tellwisdom:


Oya, dey come lagos.....U don come lagos before??

BlackBaron:
Not good for our farming sector.
But from the little I understand about large retailers, they can often fine a supplier if they fail to meet demand or fall behind the quantity required.

May have branched out to others to get a regular supply of the fruits. I don't however, believe it may be the reason. May instead be related to convenience or other issues.

Government should force every retailer to market 'Nigerian made produce' where possible. That'll be a good start.

apholaryn:
little boy ,I dey pity u.

You dey ibadan dey make mouth...Come lagos make i put u inside gutter..foolish boi

Truckpusher:
That's how they will grind the economy and blame the next President for our woes even when citizens are making the same mistakes.

organicfoods:
See the fruits I saw at shoprite today in Ibadan. Dey swear for us? While water melon and bananas rot away in many farms in Nigeria... So sad.

400billionman:


If you do not go to them, they won't come to you. That is how big businesses operate. Unless you are a monopoly supplier.

BlackBaron:
Not good for our farming sector.
But from the little I understand about large retailers, they can often fine a supplier if they fail to meet demand or fall behind the quantity required.

May have branched out to others to get a regular supply of the fruits. I don't however, believe it may be the reason. May instead be related to convenience or other issues.

Government should force every retailer to market 'Nigerian made produce' where possible. That'll be a good start.

bigben431:
Blah blah blah, everyone complaining. An opportunity exists when a problem arises. The question is what can be done to mitigate or curb this. From my little experience exporting agricultural products, the most money is made in post harvest., logistics, storage and marketing.

I was shocked to see this myself at the ikeja store when last I was in naija, I managed to talk to one of the purchasing guys at an event a few days later (mainly by coincidence) and he said the problem was shoprite did not have time to go seek out suppliers in naija they expect nigerian suppliers to send in proposals. He also said that when they gave contracts to nigerian firms to supply - after a few supplies they became inconsistent, not meeting up demand etc. He said they rather source from Ghana and S. Africa where they are sure of consistent supply. Most of these applies to fruits and vegetables.

So maybe some folks here can form a co-op approach shoprite, source bulk from up north and supply them. If you can figure out the storage and preservation aspect..you don strike gold. Start with a few stores and as you increase capacity expand, before you know am you will become a brand name.

My two cents.

organicfoods:
See the fruits I saw at shoprite today in Ibadan. Dey swear for us? While water melon and bananas rot away in many farms in Nigeria... So sad.

asha80:
Some things are just not meant to be bought at shoprite...just compare those bananas to the fresh bananas you see around you being sold especially if you live in the south

odinese:
Its all good...
Very soon Nigeria will start importing water.

liberty300:
Good. shey they were rejoicing for shoprite? Great move to kill their local market

laurel03:
Water Melon and Banana for shoprite... Oya make I run go ojee market in Ib (oje eleso) and hausa peep full everywhere dey hawk water melon... Shoprite ko Shopleft ni

Caseless:
Are they mad?
Can't they come to d north?

Truckpusher:
Don't mind them .

As if they've outsourced the local produce.

frisky2good:
So as watermelon and banana full aboki wheel barrow na inside shoprite una dey go find una own. Why won't they import from Yemen then?

atlwireles:
Is that Banana? looks like plantain to me

bigben431:
Blah blah blah, everyone complaining. An opportunity exists when a problem arises. The question is what can be done to mitigate or curb this. From my little experience exporting agricultural products, the most money is made in post harvest., logistics, storage and marketing.

I was shocked to see this myself at the ikeja store when last I was in naija, I managed to talk to one of the purchasing guys at an event a few days later (mainly by coincidence) and he said the problem was shoprite did not have time to go seek out suppliers in naija they expect nigerian suppliers to send in proposals. He also said that when they gave contracts to nigerian firms to supply - after a few supplies they became inconsistent, not meeting up demand etc. He said they rather source from Ghana and S. Africa where they are sure of consistent supply. Most of these applies to fruits and vegetables.

So maybe some folks here can form a co-op approach shoprite, source bulk from up north and supply them. If you can figure out the storage and preservation aspect..you don strike gold. Start with a few stores and as you increase capacity expand, before you know am you will become a brand name.

My two cents.

KLand:
Branding is the key here. Look at the product stickers on the items. can we find such here yet? Apart from local market women/men do we have companies dealing on plantains and watermelons? This is a gap to be filled.

Recently i was in Gombe state and Bauchi too. I saw loads of water melons displayed on road sides for sale. The products are there in large quantities. Why can't we have supply chains that can make these available to outlets like shoprite and the like?

Having said that, i emplore Shoprite to to try to establish programmes/partnerships that will make these locally produced goods available to them. Importation does not help our economy

Proffdada:
the funny people don't realize that they are locally produced and sold by shoprite ,a south african company
the OP misguided you guys thinking they are all imported . they had to brand their products

all4naija:
Shoprite should pack up and leave Nigeria. The watermelon and banana look horribly disgusting to the eyes!

drnairalov:
I shop in tesco, Lidl, Spar and Aldi.. m too prestige for Tesco...gosh who goes to Tesco in dis age..with their rude service desk...always angry when u paying..like say I send dem dey do d work. not common

"thank you after I buy plenty things..I dey vex