Sector: Consumer Services
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SPAR Group Limited (JSE:SPP) is a warehousing and distribution business striving to provide its independent retailers and their customers with the freshest produce and highest quality merchandise at the right price, every day.
The SPAR Group Ltd (SPAR) operates mainly in South Africa, Ireland and Switzerland. The company serves a network of independent retailers who trade under its brands and are supplied through the company's distribution centres on a voluntary basis.
The company is a member of SPAR International which granted SPAR its South African licence in 1963. This has grown to include several country licences for the SPAR retail brand. Today, the company services 17 kinds of store formats in 14 countries, each with their network of distribution centres.
Of SPAR's turnover, 32.1% is generated in foreign currency. The company has significant operations in South Africa, Ireland (which includes South West England) and Switzerland, with smaller business interests in Sri Lanka and Zambia. The company owns SPAR licences for Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique and Angola, serviced through its South African distribution centres.
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(Reuters) -Shares in African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) plunged on Monday as a 40% jump in half-year profit was overshadowed by its dividends and concern over production and sales prospects.
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Shares in African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) plunged on Monday as a 40% jump in half-year profit was overshadowed by its dividends and concern over production and sales prospects.
2023-03-06
(Reuters) -South Africa`s African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) on Monday reported a 40% jump in its half-year profit, as higher coal and manganese prices offset the impact of cost pressures and rail logistics problems.
2023-03-06
South Africa`s African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) on Monday reported a 40% jump in its half-year profit, as higher coal and manganese prices offset the impact of cost pressures and rail logistics problems.
2023-03-06(Reuters) -Power cuts could reduce the output of platinum group metals (PGM) in South Africa, the world`s leading supplier of the minerals, by up to 15% this year, diversified miner Sibanye Stillwater said on Tuesday.
2023-02-28
South Africa`s three largest grocery retailers joined forces to criticise the government on Thursday for not offering a tax rebate on diesel use, as crippling power cuts increase their costs.
2023-02-23
South African petrochemical group Sasol said on Tuesday it expects its half-year profit to double, driven by strong oil prices and despite operational challenges in its domestic unit.
2023-02-07JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Coal exports from South Africa`s Richards Bay Coal Terminal (RBCT) hit their lowest level since 1993 last year, at 50.35 million tonnes, reflecting a lack of trains to carry coal from mines to port.
2023-01-26U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday lauded South Africa`s "bold" participation in the so-called Just Energy Transition Partnership backed by the United States and other Western nations, but steered clear of mentioning U.S. concerns about Pretoria`s planned military drills with China and Russia.
2023-01-26
