SA-retailer Pick n Pay recognises the achievements of its top small business suppliers
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Pick n Pay said it had awarded its top small business suppliers for their achievements during the past year. Picture: Simphiwe Mbokazi/African News Agency (ANA)
Pick n Pay said it had awarded its top small business suppliers for their achievements during the past year.
The 2021 Small Supplier of the Year winners included:
- Organic vegetable farmer for the PnP brand: Magapa Phaweni, the owner of Wensleydale Farms;
- Pick n Pay toilet paper manufacturer: Guylain and Becky Panzu, the co-owners of Cushy Lush;
- Kombucha brand Happy Culture co-owners, Mark and Manon Colmant;
- Exclusive supplier of PnP firelighters: Patrick Langeveldt, the owner of Greenworld Chemical Services and Supplies
- Clothing manufacturer: Toni Teixeira, the owner of T.T. Agencies.
Pick n Pay said its Enterprise and Supplier Development initiatives were steadily increasing contributions from small-scale entrepreneurs, with spend on small, medium and macro enterprises (SMMEs) up by 14 percent to R5.4 billion last year. Pick n Pay said it had 2 100 SMMEs in its supplier base.
Mishinga Seyuba Kombo, the head of Pick n Pay Enterprise and Supplier Development, said it was incredible to see small suppliers triumphing during such a challenging time for so many small businesses. “We have suppliers who have launched new products, grown their base of employees and expanded nationally in the last year.”
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