South Africa

As a result of the pandemic in 2020, there was an uptick in pet ownership in South Africa. Relationships between existing pet owners and their pets also improved, given that they spent more time together during the various lockdowns. These new and…

Pet care is set to continue to register steady current value growth in 2023, despite several challenges, such as increasing production and distribution costs, continuous rolling blackouts, and lacklustre economic growth. The pet population, which was…

Marltons Pets & Products (Pty) Ltd maintained its lead in other pet food in 2022, alongside also heading up the largest category, bird food, and the fastest growing category, small mammal/reptile food, with its namesake brand; it also held second…

While pet humanisation and premiumisation are still prominent trends in South Africa, difficult financial conditions locally have seen consumers trading down within dog food and looking for affordable or functional products. Rampant food inflation,…

Pet humanisation and premiumisation have remained prominent trends in South Africa in 2023, although difficult financial conditions locally are seeing some consumers trade down within cat food, and looking for more affordable or functional products.…

The briefing introduces the Cities Households Necessities Spending Index. The index ranks 1,075 cities by household expenditure on non-discretionary items, namely food, housing, and clothing and footwear. This analysis focuses on 160 major cities.…