When Dis-Chem makes money selling you paracetamol or sunscreen, some of that profit goes to pay staff and r…by @nico_the_analyst on $DCP

When Dis-Chem makes money selling you paracetamol or sunscreen, some of that profit goes to pay staff and rent, and whatever's left over can either be reinvested in the business or handed back to people who own the shares as a dividend. It's like if you and a mate went halves on a vending machine, made R1,000 profit, and decided to split it instead of buying another machine.