Shoppers fume as iconic mayo brand dropped from country's shelves, 'high inflationary import costs' blamed
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Social media is ablaze after news that Hellmann’s Mayonnaise is being withdrawn from South African grocery shop shelves, according to some analysts, because of the war in Ukraine.
"It’s the best, what are we going to do, where am I going to get my fix, where am I going to get that taste?," one unhappy shopper, faced with empty shelves in her local supermarket, told Fox News Digital. Paul Tilsley covers Africa for Fox News Digital. He has experience in 87 countries in producing, reporting, editing, direction, and live, business news feature producing, reporting, and writing for Fox Business, Fox News Channel, CNN, Sky News, BBC and ITN among others. He can be found on Twitter @paultilsley
The furore started when Hellmann’s, represented and imported in South Africa by the multinational product group Unilever, tweeted: "It’s hard to say goodbye to delicious Hellmann’s Mayonnaise. But due to high inflationary import costs, we will be discontinuing Hellman’s in South Africa."