TM Pick n Pay puts smiles on care homes

Chronicle Reporter
ONE of country’s leading supermarket chains, TM Pick n Pay came to the aid of needy homes, delivering food worth over $4,3 million to charities in various communities countrywide, including Bulawayo’s Thembiso Children’s Home this past winter.
The retailer, in partnership with suppliers and customers, mobilised grocery and food items that were delivered to various homes and care facilities as part of its Winter Food Drive initiative.

TM Pick n Pay Managing Director, Malcolm Mycroft, speaking on the initiative that was started in 2019, said through the programme they were living the African “values” on a daily basis.

“One of the things that make us uniquely African is Ubuntu, and realising that we can only be, if we all are. It keeps us grounded, knowing that we have only played our part when we have made people’s lives better,” he said.

“Our ethos is ‘Doing good is good business’ and the Winter Food Drive is a small part of our commitment to this corporate mantra.”

“We realised that a lot of charities in our communities were in dire need of food assistance because the donor assistance they relied on had been cut off due to the pandemic and we opted to, in our own way, do what we could, and so the Winter Food Drive was born.”

The retailer identified homes in need of assistance in the communities it operates, with 26 such care homes having benefited nationwide and 1 600 people assisted so far.

“We are committed to seeing the programme continue as a commitment to the communities in which we operate, all while growing the initiative to assist more people and more homes,” Malcolm Mycroft concluded.