Selati Cup Final Thriller Goes Down to the Wire

Selati Cup Final Thriller Goes Down to the Wire

The Selati Cup Final, a community-driven youth development tournament sponsored by us, is a fun way to keep our youth busy, out of trouble and gives them a platform to showcase their talent. This year there was exciting game that ended in a heartstopping penalty shootout which saw the heroics of the defending champions’ goalkeeper

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‘More You’ Programme gives Joyce her dream back

‘More You’ Programme gives Joyce her dream back

At RCL FOODS our people are our biggest asset – and when they fly, we all fly. Our MORE YOU Programme, which consists of four short modules aims to empower our general workers to achieve more in their personal and work lives by being MORE CURIOUS and MORE BRAVE. This inspiring story of Joyce Grootboom

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Land Reform that Works

Land Reform that Works

In 2012, when part of the land where our cane was growing near Malalane was under claim, we took this as an opportunity to implement some much-needed transformation in the local agricultural space. We did this by partnering with the beneficiaries and established a 50/50 joint venture company called Sivunosetfu (which rents the cane land

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We Do More TO CELEBRATE MANDELA DAY

We Do More TO CELEBRATE MANDELA DAY

On Mandela Day this year, our non-profit DO MORE FOUNDATION, ramped up its contribution to take more meals, more passionate volunteers, and more caring than ever before, to communities in need. By MORE, we mean: 1407 volunteers, a staggering 14 324 meals, 76 beneficiary organisations, 183 mini-projects, 57 teams and 44 RCL FOODS sites! Madiba believed

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Going Beyond in our Sales and Merchandising Efforts to Achieve MORE!

Going Beyond in our Sales and Merchandising Efforts to Achieve MORE!

We are proud to announce that Vector Logistics Division, a business unit of RCL FOODS has received two prestigious awards at the Professional Management Review (PMR) Award prize giving. These 2 awards were a Diamond award (Measured as Outstanding) and the Silver Award (Measured as Very Good). PMR.africa conducted its annual, national survey on 200

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Basadi Bereka-Empowering South African Women Wings

Basadi Bereka-Empowering South African Women Wings

RCL FOODS prides itself on doing things differently and has long been a leading advocate  of women empowerment. The Basadi Bereka (seTswana for Women at Work) programme, launched in April, is doing just that – helping women in the RCL FOODS chicken processing operation reach their ultimate and full potential. Over the past few months,

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Meet Stirling Piu

Meet Stirling Piu

Meet Stirling Piu, a BComm Graduate who successfully completed the RCL FOODS Management Trainee Programme in 2013 and is now fulfilling his passion as a Project Manager in the Business Intelligence team. Stirling’s Background Born and raised in Durban, Stirling grew up working behind the shop counter of his parents’ business, which he says taught him the value of

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Managers flex their wings at Technical School

Managers flex their wings at Technical School

You can have the best product and the best strategy, but it’s the skill, passion and knowledge of your team that really make you fly. In the Chicken Agriculture space, one of the ways we’re giving our team wings is through our very own RCL FOODS Consumer Agric Technical School. For the group of managers

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RCL FOODS INTERIMS MEDIA RELEASE MARCH 2019

RCL FOODS INTERIMS MEDIA RELEASE MARCH 2019

PERFORMANCE HEADLINES • Groceries deliver consistent growth • Suppressed market pricing in Chicken • Adverse sales mix in Sugar • Millbake turnaround progressing well • Cost pressures erode Animal Feed and Logistics margins • Strong cash generation and low gearing Durban 4 March 2019 – RCL FOODS today reported that headline earnings for the six

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Learning with Linkedin – developing talent for the future

Learning with Linkedin – developing talent for the future

At RCL FOODS, we take ‘seeing and doings things differently’ very seriously – and that’s exactly the approach we’ve taken with developing our people’s skills for the future of the working world. RCL FOODS Linkedin Learning platform We all know that retail, marketing and production have been positively disrupted by digital – and so have

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RCL FOODS ANNUAL RESULTS MEDIA RELEASE 2018

RCL FOODS ANNUAL RESULTS MEDIA RELEASE 2018

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS • 52,7% increase in headline earnings • Exceptional performance from most grocery brands • Strong Chicken recovery • Sugar impacted by dumped imports • Growth strategy gains momentum Durban, 28 August 2018: RCL FOODS today reported a 52.7% increase in headline earnings for the year ended June 2018 despite a challenging trading environment.

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RCL FOODS INTERIM RESULTS MEDIA RELEASE 2018

RCL FOODS INTERIM RESULTS MEDIA RELEASE 2018

SALIENT FEATURES Strong earnings growth Chicken recovery ahead of expectation following restructure, adverse impact on Logistics and Animal Feed in line with expectation Sugar margins compromised by significant imports despite strong operational performance and volume recovery post drought Grocery brands continue to perform well in a market showing muted growth Interim dividend declared of 15,0

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