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• UMS Spotted on the red carpet

  Big news this week from Unitrade Management Services (UMS), two of whose members got major awards in February, at the 2019 IGA International Retailers of the Year awards, in San Diego, California. Supersave Food Town Hyper (Pietermaritzburg) and Take... More »

  • Tatler Reporter 25/03/19

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• Big Save We have ignitions

  Shopping isn’t commerce in South Africa: it’s culture, and nowhere is this more evident than at the opening or relaunch of a major independent wholesaler. Take Big Save Waltloo Supermarket and Wholesaler, a member of UMS, for example: the relaunch fe... More »

  • Tatler Reporter 12/03/19

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• UMS United we stand

  Big up to our friends over at Unitrade Managements Services (UMS) who run a network of over 400 independent retail and wholesale stores. Two of these stores – KZN-based Supersave Food Town Hyper and Take n Pay Food Town Hyper – have just been nominat... More »

  • Tatler Reporter 14/11/18

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• UMS A declaration of independents

  Strength to strength there, UMS. Having started out in life as a fairly straight-forward wholesale buying group, the business formerly known as Unitrade has evolved into a complex, value-driven voluntary trading association designed to provide the in... More »

  • Tatler Reporter 28/07/15

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• Metro Stack ‘em high

  A quick update for you from the arid West: since the demise of parent company Metcash, Metro Namibia has passed (after a couple of false starts) into the hands of the massive and very capable Sefalana Group, dealer in consumer goods, property, vehicl... More »

  • Tatler Reporter 07/04/15

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