Spar
Gqeberha Spar workers strike over pay
Union asked for 8.1% while the company is offering 3%
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Karla Pretorius named Player of the 2019 Netball World Cup
Spar as team sponsor originally announced if the team win gold they would pay R1 million to the team, R750,000 for silver and R250,000 for bronze plus R200,000 for qualifying for the semi-finals.
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Spar franchise owner rejects claims of unfair labour practice at Zembezi store
Spar franchise owner Chris Giannacopoulos has strongly rejected allegations of unfair labour practice at his family group’s Zambezi outlet, saying there is a campaign of vilification being waged against him.
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Spar franchise owner faces new claims of unfair labour practice, abuse
The previous owner of the Zambezi Spar in the north of Pretoria says that after Chris Giannakopoulos took over her branch, he fired all the employees and hired new staff.
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Spar franchise owner accuses company of vendetta against him
EWN revealed on Monday that the Spar Guild had instructed that Chris Giannakopoulos shall play no further part in the management and control of Spars within his various companies.
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Spar issues ultimatum to franchise owner over compliance with HR audit
EWN has learned that the organisation that runs the Spar supermarket franchise has instructed that a human resources audit be conducted at all the Spars owned by Chris Giannakopoulos, who has been accused of assaulting staff and unfair labour practice.
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Embattled Spar franchise owner believes he’s victim of smear campaign
Giannakopoulos first started making headlines in October last year when he was accused of beating a female employee at a Food Lover's Market store in Hartebeespoort.
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Spar Group H1 earnings rise on European operations
Half-year sales rose 5.6% to R50 billion ($3.95 billion), slowing from the 12.6% growth the company reported a year earlier.
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Grocery retail inquiry to probe long-term property leases
The second day of hearings by the Competition Commission into the grocery retail sector is expected to resume on Tuesday.
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Spar gives its view on 'the pyjama saga'
The retail store says it cannot dictate what customers can and cannot wear when they're shopping.
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Spar apologises to PJ Powers over alcohol ad
The ASA found liquor store Tops guilty of capitalising on PJ Power’s battle with alcohol for its own gain.
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Spar defends use of 'PJ Powers' in alcohol ad
Spar says it was within its rights to run with the campaign as this was part of a larger pyjama party theme.
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South African stocks hit record high, Woolworths extends gains
The All-share index notched up a record 52,984 before pulling back slightly at 52,967.
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Massmart files competition complaint against Shoprite, Pick N Pay, Spar
Massmart has filed an anti-competition complaint to fight their exclusive leases with shopping centres.
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NCC wants to meet retailers over meat testing
Top retailers implicated in the meat scandal ill soon meet with the National Consumer Commission.
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Retailers conduct meat labelling investigations
Several South African retailers are now probing their own meat labelling practices.
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Meat scandal: 'I didn't target major retailers'
Spar, Pick n Pay, Woolworths, Shoprite and Fruit & Veg City have been implicated in the meat saga.
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Labelling study was not to name and shame
Names of the supermarkets identified as stocking incorrect labelled food were released.
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Major retailers certain their meats are fine
Some food retailers say they are sure their meats are 100 percent tested and labelled correctly.
