Role of business is to do good, Pick n Pay founder Raymond Ackerman says as he turns 90

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Pick n Pay founder Raymond Ackerman turns 90 on Wednesday.

The role of business is to give back and to do good. It is not only about keeping prices down and fighting with suppliers to keep prices low, but also helping make changes that affect people.“For anyone starting out in the retail business, it is important to understand that to be successful you’ve got to care about your community, care about your society and care about your people. It doesn’t happen the other way around,” Ackerman said.

He said doing good was good business. “If we rebuild our economy on this basis, our future will be secure.”He said the past year had been brutal as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. “So many families have been bereaved, so many breadwinners have lost their jobs, and so many businesses have gone under. At times the situation has seemed hopeless.

“Yet we are still standing. The way in which people have got on with life in the most trying circumstances, and cared for one another along the way, is a source of great hope for the future.” Ackerman said he was proud of the way Pick n Pay and its customers responded to the Covid-19 crisis through the“It was a reminder of the principles on which Pick n Pay was founded, of caring for the community. The most exciting thing for me is that this principle has not only stood the test of time, it has been successful.”

 

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