Woolworths’ has introduced its first dark store to support its on-demand delivery service located in Cape Town’s CBD.
With purse strings tightening across a wide budget range, Wooloworths’ above-market growth in its food business has run its race.
The product description starts with “Go for convenience” which is basically Woolies-speak for “you’re paying over the odds”, to be fair.
The battle for supermarket supremacy is cut-throat. Drop your guard for a second and competitors are waiting to pounce.
The man filmed exiting a Durban Woolies as it was looted and hopping into a Mercedes-Benz has flatly denied any wrongdoing. Twitter sleuths never rest, though.
In the battle for grocery delivery supremacy, Woolies has some serious ground to make up.
When comparing a basket of staple goods purchased from South Africa’s largest retailers, Woolies emerges as the most expensive.
Woolworths’ latest trading update shows online sales growth of 158%, but reviews for the ‘Dash’ app are a mixed bag.
South Africa dominated in this year’s Brand Finance Africa 150 list, which measures the top brands on the continent.
If you were hoping to live off a diet of Woolies pies and chicken over the next few weeks, the sale of those items has been prohibited.
South African musicians are not happy with Woolworths, after it reportedly stopped playing local music in its stores.
Roy Bagattini, formerly the president of Levi Strauss Americas, took over as Woolworths CEO last month. The company has dangled an appetising carrot.
Load shedding is bad enough without those in the Southern Suburbs having to worry about their beloved Woolies.
Sandton City shoppers who love some Woolies in their lives may well be tempted by the new Checkers FreshX store that just opened.
Saturday really was a peach of a day, so I took the eldest for a cruise in the Z3 with the top down. Our mission was to get some ice cream and cruise the strip by foot.
It’s safe to say that Woolworths’ acquisition of Australian brand David Jones hasn’t gone to plan.
Checkers are set to roll out a number of new FreshX concept stores, as they seek to grab a share of the lucrative higher-end food market.
Sexy Socks founder Dave Hutchison has accused the retail giant of stealing his design, which Woolworths has denied. Award-winning financial journalist Bruce Whitfield weighs in.
We’ve all had one of those trolleys with the wonky wheels, but who’s to blame when something goes wrong?
It’s been a month since Shannon McLaughlin’s blog about how Woolies stole her idea went viral. After much back and forth, the two have now made peace.
When you buy something that is clearly marked “100% pork”, you probably expect the product to be just that. Enter Woolies and their smoked ham.
In her latest blog post, Ubuntu Baba owner Shannon McLaughlin details what may have happened if Woolworths hadn’t been met with such a public backlash.
In the battle to dominate the local retail sector, Woolies finds itself up against its traditional adversaries in Spar, Pick n Pay and Shoprite.
Woolworths have had a pretty inauspicious start to 2019, and their share price performance isn’t going to lift those blues.
The owner of Ubuntu Baba has issued Woolworths with an ultimatum, saying she will publicly share her communication with the company if they don’t act quickly.
Yesterday, Ubuntu Baba owner Shannon McLaughlin met with representatives from Woolworths. Here’s what came out of that meeting.
Over the years, Woolworths has been accused of stealing ideas from many local designers, but they’ve never been as brazen as this before.
Woolies are dipping their toes into the meal kit waters, although they might have some work to do before they can rival the industry leaders.
After a “long‚ stop-start investigation spanning six months”, Woolies have removed an ‘organic’ food product from their shelves.
As much as they try, Woolworths just can’t seem to get it right, and now they plan on going back to basics in an attempt to revitalise the business.