
The Foundation aims to provide care and support to improve the lives of individuals while relieving the burden on communities, family and friends. Our social responsibility programme is managed through the Dis-Chem Foundation.

In 2014, we were the recipient of the Leisure Options Readers Awards and voted the best pharmacy brand by Readers Digest SA. Furthermore, we were voted as the coolest Health and Beauty Specialist in the 2016/2018 Sunday Times Generation Next Awards. In 2020, the Group was recognised as the winners of the Best Pharmacy, Best Health Shop and Best Toiletry Store in The Star’s Readers’ Choice Awards.
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We have been rated as the country's best pharmacy chain by Professional Management Review and voted as the Best Pharmacy, Best Medical Supply Store and Best Health Store in The Star Your Choice and Pretoria News Readers Survey. The Group is still managed by its founders, Ivan and Lynette Saltzman being the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director respectively. In 2016, Dis-Chem was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The brand is synonymous with excellent customer service, and we pride ourselves in being a destination discount brand following an Everyday Low Price (“EDLP”) strategy. As a leading specialist in beauty, healthy food, sport supplements, health and well-being, we offer the widest ranges in these categories and expert advice. Our strategy is built around our pharmacy first approach, which means that we have a Dispensary in all of our stores to service our customers at any time when they enter a Dis-Chem Pharmacy store. We give our employees training to ensure that they have the greatest possible support to do their work and develop themselves as individuals.

We believe that in today’s dynamic and continuously changing world, our human capital is what differentiates us from our competitors. Our Head Office is based in Midrand, Johannesburg, and we employ over 18 500 full-time and part-time employees. The group was founded in 1978 with one store in Mondeor, south of Johannesburg and has since grown to over 200 stores to date. The Dis-Chem Group is South Africa’s fastest-growing pharmaceutical retail group with operations in South Africa, Botswana and Namibia.
