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The Shoprite Group of Companies

The Shoprite Group of Companies, Africa's largest food retailer, operates more than 1068 corporate and 275 franchise outlets in 17 countries across Africa, the Indian Ocean Islands and southern Asia, and employs more than 75,000 people across 9 trading and 7 operational divisions.

Shoprite Holdings Ltd comprises the following entities: the Shoprite Checkers supermarket group, which consists of Shoprite supermarkets; Checkers supermarkets; Checkers Hypers; Usave stores; distribution centres supplying group stores with groceries, non-foods and perishable lines; OK Furniture outlets; OK Power Express stores; House & Home stores; and Hungry Lion fast food outlets. Through its OK Franchise Division, the Group procures and distributes stock to OK MiniMark convenience stores; OK Foods supermarkets; OK Grocer stores; Megasave wholesale stores; OK Value stores and Sentra stores and buying partners.
The Shoprite Group has a broad customer base which closely mirrors the demographic profile of the country and 55 million customers visit its stores per month. The various store formats within the Group cater for all income groups with the Checkers, Checkers Hyper and House & Home stores focussing on the higher income groups and Shoprite and OK Furniture focussing on the broad middle to lower market. The latest format introduced by the Group, Shoprite Usave, focuses on the lower-end of the market.

Over the past 12 years, Shoprite has expanded its thrust northward beyond South African borders. Currently, 198 corporate outlets serve consumers in 16 countries outside of South Africa. In each of these countries (Angola, Botswana, Ghana, India, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) Shoprite created world-class supermarkets.

The primary business of the Shoprite Group of Companies is food retailing to consumers of all income levels. Management's goal is to provide all communities in Africa with food and household items in a first-world shopping environment, at the lowest prices. At the same time the Group, inextricably linked to Africa, contributes to the nurturing of stable economies and the social upliftment of its people.
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