Securing small farmer participation in supermarket supply chains in South Africa

Figures & data

Table 1: Share of modern grocery distribution in South Africa, 2005

Company	No. of stores	Sales area (sq m)	Average sales area (sq m)	Retail banner sales (ZAR million)	Market share (%)
Shoprite	881	1 640 540	1862	29 965	20.5
Pick'n Pay	536	497 000	927	29 167	20.0
Massmart	212	1 006 338	4747	25 843	17.7
Metcash (RSA)	596	670 600	1125	14 705	10.0
SPAR (RSA)	794	745 600	939	12 191	8.4
Subtotal	3019	4 560 078		111 871	76.6
Other				34 123	23.4
Total				145 994	100.0
Source: Planet Retail, 2006.

Table 2: Trend in market share of major South African supermarkets

Supermarket chain	1993	2003	2004
	Market share (%)	Market share (%)	Market share (%)
	SPAR	18.3	26.1	26.3
Pick'n Pay	22.5	35.4	35.2
Shoprite Checkers	43.4	29.4	27.8
Woolworths	4.2	6.9	7.1
Others	11.6	2.2	3.6
Total	100.0	100.0	100.0
Source: Annual reports (Pick'n Pay, 2002; Shoprite, 2003; SPAR, 2003) and Planet Retail, 2006.

Figure 1: Thohoyandou retail market share in June 2005 compared to June 2004

Figure 2: Thohoyandou SPAR supermarket's record fresh produce sales in one day in 2004

Planet Retail . 2006 . Country reports, South Africa: grocery retail environment . http://www.planetretail.net Accessed 17 January 2006

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