Shoprite hit for R4 million in e-tolls

[QuintonB]

E-tolls cost Shoprite R4 million

Shoprite says that the direct e-toll cost for its own fleet is R4 million, which will raise the price of food for the Gauteng consumer.

 

[MrGray]

And so the E-Toll inflation shock starts. User pays my a$$.

 

[Fudzy]

They can't be tagged surely?

 

[Beachless]

Its good that they released this info now it should just filter through to the poor.

 

[Beachless]

They can't be tagged surely?

They have a big distribution center in Midrand so every truck has to take the tolled road.

 

[The_Ogre]

That's pocket change for Whitey

 

[Fudzy]

They have a big distribution center in Midrand so every truck has to take the tolled road.

Still, if you have a tag isn't that a capped amount each month? How many trucks do you think there are?

 

[Messugga]

Still, if you have a tag isn't that a capped amount each month? How many trucks do you think there are?

No, trucks aren't subject to the cap.

 

[cybershark]

And so it begins...

 

[creeper]

That's pocket change for Whitey

R4m in 2 months.R24m for a year.

In that industry, running net margins of 3-5%, that is significant.

 

[system32]

And so the E-Toll inflation shock starts. User pays my a$$.

+1
User pays principle - the consumer does not have a choice - All food chains will be using the same etoll roads.

 

[supersunbird]

Tagged trucks are subject to a R3500 cap (per truck) I seem to recall.

 

[DJ...]

They can't be tagged surely?

They are, but they run their own distribution centres - trucks! No special pricing there. They also have a large corporate fleet...

 

[The_Unbeliever]

 

[Messugga]

Tagged trucks are subject to a R3500 cap (per truck) I seem to recall.

Just checked the gazette - you are correct.

 

[DJ...]

R4m in 2 months.R24m for a year.

In that industry, running net margins of 3-5%, that is significant.

And an invoice backlog, so probably higher than R2m per month...

 

[DJ...]

Tagged trucks are subject to a R3500 cap (per truck) I seem to recall.

I haven't seen this...

EDIT: it's true.

/goes off to do more calcs...

 

[Noquarter]

So you must pay your own E-toll and Shoprite's etoll and PnP's etoll and every other company's etoll who just up the prices of their goods and services. It all eventually ends with Joe D00s on the street who must take the knock, cause everything filters down to Joe D00s and Joe D00s cannot recover these extra costs from anyone else.

 

[system32]

That's pocket change for Whitey

It's R4m for the stores near e-toll roads for just 2 months.
If you place it in that context then it's not pocket change any more.
The rest of the figures quoted in the article is for the whole country.

 

[Fudzy]

They are, but they run their own distribution centres - trucks! No special pricing there. They also have a large corporate fleet...

It should be capped at R3500 per truck then right?

EDIT: Doh, helps if I checked to see if there was a second page to this thread. Keen to see the calculations.