The Shoprite Group of Companies, Africa's largest food retailer, operates thousands of stores across 15 countries, has more than 147 000 employees, and a network of distribution centres across the continent.
The Company's home office is situated in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Shoprite Holdings Ltd is a public company listed on the JSE Limited, with secondary listings on both the Namibian and Zambian Stock Exchanges. Its ownership therefore lies in the hands of its shareholders.
Shoprite Holdings Ltd comprises the following entities: the Shoprite Checkers supermarket group, which consists of Shoprite supermarkets; Checkers supermarkets; Checkers Hypers; Usave stores; Furniture outlets (including OK Furniture,House & Home); MediRite pharmacies and LiquorShops. It has a ticketing business, Computicket, which operates from counters within Group stores and various free-standing outlets. Through its OK Franchise Division, the Group procures and distributes stock to its different retail formats (OK Foods, OK Grocer, OK MiniMark, OK Express & Sentra), a liquor outlet (OK Liquor) and a wholesale outlet (Megasave).
The Group’sprimary business is food retailing to consumers of all income levels, with the goal to provide all communities in Africa with food & household items in a first-world shopping environment, at the best possible 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.
The Shoprite Group is South Africa's largest private sector employer and a leading employer in Africa.
