Home / News & media website / News / Pick n Pay Launches Retro Shopping Bags

PICK N PAY LAUNCHES RETRO SHOPPING BAGS

We all love a good throwback every now and again. With its recently launched retro shopping bags, Pick n Pay is taking us way back to the 1970s.

The two iconic red, white and blue bags are part of the local chain’s celebration of their founder Raymond Ackerman’s birthday. On Wednesday Ackerman is celebrating his 90th birthday.

In 1966, Ackerman was fired as the managing director of Checkers and, one year later, purchased four stores trading under the Pick n Pay brand in Cape Town, reports Business Insider.

About 18,000 of these limited edition retro shopping bags will be on sale at 320 of the group’s 800 stores across the country. The proceeds from the sale of these bags will be donated to the Zama Dance School Trust.

The trust was established during the 1980s by Ackerman himself to provide ballet classes to children from disadvantaged communities.

Ackerman stepped down as chairman of the Pick n Pay group in 2010.

Happy birthday, Mr Pick n Pay!

Image credit: SAPeople


LATEST
Racial Abuse On Ryanair Flight
Three Arrested For Attempted Hijacking At Sandown High School
SABC offered SAFA 'disrespectful' R10 million to broadcast Bafana games
SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket Delivers SAOCOM-1A Earth-Observation Satellite
Facebook Launches Fake-News Checking In South Africa
Calls For Dros Rape Accused To Face Attempted Murder Charge
Indonesian Tsunami Struck After Warning Lifted
Anc | 'this Website Is Down Due To Non-payment To The Service Provider'
Air Niugini plane lands in Micronesia lagoon