This week, Makro has launched its Festive liquor catalogue for 2023 - which its buyers explain is carefully crafted around local and international consumer trends. This year, the retailer managed to secure exclusive products from brands such as De Krans, Vilafonte, Diemersdal, The Goose and Glenfiddich. 

Checkers has added 41 new limited edition wines to its Odd Bins collection, of which two were awarded Double Gold and Gold at the prestigious Michelangelo International Wine and Spirits Awards earlier this month. 

South African consumers will have to dig deeper in their pockets at the tills this festive season, with food prices set to rise on the back of rising petrol prices, feed, and input costs.

Filling a 45-litre tank will cost South African motorists around R55 more from tomorrow (3 November 2021).

CRM global leader Salesforce predicted that consumers would face higher prices this coming Festive Season.

The latest Household Affordability Index by the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice & Dignity group (PMBEJD) shows that food prices increased in October – and basket prices over the last 12 months have risen by 10%, far outpacing headline inflation.

Food prices in South Africa have continued to rise in 2021, with inflation on food and non-alcoholic beverages for September 2021 higher than expected, recorded at 6.6%.

Statistics South Africa has published its Consumer Price Index (CPI) for September 2021, with inflation increasing slightly to 5% from 4.9% in August.

South Africa’s ‘slate levy’ is effectively a self-adjusting mechanism that government uses to deal with daily differences in petrol prices, says the chief executive of the Fuel Retailers Association Reggie Sibiya.