1. Store Footprint Report
Publication date:
November 2018
Next publication:
June 2019
Store Footprint Report

2. Boxer Store Numbers
Boxer stores are located in urban, peri-urban*, and rural areas. Boxer’s primary interests when choosing store locale is the availability of high foot traffic – whether directly off the street, close to public transport hubs, as an anchor tenant within a shopping mall or as a standalone development. Boxer became a national brand following the opening of its first Western Cape store in Khayelitsha in November (FY2016), and has opened 6 stores in the Western Cape as at August 2018.
* Note: Peri-urban is defined as denoting or located in an area immediately adjacent to a city or urban area. Source: Oxford Dictionary
Boxer Trading Brands
11 net new Boxer stores opened across Boxer trading brands in HY2019
Boxer stores count as at the end of August 2018 was 257 stores
Boxer Superstores added 6 net new stores , now with a total of 156 as at the end August 2018
Boxer Punch closed 1 store, total at 19 stores
Boxer Build opened 1, total at 32 stores
Boxer Liquors added 5 new stores, taking the portfolio to 48 stores
Boxer Super Meats opened no new stores, keeping the total at 2 stores
“Boxer will continue to grow and expand in areas where the company knows it can serve the needs of the community through its well-defined product range, sold at low prices and served in an efficient customer friendly manner. Definitely helping our customers to ‘Never pay more than the Boxer price.’”
SOURCE: Pick n Pay Holdings Ltd & Boxer Head Office
- Eugene Stoop, Boxer Managing Director

3. Boxer Store Numbers cont.
Boxer Trading Brand Numbers YOY
FY2015
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
HY2019
Total Boxer
189
208
229
246
257
Boxer Superstores
125
136
142
150
156
Boxer Build 21 24 31 32
Boxer Liquors 22 27 34 43 48
Boxer Punch 20 19
Boxer Super Meats 2
Boxer Trading Brand Net New Stores and 5 Year % Growth
FY2015
FY2016
FY2017
FY2018
HY2019
5-year % Change
Total Boxer 10 19 21 17 11
36.0%
Boxer Superstores 2 6 8
24.8%
Boxer Build 3 7 1
52.4%
Boxer Liquors 5 9
118.2%
Boxer Punch -1
-9.5%
Boxer Super Meats --
SOURCE: Pick n Pay Holdings Ltd & Boxer Head Office

4. Boxer Geographic Spread as at May 2018
South Africa
KwaZulu-Natal remains the largest region for Boxer, representing 37% of total South African store share. All 5 formats are represented in the province i.e. Superstores, Punch, Build, Liquors, and Super Meats
Eastern Cape is the second largest, with a 29% share of the Boxer store portfolio
Rest of Africa
Swaziland currently has a total of 7 Boxer stores. 5 Boxer Superstores and 2 Boxer Liquors, contributing 3% to the total Boxer store portfolio
KwaZulu -Natal
37%
Eastern Cape
29%
Western Cape 2%
Northern Cape 1%
Freestate 3%
North West 5%
Mpumalanga
Limpopo 8%
Gauteng
Swaziland
Planned new Stores
Between six to eight Boxer Superstores are planned to February 2019, which will reflect the discount supermarket store format
Highlights to date
4 trading brands
252 stores in South Africa, 7 stores in Swaziland
Next Gen: all KZN and EC stores have been revamped including new stores , with remaining to be completed by end 2019
+70% of the Boxer estate is now next generation
Nov 2018 Boxer Superstores opened their latest super in the Atterridgeville’s Nkomo Village Centre in Pretoria
SOURCE: Boxer Head Office
NOTE: Data in above differs slightly from rest of report. Geographic spread is as at end May 2018

5. Boxer Geographic Spread as at October 2018
Regions
Boxer Superstores
Boxer Build
Boxer Liquors
Boxer Punch
Boxer Super Meats
Province Total
South Africa
156 31 47 16 2
252
KwaZulu-Natal 48 15 14 94
Eastern Cape 12 75
Limpopo 17 4 21
Gauteng 5 1 20
North West 9 3
Mpumalanga
Free State 7
Northern Cape
Western Cape 6
Rest of Africa
Swaziland
Total  
161 49
259
SOURCE: Boxer Head Office
NOTE: Data in above table differs slightly from rest of report. Geographic spread is as at Oct 2018

6. Maryla Masojada | Lead Analyst Carey Leighton | Associate Analyst