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Shoprite to invest US$80 million in Democratic Republic of Congo
Date: 14/12/2007
The Shoprite Group of Companies, the largest supermarket group on the African continent, this week announced an investment of US$80 million into the Democratic Republic of Congo for the development of two world-class supermarkets in the major cities of Lubumbashi and Kinshasa.
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Shoprite Big Brands Supplier Awards 2007
Date: 11/12/2007
The Shoprite Group of Companies paid tribute to their suppliers at a glamorous annual awards ceremony held in Stellenbosch on Saturday, 1 December 2007.
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Mango air tickets now available through Shoprite and Checkers supermarkets in South Africa!
Date: 30/11/2007
To celebrate the launch of a brand new consumer service, Shoprite and Checkers together with the low-cost airline, Mango, will be offering special deals on flight tickets for the holiday season. In November the Shoprite Group became the first retailer in the country to act as a ticket issuing agent for an airline.
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Toy 4 Toy you can help us bring joy to needy children this festive season
Date: 19/11/2007
Shoprite Checkers has once again teamed up with the South African Red Cross Society for the “Toy 4 Toy” campaign that urges consumers to donate new or used toys to less privileged children during the festive season.
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Artworks from emerging artists fetch up to R30 000 each in Shoprite Strokes of Genius Art Auction
Date: 13/11/2007
Artworks from emerging artists fetched up to R30 000 in the first Shoprite Strokes of Genius art auction which took place Saturday (November 10) at the Swartkops Airforce Base in Pretoria. Strokes of Genius aims to give emerging South African artists the opportunity to showcase their art and achieve commercial success, by exposing their work to local and international buyers.
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Innovative top-up insurance product now available through Shoprite supermarkets in South Africa!
Date: 08/11/2007
The Shoprite Group and Old Mutual have announced a world first with the launch of an innovative top-up insurance product, pay-when-you-can, which is available through Shoprite supermarkets in South Africa.
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Trading update at Annual General Meeting
Date: 29/10/2007
The Shoprite Group continued to grow turnover satisfactory for the 3-month period to September 2007. Although turnover grew at 25.9% it must be seen against the national industrial action during the previous corresponding period. Caution should therefore be exercised not to project the same turnover increase over the next three months.
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Winners of Pretty Things for Little Things announced
Date: 11/10/2007
More than 8 000 unique hand-made articles were entered for the Pretty Things for Little Things project presented by Age-in-Action and sponsored by Shoprite Checkers. The project annually invites all Shoprite customers, especially our senior citizens, to use their craft or stitch-craft talents to make something for a needy child in four categories namely soft toys, blankets, clothing, and other articles made from materials such as wood, tin and wire.
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2007 SHOPRITE CHECKERS CHAMPIONSHIP BOEREWORS COMPETITION - national crown awarded!
Date: 09/10/2007
The Championship Boerewors crown for 2007 was awarded to a KwaZulu-Natal butcher in Sun City’s Valley of Waves this past Saturday during a tense grand finale. Jeffrey Soobramoney of Phoenix competed against nine other provincial finalists with a unique recipe for traditional boerewors to be marketed by South Africa’s leading supermarket group over the next twelve months, and walked away with a brand new Toyota Hilux 2.7 Double Cab Raised Body Raider and a host of other prizes.
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2007 SHOPRITE CHECKERS CHAMPIONSHIP BOEREWORS COMPETITION…national crown is up for grabs!
Date: 01/10/2007
Ten provincial winners in this year’s Shoprite Checkers Championship Boerewors competition will be travelling to Sun City in North West soon, for the much anticipated grand finale of the country’s premier Boerewors braai event! The finalists will meet at the Valley of Waves on 6 October, and the winner will drive away with a brand new vehicle and the much sought after 2007 Boerewors crown!
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Shoprite Soccer Corner 2007 kicks off
Date: 13/09/2007
Shoprite, the official supplier to the SA Soccer Supporter, has offered the Soccer Corner in-store since September 2005. The Soccer Corner Campaign kicks off again in September 2007. Dedicated areas in all the Shoprite stores will promote soccer products like Orlando Pirates & Kaizer Chiefs fleece blankets & Vuvuzela’s and the ever popular mini Soccer Skills ball!
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2007 SHOPRITE CHECKERS CHAMPIONSHIP BOEREWORS COMPETITION....it is ready steady go for regional winners!
Date: 10/09/2007
The 2007 Shoprite Checkers Championship Boerewors Competition is entering its crucial provincial stage this month. It is yet another tough hurdle for the competition’s 84 regional winners, before they can even dare setting their sights on the long journey to Sun City next month, for a final assault on this year’s famous boerewors crown! This year, all ten provincial rounds are taking place on 15 September at selected venues across the country.
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The Shoprite Group is first retailer to stock authentic free-range lamb
Date: 01/09/2007
The Checkers supermarket chain has announced the sale of certified natural lamb which is the only lamb sold in South Africa that is independently audited and certified to be both free-range and naturally reared. These lambs graze off natural pastures, are free of added hormones and antibiotics, and are not fed any animal by-products.
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Be Heart Smart this September
Date: 31/08/2007
"Know your numbers and be heart smart" is the message for Heart Awareness Month (HAM) during September. HAM is a national awareness campaign co-ordinated by the Heart and Stroke Foundation SA (HSFSA). Its purpose is to create awareness of cardiovascular disease and its prevention. The focus areas for Heart Awareness Month are Women and Heart Disease, Healthy Eating and Nutrition, and Stroke
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Shoprite reports on excellent year
Date: 29/08/2007
Shoprite Holdings has produced excellent results for the year ended June 2007, with trading profit 27,6% higher at R1,598 billion and sales that increased 16,2% to R38,950 billion. The strong top-line growth, combined with stringent cost control, produced a trading margin which, at 4,1%, is the highest in the history of the group.
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Trading update - 7 August 2007
Date: 07/08/2007
Shoprite expects both basic and fully diluted headline earnings per share for the twelve months ended June 2007 to be between 25% and 35% higher than those of the prior comparative period, on a continued operation basis.
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Winners of Under-13 Netball Championship announced
Date: 04/08/2007
Months of preparation in the regional and provincial rounds of the Shoprite Checkers / South Africa School Netball (SASN) National Under-13 Netball Championship came to a conclusion on Saturday 04 August 2007 when teams from across the country battled it out for the national winner’s trophies.
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Shoprite Checkers / SABC 2 Woman of the Year Award 2007 winners announced
Date: 26/07/2007
South Africa’s premier accolade for achievement by women went to Ms Linda Olga Nghatsane, who was named the Shoprite Checkers/ SABC2 Woman of the Year for 2007, at a dazzling concert in celebration of the women of South Africa, held in Cape Town on Thursday, 26 July 2007.
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Trading update - 17 July 2007
Date: 17/07/2007
For the 12 months to end June 2007 the Shoprite Group increased total turnover by 16,2% to about R38,9 billion.
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Sponsorship for Under-13 Netball Championships announced
Date: 16/05/2007
South Africa Schools Netball (SASN) today (Wednesday, 16 May 2007) announced a R1,5 million sponsorship to fund the 2007 Shoprite Checkers / SASN National Under-13 Netball Championships.
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Shoprite Continues on Strong Growth Path
Date: 20/02/2007
The Shoprite Group has reported turnover growth of almost 15% to R19,105 billion for the six months to end December 2006 despite 12 weeks of industrial action during that period that affected in particular the operations of the Shoprite brand.
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Trading update - 16 January 2007
Date: 16/01/2007
For the six months to 31 December 2006, the Shoprite Group increased turnover by 14,7% to about R19,1 billion (2006:R16,6 billion).
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