CORPORATE NEWS | 20 May 2025

Inhouse team develops SA’s first recyclable 7kg potato bags for Shoprite Group

The Shoprite Group is the first South African retailer to launch a fully recyclable 7kg potato pocket – solving a complex packaging problem that has challenged the industry for years.

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CSI - Act For Change | Jun 3, 2025
How one woman escaped the streets, and now helps others

As a teenager, Grace Mohlabe left her small-town home in Tzaneen for a better life. However, her journey led her to homelessness in Polokwane, the capital of Limpopo, where she had to resort to sex work to survive. Everything began to shift in 2013, when a chance encounter with Corinne Sandenbergh, founder of the women-led initiative Ani Vileli opened the door to a new path.

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Corporate News | May 28, 2025
Smart technology boosts energy efficiency and food quality at Usave

In response to rising energy prices, Usave, the Shoprite Group’s no frills discount stores, recently introduced an advanced loss prevention system designed to reduce costs and boost operational efficiency in its supermarkets - helping the retailer to continue delivering the lowest prices to customers.

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Consumer News | May 27, 2025
Enter the 2025 Championship Boerewors competition

If your boerewors game is strong enough to earn you a legendary nickname like Grill Sergeant, Jamie Olivewors, or Braaian Reynolds, Shoprite and Checkers invite you to enter your finest recipe into the 33rd annual Championship Boerewors competition before entries close on 20 June 2025.

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Brand News | May 23, 2025
Sixty60’s Xtra Xtra Weekend offers up to 60% off on general merchandise and premium brands

From 23 to 25 May 2025, Checkers Sixty60 will run Xtra Xtra Weekend — the retailer’s most ambitious online-only promotion to date — offering up to 60% off general merchandise, bulk groceries and bulk liquor from Checkers Hyper delivery areas.

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Consumer News | May 13, 2025
Blind SA and Checkers Sixty60 collaborate on app accessibility

Blind SA, a leading nonprofit organisation dedicated to advocating for accessibility and inclusion, has been working closely with Checkers to optimise the online shopping experience on the Sixty60 app for blind and partially sighted users.

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Brand News | May 9, 2025
Exquisite Sixty60 ball-gown dazzles at Cape Winelands’ school

In the heart of the Western Cape Winelands, creativity is being stitched into the fabric of sustainability. Hesmari van Deventer (42), a mom from Montagu, transformed discarded Sixty60 and Checkers plastic shopping bags into dazzling, award-winning outfits – and a matching bouquet – in just four days.

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Corporate News | Apr 29, 2025
East London local’s journey from stay-at-home mom to supermarket leader

As a stay-at-home mom of two with no prior retail experience, Reenyl Morrison ventured into the sector for the first time in 2002. Encouraged by her husband, who worked as a merchandiser, she pursued a job opportunity at Shoprite Nahoon in East London. Now a seasoned professional and the Branch Manager of Shoprite Mdantsane City, Morrison started as a casual General Assistant. With a natural curiosity and a strong work ethic, she quickly moved up the ranks from Cashier to Money Market Clerk and later to the cash office – all within her first year.

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Consumer News | May 13, 2025
Blind SA and Checkers Sixty60 collaborate on app accessibility

Blind SA, a leading nonprofit organisation dedicated to advocating for accessibility and inclusion, has been working closely with Checkers to optimise the online shopping experience on the Sixty60 app for blind and partially sighted users.

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CSI - Act For Change | Feb 5, 2025
Shoprite Foundation helps bridge South Africa’s skills gap

Helping to address South Africa’s critical skills gap, the Shoprite Foundation invested over R3 million to equip two fully functional robotics labs at Cingani High School and Soqhayisa Senior Secondary School in Motherwell, Eastern Cape.

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CSI - Act For Change | Nov 18, 2024
Support for 11 new ECD centres as Shoprite expands fight against hunger

Shoprite is expanding its efforts to combat child hunger by extending support to 11 Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in KwaZulu-Natal, directly benefitting over 700 children across Canelands, Cornubia, and Waterloo.

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Brand News | Nov 17, 2024
The real reason behind the Checkers Sixty60 branded plane

South Africans have been waiting patiently to find out why Checkers launched a specially branded airplane – and now the wait is over, because this festive season the retailer is taking to the skies to deliver more than just groceries and essentials – they’re bringing loved ones together for a truly Xtra special Christmas.

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CSI - Act For Change | Nov 12, 2024
Shoprite transforms agricultural learning in East-Rand

The Shoprite Foundation is supporting the next generation of agricultural entrepreneurs through the construction of two new horticultural tunnels at the Oosrand Commerce and Entrepreneurship School of Specialisation in Reigerpark, Boksburg.

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Brand News | Oct 25, 2024
Checkers aeroplane debuts ahead of festive season

In a South African grocery retail first, Checkers has taken to the skies in a specially branded aeroplane.

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CSI - Act For Change | Oct 16, 2024
World Food Day – South Africa’s food security at lowest point in over a decade

According to the South African Food Security Index 2024, developed by two economists from the University of Stellenbosch, food security is at its lowest point in over a decade.

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