Petrol heading for R33. Plus: Pantry’s big ambitions and Mo’s Crib

Bruce Whitfield’s Business Week · Oct 15, 2026 · 37m

In this episode, Greg Solomon, the new CEO of Pantry by Marble, discusses what it takes to scale a chef-driven luxury food concept without losing its soul. After 15 years of growing McDonald’s SA to 400 locations, Solomon is now applying that discipline to David Higgs’ rapidly expanding premium brand. Michelle Mokone of Mo’s Crib tells the story of two sisters from Mabopane who sold their iPhones to travel to New York, survived Covid-19 by making masks, cracked into the Target and CB2 markets, and are now taking their R4-million factory sale model to Los Angeles in December. News24 Business…