Food Retail Management University of Pretoria

Overview

The Food Retail Management programme from University of Pretoria deals with the properties of the product categories, consumers’ purchasing and consumption behaviour, product management and the development of new products and services. Consumer science aims to encourage strategies to enhance informed, responsible buying and consumption behaviour, and consumer satisfaction, and to address the needs of people in small businesses and the retail sector.

Career Opportunities

Graduates of the Food Retail Management programme from University of Pretoria can be employed as brand managers, sales managers or store managers, food and beverage buyers and planners, food stylists, food journalists, food product marketers, visual merchandisers and consumer consultants, or can become entrepreneurs.

Career opportunities are diverse. A graduate’s eventual career path is mostly determined by his or her personality and interests. Students are therefore provided with opportunities to investigate different possibilities through compulsory experiential training during their studies. In their fourth year of study, they complete a research paper that offers them an opportunity to participate in a formal research project and to consider the possibility of postgraduate studies. Over the years, the Department has acquired valuable contacts, and students who perform well during their experiential training are often assured of appointments before the completion of their final examinations.