Shoprite

The Woolworths Food business, already facing stiff competition from Shoprite’s Checkers brand, is under fresh attack from the relentless outfit from Brackenfell. Shoprite’s franchise division, OK, has opened its first OK Urban convenience…

Former CEO of JSE-listed Telkom Sipho Maseko has been appointed to grocery retail giant Shoprite’s board as an independent non-executive director, the retailer confirmed on Wednesday. Maseko, who was head of Telkom for nine years. was…

The Shoprite Group has opened the first outlet of Uniq, its foray into the clothing format, at Canal Walk (alongside its Checkers Hyper). This is its sixth entry into categories adjacent to its core supermarket business. To date, it is…

Shoprite is expanding in specialist clothing, baby, outdoor and pet stores in South Africa after closing its main grocery business in several other countries across the continent. The move allows Africa’s largest supermarket group to…

Shoprite’s first-half profit climbed as Africa’s largest supermarket chain attracted more shoppers in its core South African market. Net income surged 20% from a year earlier to R3.25 billion in the six months ended January 1, the Cape…

You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here. FIFI PETERS: Let’s move on to the next book that we are reviewing, because today Shoprite is the biggest retail company in Africa and the biggest employer outside of government. But…

About 80 Shoprite truck drivers protested outside its distribution centre in Brackenfell, Cape Town on Thursday. The workers, affiliated to the Shosholoza Workers Union of South Africa (SHOWUSA), are demanding the company give all drivers…

The Shoprite Group will enter the clothing category in March in its latest incursion on adjacent categories to its core supermarket business. This move will put it squarely up against Pick n Pay, whose clothing business is one of its…

Africa’s largest grocery retailer Shoprite Group says it has increased its installed capacity of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems by 82%, to 26 606 kilowatt peak (kWp) over the last 12 months, thus playing its part in easing pressure on…

FIFI PIETERS: Shoprite, the biggest retailer in Africa, released its annual results earlier today. Management said they were pretty pleased with the group’s performance this time around, which showed the Shoprite customer spending an…