{"id":805118,"date":"2025-01-01T15:11:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-01T13:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=805118"},"modified":"2025-01-01T15:11:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-01T13:11:22","slug":"99c-for-a-pair-of-shoes-or-loaf-of-bread-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/805118\/99c-for-a-pair-of-shoes-or-loaf-of-bread-in-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"99c for a pair of shoes or loaf of bread in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FNB&#8217;s eBucks rewards programme offers South Africans a pair of school shoes at PEP or a loaf of bread at Pick n Pay for 99c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last month, PEP announced that it had partnered with FNB to offer families with FNB cards and PEP +more rewards school shoes for 99c.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PEO explained that the initiative aims to promote the importance of school uniforms in giving children confidence and a sense of belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To qualify for the 99c school shoe offer, customers have to spend over R300, pay with any FNB card, and scan their PEP + more rewards card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Angela Beukes, head of marketing at PEP, and Pieter Woodhatch, CEO of FNB eBucks Rewards, expressed their excitement about the collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThanks to FNB, we\u2019re making it possible for more families to provide quality school essentials for their children,\u201d said Beukes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woodhatch said the partnership aims to make it easier for households to stretch their rands further and make the start to the year a little easier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSchool uniform supplies have a sizeable impact on our customers\u2019 household budgets and, at times, add strain to their already stretched pockets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThrough this 99c school shoes voucher, we aim to help supplement the cost of school shoes that will ease the overall cost of uniform spend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 99c school shoe offer followed a similar promotion where South Africans can buy a loaf of bread for under R1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In September 2024, FNB eBucks and Pick n Pay partnered to offer qualifying FNB customers a loaf of bread every week for 99c through a voucher initiative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>FNB Easy PAYU and Easy Bundle customers can purchase up to four loaves of bread a month at 99c per loaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To qualify, FNB Easy PAYU and Easy Bundle customers must swipe their cards for any amount when purchasing goods at Pick n Pay stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pick n Pay CEO Sean Summers said they were delighted to be part of the 99c bread initiative to provide relief during difficult times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe see the value and role that loyalty programmes, like our Smart Shopper programme, play in helping customers stretch their budgets,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur Smart Shoppers could even use their points to pay for their 99c loaf of weekly bread vouchers from FNB eBucks.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FNB&#8217;s eBucks rewards programme offers South Africans a pair of school shoes at PEP or a loaf of bread at Pick n Pay for 99c.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":805119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9872],"tags":[899,76,959,4067],"class_list":["post-805118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-ebucks","tag-fnb","tag-pep","tag-pick-n-pay"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=805118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":805120,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805118\/revisions\/805120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=805118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=805118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=805118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}