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Pick n Pay chairman Gareth Ackerman has questioned government policy and transparency over the decisions it makes in a year that the retailer lost an estimated R4-billion in sales due to restrictions on the sales of alcohol, tobacco and other products.
Speaking on the release of the supermarket group’s annual results, Ackerman also criticised the slow roll-out of the Covid-19 vaccine as the risk of a third wave of the pandemic and new virus variants rises.
Ackerman said the group had offered to do whatever it could to assist in the efficient distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available. The government needed to communicate clearly and frequently to keep citizens informed and trusting of the process, he said.
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Pick n Pay's British CEO Richard Brasher is retiring with effect from 21 April, announced chairman Gareth Ackerman on Thursday.
Brasher's contract, which was originally supposed to end this year but was extended until a replacement was found or till 2022 to help guide Pick n Pay through the Covid-19 pandemic. Brasher has been at the helm of the retailer for eight years.
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Ackerman said the company is naturally very sad to be announcing Brasher's departure.
"He has led a remarkable turnaround in our company, and the Pick n Pay Group is immeasurably stronger now than when Richard took over in 2013. He has almost doubled Pick n Pay’s store network, and has grown turnover from R55 billion when he joined the company to almost R90 billion."
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