I would love for Uchumi to be re-listed. Firstly, management would have to take their job more seriously due to the increased visibility. Just as importantly they are sitting on alot of assets, including their brand name that are performing at a sub-par level. At the very least, it would allow existing shareholders begging to get out an avenue to bring closure while allowing plucky investors such as me take a punt. There are however alot of ifs for Uchumi to actually return positive results to investors....but surely any bourse worth it's name has to at least have one true retail stock on its board.

Umenena hapo! Indeed we need a pure indicator of consumer purchasing power.

Ciano needs to pull up his socks on marketing, the uchumi brand is no longer the brand of yester-years. ciano thinks he does not need to put a lot of money marketing a well-known brand but he needs to realise that consumer trends are changing fast. I tend to think JC is a good turn-around manager but Uchumi needs to up its game and either get a good strategic investor or he gets a proper war chest from the shareholders.

Alot of housekeeping still needs to be done. First i shopped at Capital centre and this trolley almost drove me crazy. Some of the 'wheels' were not operating. Then i tried Koinange street branch, the place is sooo crowded after the shopping exercise had a seriuos headache. I miss those early days as a teenager when if i ever visited the city, had to visit the Aga khan branch and just walk about. Then Uchumi was a supermkt.

My heart is already beating. Hope it does a CFCIH