Pick 'n Pay CEO Sean Summers: We had to burn billions to save the company

Loading player...
Sean Summers, CEO of Pick n Pay, outlines a tough but deliberate turnaround for the retailer as it battles market volatility, labour tensions and legacy costs. In a frank interview, he defends short-term share price swings and emphasises long-term value creation through restructuring and investment in stores and Boxer. He insists the goal is a sustainable, competitive future rather than quick fixes, despite pressure from losses, inflation and ongoing negotiations with unions and suppliers across South Africa’s retail sector today.
25 May 8AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

Other recent episodes

The Hidden cost of selling your business: Andrew Smith’s Yuppiechef story

What really happens after the entrepreneurial dream comes true? Andrew Smith, co-founder of Yuppiechef, opens up about building a business from a side hustle into a retail powerhouse, taking venture capital, navigating rapid growth, surviving Covid, and ultimately selling the company. Drawing on years of handwritten journals, he shares candid…
6 Sep 10AM 1 hr 04 min

After GHL, Pappas and Brink, is Clinton Lerm the DA's next household name?

He's a businessman with eight companies and 400 staff who says politics was the last thing on his mind, until the DA picked him to take Overstrand's top job from its first black executive mayor. Clinton Lerm has already survived a Hawks investigation, a standing court interdict with a rival…
4 Sep 5AM 37 min