Meet the Makers March 2019

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MEET THE MAKERS

of our quality products Bilqees Essa from Comessa Food Services

Read her story inside.

Brenda and Colin Lyall from Sage Kitchen Read their story inside.

Fresh and delicious

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Oven-fresh bakes delivered daily

We take great pride in putting these products on our shelves and helping to grow our local partners’ businesses. They all share our belief that business should be about doing more good.

Olives grown for the good of the

Pick n Pay’s long-standing relationship with Comessa Food Services is built on quality and trust. Husband and wife Zoegdie and Bilqees Essa, along with their team of 56 employees, have supplied us with freshly baked flatbreads, tortilla wraps, rotis, naan breads and even tasty popcorn daily for almost a decade now.

community

Pick n Pay’s quality olive products and fruitinfused vinegars are grown, harvested and packaged in the Western Cape’s Riebeek Valley. We are proud to work with Goedgedacht, a community-serving supplier that supports local entrepreneurs in growing their own businesses and developing new skills.

Bilqees Essa Co-founder of Comessa Food Services

Rob Templeton Founder of Goedgedacht

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Traditional local flavour in a bottle Sage Kitchen started as a husband and wife’s kitchen pastime, but with the help of staff from the Port Elizabeth community, their high-quality traditional jams, marinades, relishes and other delectable pesto products are on Pick n Pay shelves nationwide.

Living healthier can be sweet The key to the success of our Carb Sharp range is making the low-carb lifestyle easy, delicious and convenient with a wide range of sugar-free and low-carb quick mixes, cupboard essentials and supplements. Our supplier’s innovative and tasty products are perfect for anyone banting, following a low-carb, high-fat diet, or living with food allergies or diabetes.

Julia Edwards Founder of MojoMe

Check out our wide Carb Sharp range in-store or browse on our website for more delicious low-carb recipes.

Brenda and Colin Lyall Co-founders of Sage Kitchen

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Proudly local allergen-free baked treats

Hailing from the Mother City, The Allergen Baker is a local gluten-free bakery specialising in goods free of common allergens. All recipes are developed by a baker who, living with coeliac disease, understands just how restrictive food allergies can be. Their lovingly made range of cookies, rusks and cake mixes have allnatural ingredients and special flour blends. Now you can find a selection of egg-, dairy-, wheatand nut-free snacks at a Pick n Pay store near you.

Creating opportunities

with cookies It’s no surprise that Khayelitsha Cookies produces some of the most delectable baked goods in South Africa. But the true merit behind the company lies in how it radically changes the lives of its employees, by offering opportunities for significant growth and career expansion. Khayelitsha Cookies hires women who are trained and upskilled – promising a sweeter future for all.

Adri Williams Founder of Khayelitsha Cookies

Diana Swales Founder of The Allergen Baker

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Sustainably sourced desert salt

Samantha Skyring Founder of Oryx Desert Salt

Samantha Skyring, founder of Oryx Desert Salt, harvests 100% pure salt from the Kalahari Desert. Oryx Desert Salt is co-owned by its employees, offering a safe space for the community to discover and follow their dreams. Samantha maintains that being local and sustainable will always be at the heart of the company. Find this ethically harvested desert salt in select Pick n Pay stores nationwide.

Simone Musgrave Founder of Musgrave Gin

Local

artisan gin

Musgrave Gin is no ordinary spirit. Born out of the flavours and history of the African spice route – a trail of discovery blazed by explorer Maurice Boon Musgrave – the adventure lives on today in his granddaughter, Simone, who founded Musgrave Gin in his honour. Produced in a distillery in the heart of Cape Town, Pick n Pay is proud to be associated with this truly South African business.

Alcohol Not for Sale to Persons Under the Age of 18. Drink Responsibly.

SA’s unique craft beverage

Gladys Mawoneke Founder of BREVA

Made from the finest ingredients, the BREVA range of beverages is a delicate blend of natural barley malt extracts and fruit flavours that are sophisticated, smooth and gentle on the palate. The apple, passion fruit, peach and pineapple flavours are halaalcertified and are best savoured on their own or as mixers.

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Locally made cleaning products Edward Moshole, founder of Chem-Fresh, was working as a cleaner when he identified a need for gentle detergents made from quality ingredients. With just R68 and a broomstick, he started his own enterprise. Today, Chem-Fresh contributes to local employment and donates its detergents to local schools monthly. Chem-Fresh distributes detergents to Pick n Pay stores across the country.

A family of

fire starters Father and son duo Patrick and Emile Langeveldt supply Pick n Pay with firelighters. What makes their business so extraordinary is that Patrick, founder and CEO of Greenworld Chemical Services and Supplies, hasn’t drawn a salary for himself since 2010. Instead, he chooses to dedicate his income to develop his staff, passionately supporting those in need. Greenworld is a family business fired up about community upliftment.

Edward Moshole Founder of Chem-Fresh

Patrick Langeveldt Founder of Greenworld Chemicals

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For the love of local Our supplier partners share our philosophy that business is about more than just making a profit and that doing good is good business. As the pioneer of own-brand products in South Africa, you can expect us (with the help of our partners) to continue to bring you products that are healthy, delicious, convenient, superior quality, proudly South African and of great value. Go to www.pnp.co.za/doing-good.

A braai

essen t ial

Sibusiso Tshabalala, founder of Berry Hill Trading, produces 100% organic charcoal, briquettes and braai lighters from invasive plant species. He employs more than 200 people who gather wood, much of which comes from alien vegetation, from the farms of around 33 emerging farmers.

Sibusiso Tshabalala Founder of Berry Hill Trading

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