Food Lovers Market Retail CEO explains some of the changing customer dynamics

“90% our sales are now pre-packs. Ten years ago we sold loose grapes, loose peaches, loose apricots in summer, now everything is pre-packs, and that’s not because of load shedding, that’s just the consumer they just want to pick up and go,” said Travis Coppin, Food Lovers Market retail CEO. He was speaking during a walkabout at the Food Lovers Market’s Waterfall Ridge store in Midrand, Coppin said they were seeing the impact of the struggling economy and unpredictable power supply in how consumers were adapting their spending habits.