Small local grocers is expected to see continued current value growth over the forecast period, with sales set to stagnate at constant 2024 prices. The channel is likely to continue to dominate the South African grocery retail landscape, supported by government efforts to modernise small local grocers through financial assistance, business training, and subsidised infrastructure.
Smollan, a global leader in retail solutions, has acquired South African e-commerce startup, Yebo Fresh, to enhance township retail infrastructure. Launched in 2018, Yebo Fresh focuses on providing groceries and essential products to underserved township communities through a direct-to-consumer model that bypasses traditional supply chain barriers.
TymeBank has partnered with Flash, a South African payment solutions provider, to enable cash withdrawals at more than 172,000 spaza shops and traders nationwide. Despite supporting the shift to a cashless society, TymeBank acknowledges the extensive use of cash in many communities and in the informal market.
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Small local grocers are mostly independent retail outlets (with a selling space of under 400 square metres), kiosks, market stalls or street vendors, owned by families and/or run on an individual basis, and with a primary focus on selling food/beverages/tobacco and other groceries. Small local grocers also includes ethnic grocery stores that specialize in foreign brands and food types, health food stores, confectioners/newsagents/tobacconists (CTNs), food & drink souvenir stores, legally registered mobile shops that are run out of a truck, and regional specialty stores. Retail sales from farmers markets, farms, vineyards, or similar producers are also included in small local grocers. Outlets located within wet markets in Southeast Asia (often located in government-owned multi-story buildings) should be counted as separate outlets.
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