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In this edition of Part of Your Life we pay tribute to all the mothers who do such a fabulous job for their families.

As both a son and a father, I have first-hand experience of the undisputable fact that mothers are the backbones of their families. So, I don't think it will be presumptious of me to say a great big 'thank-you' to all our fantastic mothers.

This month you stand the chance to win a designer kitchen worth R50 000. All you have to do is answer a few simple questions, and ensure that your Part of Your Life subscription details are up to date.

This is also the month in which our Hypermarkets celebrate the 30th year of their existence, and they have some great birthday specials and prizes to be won. Well worth a visit.

As always, you can contact me at jonathan@pnp.co.za. I look forward to hearing from you.

Cheers


Marketing Director
When fast food is just not fast enough...

What happens when fast food is just not fast enough to keep up with you during the day?

Easy.

With a little bit of preparation and our healthy grown-up lunchbox ideas from our School of Cooking experts, you'll have no problem keeping the energy levels up.

Here are some great ideas for healthy eating during the day.
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Parenting
The Mum factor
By John Stokes

Here's the thing about Mother's Day. It reminds thankless, fumbling, forgetful male oafs like me to say thank-you.

As ever, I am in awe of all mothers. I have no idea how you do that thing that you do, but like all kids and dads everywhere, I'm extremely grateful.

Thanks, Mum.
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 For more special offers
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Prices advertised are inclusive of VAT where applicable. We reserve the right to limit quantities.

Win a hamper full of Proudly SA products

National Brands is a Proudly South African company that produces tea, coffee, biscuits and snacks - products that have become household names in South Africa.

To stand a chance of winning a fabulous hamper, filled with National Brands products and Proudly South African Merchandise ...
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 Young chefs to compete in school cook-off

Schools have until 27 May to enter the third School Chefs Competition, hosted by Pick 'n Pay.

Ten teams of three chefs each will be selected to participate in the final cook-off. This competition showcases some of South Africa's most exciting young chef prospects, and rewards the winners and their school with cash prizes.
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In our last parenting article about safety, we asked for more tips from our readers. We received oodles.
Here are a few
 

...great mother stories you would like to share with our readers?

Email these stories to parents@inxcom.com, and we will publish the best ones.
 Only the pure in heart can make a good soup

Thus said Ludwig van Beethoven, and who are we to disagree with this famous composer? So here is our very own symphony of famous soups, composed by Pick 'n Pay's School of Cooking.

And remember, the soup is never hot enough if the waiter can keep his thumb in it.
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Remember
Even though we've closed the General Merchandise website, you can now purchase selected General Merchandise items from the Home Shopping website.
A Taste for South Africa
Comfort food for the winter
Looking for some winter comfort food for you and your family?

Then how about some spicy butternut & tomato soup, followed by braised lamb shanks with pinotage and mashed sweet potatoes? Top all this off with an Amarula Malva pudding, or a coconut milk tart and some pumpkin fritters, and remember to sigh...... it's good to be South African.

Read here how to make these wonderfully comforting dishes.
read more... 		Top entertainers sing
for charities

Well-known entertainers Sibongile Khumalo (pictured here), PJ Powers, Vicky Sampson and Yvonne Chaka Chaka will perform at the annual Tastic Table of Unity event on 15 May at the Union Buildings.

Pick 'n Pay is a proud sponsor of this event that receives worldwide attention, and all proceeds go to charities. The organisers are offering preferential block-bookings for Part of Your Life readers.
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Clover Long Life Milk 1lt

Danao Fruit Juice & Yoghurt Blend 1lt
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Prices advertised are inclusive of VAT where applicable. We reserve the right to limit quantities.
Rugby World Cup -
here we come!
Pick 'n Pay is now the Official Bid Sponsor for South African Rugby Union's Rugby World Cup bid for 2011.

This will considerably strengthen South Africa's chances of hosting this major sporting event. Bid Committee CEO, Francois Pienaar, said it's not only a privilege, but an honour to be associated with Pick 'n Pay. "The company's commitment to South Africa, and specifically to development, is overwhelming."
read more... 		Competition
Win back grocery money in Cape

From Mid April to end July 2005 Pick 'n Pay shoppers around the Western Cape can purchase a R5 donation coupon at tills and stand the chance of winning their grocery money back.

All proceeds will go to The Children's Hospital Trust, the fundraising arm of The Red Cross Children's Hospital.
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Top international chefs at Good Food & Wine Show

Local foodies can see top local and international chefs in action at this year's show.

As a company that knows a thing or two about good food, Pick 'n Pay's Choice is one of the key sponsors of this event.
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Time running out to
enter Comrades

Runners who want to enter the 80th Comrades Marathon have until 3 May to get their entries to the Comrades Marathon Association, who have also announced that no entries will be accepted at qualifying races between 24 April and 2 May.

No late entries will be accepted. Runners can click here to enter online.
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Buy a blue band... make a dream come true

Suport the Reach for a Dream Foundation by buying a 'DREAM IT' blue band from Pick 'n Pay stores. The bands sell for R5,00.
Wearing the 'Dream Bands' is also a gentle and very personal reminder not to give up on your dreams. Look at the band on your arm, and take strength from the immense courage of these kids to make your own dreams happen.

MSG - the truth, the whole truth and nothing but...

A recent media campaign has highlighted the alleged harm and unnecessary use of the flavour enhancer, monosodium glutamate, better known as MSG. The removal of this "villain" from all their food products has been declared, supposedly to safeguard the public. We debunk the myths, and present the facts.
read more...		 Keeping orphans warm this winter

Think you can help us make more than a thousand tracksuits in 24 hours?
Then head over to the Ottery Hypermarket in the Cape on Friday 13 May at 10am, and sew your heart out to help keep HIV/AIDS orphans warm this winter.
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EasyPay - turn 5 stops into 1

Why make 5 stops on your way home from work when you only need to make one!

Bread, milk, bills and prepaid electricity. Since you are already saving time by making a variety of payments at Pick 'n Pay when you do your shopping, be sure to make your prepaid electricity purchase at the same time.
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Why all the fuss about Sudan Red?

Following the recent, extensive media coverage of the Sudan Red issue in South-Africa, we thought that it might be helpful for you to know a little more detail about this controversial colourant.

Sudan Red 1 is one of a group of 7 Sudan colourants. It is an industrial, red dye, used legally to colour a number of non-food products such as shoe and floor polishes, oil, waxes and solvents.
read more... 		Planning a party for a child with diabetes?

Speak to the Pick 'n Pay entertaining division and order the platters and cakes that have been developed especially for children with diabetes.

A themed cake and platters of assorted diabetic treats are available as well as diabetic party boxes.
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When a dream comes to fruition...

Pick 'n Pay and the Capespan Foundation have joined forces to launch a historic scheme through which the Thandi Initiative will become a preferred supplier of fruits from its BEE Projects to the retail chain.

The Thandi project is a unique and pioneering partnership between the state, the community and private enterprises like Pick 'n Pay.

Pictured here are Pick 'n Pay's Chairman, Raymond Ackerman and his wife, Wendy, who were guests of honour at the launch of the initiative. read more...
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Four Legs of the Table

The companion volume to Raymond Ackerman's best-selling biography, Hearing Grasshoppers Jump, has recently been released.

In 'The Four Legs of the Table' by Denise Pritchard, Ackerman shares the lessons he learned and the strategies he put in place to turn a chain of four small stores named Pick 'n Pay into the business phenomenon it is today.
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