The role of supermarket chains in developing food, other fast-moving consumer goods and consumer goods suppliers in regional markets

Reena Das Nair and Namhla Landani

No wp-2019-59, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Supermarkets are strong catalysts to stimulate the growth and development of producers and suppliers of processed food and manufactured products in Southern Africa. This paper assesses the role of supermarkets and governments in developing supplier capabilities through supplier development programmes. In South Africa, a shift is evident in recent approaches by supermarkets away from mere compliance as part of black economic empowerment or social responsibility objectives, to more mutually beneficial, commercially oriented and long-term investments to develop supplier capabilities.

Keywords: Supermarkets; Supplier development; Upgrading; Industrialization; Retail trade; Buyer power (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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