We are the largest supermarket retailer on the African continent.

Shoprite Checkers Proprietary Limited, a subsidiary of Shoprite Holdings, has established a Black Economic Empowerment transaction through the formation of the Shoprite Employee Trust, which will increase Shoprite Checkers’ effective Black Empowerment Ownership to 19.2%. Shoprite Checkers will issue 40 million Shoprite Checkers shares, with an estimated value of R8.9 billion, for the benefit of its employees to recognise their valued contribution and ensure their ongoing participation in the Shoprite Group’s continued growth and success.

Food is wasted is a complex issue, which is why Shoprite has adopted systematic and comprehensive plans to address it.

Shoprite Holdings has appointed Dawn Marole and Paul Norman to its board as independent non-executive directors.

The over 10 million unemployed South Africans benefitting from the R350 COVID-19 relief grant will now have greater accessibility as the Shoprite Group has stepped in to make grant payments available at its 1 286 supermarkets across South Africa.

Checkers Sitari and the entire Sitari Village Mall located close to Somerset West, Cape Town have become South Africa’s first premium supermarket and shopping centre to run entirely off renewable energy from wind and solar sources.

Interim results announcement

Shoprite has stepped up to help South Africans in need with their R5 campaign, to show the power of a R5 coin to bring dignity and comfort.

Phenyo Mogale (25) from Bapong, Rustenburg, was unemployed when he joined the Youth Employment Service (YES) in September 2020. Just 8 months later he was a Trainee Manager at Shoprite Moruleng.

The Shoprite Group continues to invest in creating jobs and providing thousands of young people with retail skills into 2022.

Applications for the Shoprite Group’s bursary programme are now open for the 2022 and 2023 academic years. These bursaries offer students in the fields of accounting, food sciences and information technology an opportunity to further their studies - and then go on to work for Africa’s largest retailer.