentor you wish you'd had' as part of the 18+ campaign to prevent under-age drinking... read
Business
Want to know three ways to increase sales immediately?

John Sanei

The old way of selling is well and truly dead, in fact the stereotypical sales (wo)men we all knew back in the 80's and 90's send shivers up and down all our spines... read
Lifestyle
Towers above

Ruth Cooper

It is not often that one finds fine-dining restaurants situated in hotels; sure hotel food is usually fairly fancy and of a good quality, but not usually that of the art-on-a plate variety. The Towers Restaurant at African Pride's Crystal Towers in Century City, however, is an exception to this rule. read
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