RETAIL: Pick n Pay chair warns of food shortages and social unrest if rolling blackouts escalate

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RETAIL: Pick n Pay chair warns of food shortages and social unrest if rolling blackouts escalate
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SA’s entire food industry is under existential threat, with a high likelihood of social unrest relating to food shortages and possible store closures if blackouts are escalated, Pick n Pay chairperson Gareth Ackerman has warned.

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