A centralised commissary and procurement model is fundamental to protecting margin, guaranteeing quality and enabling scale. The R130 million commissary and cold-chain investment (Section 19) is among the largest single uses of capital and a core competitive moat.
Centralised commissary model
- Central production facilities for consistent, standardised food preparation.
- Cold-chain logistics ensuring food safety and product integrity across the network.
- National procurement systems delivering purchasing scale and supplier rebates.
- Approved-supplier networks with enforced quality and food-safety standards.
Local supplier development
Consistent with leading South African operators and with the Company’s transformation commitments, procurement prioritises South African agricultural sourcing, Black-owned suppliers, SME supplier development and regional manufacturing partnerships. Local sourcing also mitigates currency and import-supply risk (Section 23).
StrengthProcurement scale as a margin engine
Central procurement converts network scale directly into unit-economic advantage: as system-wide purchasing grows toward the volumes implied by 100 restaurants, supplier rebates and negotiated input costs improve for every store, corporate and franchised alike, reinforcing the compounding flywheel described in Section 7 and contributing rebate income of roughly R53m by FY2031.