ROB ROSE: Spar’s media threats backfire

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ROB ROSE: Spar’s media threats backfire
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Retailer Spar hopes its mess won’t smell so bad if it keeps a lid on it. We know how that works out, writes robrose_za.

You’d think, given the cautionary tales of blundering companies felled by egregiously ill-advised attempts to throw their weight around, that people would have learnt by now. There are many examples of how not to manage a crisis, such as Tiger Brands’s staunch refusal to admit that listeria bacteria at its factories could have led to 218 listeriosis deaths.

Yet now we have grocery group Spar blundering its way through a governance crisis with all the dexterity and nuance of Gwede Mantashe at a renewable energy summit...A subscription helps you enjoy the best of our business content every day along with benefits such as articles from our international business news partners; ProfileData financial data; and digital access to the Sunday Times and TimesLive Premium.

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