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(NYASATIMES) Shoprite slashes prices to celebrate Bingu victory

Shoprite slashes prices to celebrate Bingu victory
Nyasa Times 23 May, 2009 02:40:00

There was excitement in the commercial capital Blantyre on Friday as the management of Shoprite welcomed its customers to a special treat when it unbelievably slashed prices for some of its commodities to the amazement of the consumers.

According to an inside source at the shopping center, the decrease came as one way of joining the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the people of Malawi and President Bingu wa Mutharika to celebrate the head of state’s re-election as leader of the country.

“Our management decided to slash prices of goods to celebrate with Bingu, DPP and the people of Malawi for the President’s victory and also for the peaceful elections the country has conducted,” said the source.

Added: “Dr Mutharika has created a sound business atmosphere in Malawi and his re-election as President of the country is good news for both business and development of the nation.”

Mutharika won the presidential race by scooping 65 percent of the votes, with the DPP winning most of the parliamentary seats during Tuesday’s polls that have been described as the most violence-free elections in the history of Malawi.

Millions of people across Malawi have joined Mutharika and his party to celebrate the landslide victory, and the reduction of prices for goods at Shoprite was in coincidence with Mutharika and the Vice President-elect Joyce Banda’s swearing-in ceremony at Kamuzu Stadium, which is adjacent to the supermarket.

Expressing her gratitude, one of the cheerful customers seen with carrier bags of consumables on their way out of the store said, “I am extremely happy with what Shoprite has done and for me there is no other way of celebrating Bingu’s victory than this.”

Located at the Chichiri Shopping Mall, the Blantyre Shoprite is one of the few South African-based retail supermarkets in Malawi that stocks both edible and non-edible commodities, produced locally and abroad.

Labels: CORRUPTION, ELECTIONS, SHOPRITE

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