Game is now a glorified grocery store, signalling a free-for-all in the supermarket wars, as it seeks a bigger piece of the retail pie.
Prices and overheads keep rising and margins are squeezed, coupled with erratic electricity supplies.
But, somewhere along the way, someone is making good money, and it is not the standalone franchisee store owner who is subservient to the likes of Spar and Pick n Pay.
The serious money is being made by the distribution centres who control the supply line to these stores.
Check out the results of the bloated monoliths, PnP, Spar, Checkers and so on. These guys are making serious money, throwing scraps to their franchisees.
Ultimately, it is the consumer, you and I, who suck the hind tit, paying exorbitant prices for our…