\n Retail revenue climbed 8.3% to R18.1 billion ($979 million), driven by pharmacy and baby store expansion, while wholesale revenue grew 11.1% to R16.8 billion ($908 million).\n <\/p>\n
\n The Saltzman family, founders and majority shareholders of Dis-Chem, said the strong performance provides a springboard for aggressive regional expansion and diversification into integrated healthcare services.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe are accelerating our transition from being a traditional retail pharmacy to becoming an integrated primary healthcare provider.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cOur \u2018store of the future\u2019 concept will merge retail, digital, and wellness ecosystems into one seamless experience,\u201d the group said.\n <\/p>\n
\n Dis-Chem opened 17 new pharmacy stores during the reporting period, bringing its total to 203 retail pharmacies and 44 baby stores, with another 32 stores planned for FY2026.\n <\/p>\n
\n The company said 20 of those are already trading, reflecting a strategic drive to capture untapped markets in South Africa and potentially beyond its borders.\n <\/p>\n
Rewards and healthtech integration<\/p>\n
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\n \u201cBetter Rewards demonstrates how our purpose, technology, and scale combine to make quality healthcare more affordable, more accessible, and more human,\u201d the company said.\n <\/p>\n
\n Powered by Bigly Labs by Dis-Chem, the technology-driven program incentivizes healthy behavior by rewarding customers for filling prescriptions, adhering to chronic treatment plans, and making proactive wellness decisions.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cSupported by a broader portfolio of healthcare and financial services, Better Rewards is designed to compound good health decisions over time,\u201d Dis-Chem explained.\n <\/p>\n
\n This data-led approach signals a growing trend across African healthcare retail, where technology, personalisation, and prevention are emerging as key differentiators in a market once defined by price and access alone.\n <\/p>\n
Strong financials and shareholder confidence<\/p>\n
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\n Dis-Chem\u2019s basic earnings per share (EPS) rose 9.6% to 73.9 cents, while headline earnings per share climbed 9.0% to 73.8 cents, reflecting efficient cost management and consistent market growth.\n <\/p>\n
\n The group\u2019s wholesale business, now servicing 1,608 independent pharmacies, representing about 85% of South Africa\u2019s independent market, also recorded robust performance, with external revenue to independent pharmacies and Local Choice franchises increasing 11.6%.\n <\/p>\n
\n With Africa\u2019s healthcare retail market projected to surpass $45 billion by 2030, Dis-Chem\u2019s expansion blueprint could redefine how pharmacies operate across the continent by merging commerce, care, and technology into a single ecosystem.\n <\/p>\n
\n As the Saltzman family sets its sights on a pan-African footprint, Dis-Chem\u2019s message is clear: the future of healthcare in Africa lies not just in access, but in innovation that rewards well-being.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Retail revenue climbed 8.3% to R18.1 billion ($979 million), driven by pharmacy and baby store expansion, while wholesale…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":251513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,137,500],"class_list":{"0":"post-251512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-healthcare","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-healthcare"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/251513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=251512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}