So You Want To Open A NEW SUPERMARKET

Before you sign another franchise agreement, fit out another store, or borrow another rand, you need to know where South African supermarkets really lose money, control, and sleep. franchisees that map: a brutally practical,

This South African‑specific checklist from “Go / No‑Go” to opening day that forces you to prove every assumption with owners, dates, and evidence instead of hope.​

It walks you through the 16 priorities that quietly decide whether your new franchise opens as a controlled operation or a very expensive training exercise in shrink, waste, diesel, and staff turnover.​

From lender‑grade feasibility and site selection to utilities resilience, POPIA/CCTV, labour relations, and community licence to trade, it shows you where real stores go wrong — and what proof you need so your store does not pay the same school fees.​

If you are serious about signing a franchise and protecting your capital, this is the one document you read first, highlighter in hand, before you let a single Rand get trapped in a bad decision you could have seen coming.