Fact-a-day archive

3.2 million of South Africa’s adults have bought food from McDonald’s in the past four weeks. McDonald’s, an official partner… Read More

6.2 million South African adults have consumed SAB-branded beer (excluding lite beer) in the past 7 days. During the World… Read More

There are 14.8 million newspaper readers in South Africa. During the World Cup, no publisher will be allowed to sell… Read More

South Africa’s consumer price inflation eased to 5.7% year-on-year in February 2010 from 6.2% in January 2010. The corresponding year-on-year… Read More

Households in the lowest income decile spend 32.8% of household consumption expenditure on food and non-alcoholic beverages. In the highest… Read More

11% of adults in South Africa borrow money to buy food. This has increased from 4% in 2007. (Finscope 2009,… Read More