Convenience Stores for sale in South Africa

Verify zoning, trading permission, the Certificate of Acceptability for food and any business licence required for prepared meals. Confirm approvals cover actual activities, outdoor displays and operating hours, and establish what must change under new ownership.

Check each activity separately. Review tobacco display compliance, provincial liquor licensing and the lottery retailer agreement or terminal approval. Confirm transfer or onboarding requirements before valuing commissions or sales that depend on the seller's authorisation.

Reconcile till reports, card settlements, cash deposits, airtime, utilities, money services and lottery statements by day. Separate customer funds from commission revenue and investigate reversals, shortages, dormant terminals, supplier deposits and transactions outside the main POS.

Count by SKU and storage location, including fridges, storerooms and supplier displays. Record expiry, damage and ownership, then reconcile purchases and sales while excluding consignment goods and discounting short-dated, obsolete or poorly rotating inventory.

Check exclusivity, pricing, rebates, minimum purchases, credit, delivery frequency, equipment ownership, branding and termination. Confirm change-of-control approval and assess dependence on wholesaler terms, refrigeration supplied on loan and rebates earned only after annual targets.

Calculate sales and margin by category, hour and day after shrinkage, expiry, card fees, security and electricity. Reconcile purchases, VAT returns and deposits, then include market pay for owner shifts and realistic backup-power or refrigeration costs.