FINANCIAL NEWS | 2 September 2025

Shoprite delivers as sales surpass R250 billion

As a Group, we have surpassed the R250 billion sales mark this year. In rand terms, just our growth in sales this year equated to R20.6 billion. We prioritised customers, and in our core Supermarkets RSA segment gave back R16.5 billion at point of sale whilst remaining steadfast on containing our selling price inflation at 2.3%. We again created thousands of jobs and innovated across the board – not just on the digital and quick commerce front but also where, as a result, millions of South African households can eat better and transact for less. In doing so, as per our purpose, our customers live better lives.

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Brand News | Sep 12, 2025
Sixty60’s Braai Bike: Delivering a taste of home in New Zealand

When you're 12,000 km from home and facing the All Blacks on their turf, a little extra homegrown spirit can go a long way.

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Corporate News | Sep 11, 2025
A truly South African recipe for business success

A passion for natural ingredients sparked the creation of Antjie’s Handmade Naturals - a proudly South African bath and body brand that continues to draw attention for its locally made, handcrafted product, now stocked in 34 Checkers stores across the Western Cape. Affectionately known as Antjie, founder Nicolene Gericke started making soap in her kitchen to create a gentle, natural alternative for her sensitive skin. “In 2002 I made a New Year’s promise to myself to start making my own soap – something I already had an interest in,” she recalls. “It was something practical, and something I really enjoyed doing.”

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Corporate News | Sep 8, 2025
Jay Behari Ram: 35 years of purpose-driven leadership in retail

It’s not often you meet someone who’s dedicated over three decades to one company - and still has the same energy, humility, and care for the people around him every single day.

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Corporate News | Aug 29, 2025
Kaapstad Sakekamer & Die Burger Sakeleier van die Jaar – Pieter Engelbrecht

Shoprite Holdings Chief Executive Officer, Pieter Engelbrecht, has been recognised as ‘Sakeleier van die Jaar’ (Business Leader of the Year) by Kaapstad Sakekamer and Die Burger.

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Corporate News | Aug 28, 2025
Shoprite Group opens 500th Usave store in SA

The 500th Usave supermarket in South Africa opened in Hopefield, Western Cape today – marking a major milestone in the Shoprite Group’s continued mission to expand access to affordable goods and services in more communities across the country and beyond.

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Corporate News | Aug 26, 2025
KZN local’s transformative 15-year journey to graduation

Two years into a BCom Accounting degree at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Sashyn Moodley felt his life wasn’t on the right track. “I realised that it wasn’t for me and chose to leave university,” he recalls. That decision would unknowingly change his life and eventually send him to the Shoprite Group’s Home Office in Cape Town.

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Consumer News | Aug 23, 2025
South Africa has a brand-new Boerewors Champion!

Roberto-Rui Agrela, a 33-year-old car salesman from Paarl, has claimed the top spot at the 33rd Shoprite and Checkers Championship Boerewors finale, held at Cabo Beach Club in Cape Town on Saturday 23 August. The air was thick with smoke and spices as experts from the South African Chefs Association (SACA) painstakingly evaluated every detail of the finalists’ freshly made and braaied boerewors. Just as anticipation neared breaking point, Agrela emerged, tongs in hand, as the country’s No.1 boerewors maker - outdoing more than 2 350 hopefuls who entered the competition this year.

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Pieter Engelbrecht, Shoprite chief executive officer, at the virtual FY 2021 Interim Financial Results Presentation Download Image
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The Shoprite Group is now offering bursaries for the 2022 academic year in accounting and IT Download Image
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Brand News | Sep 12, 2025
Sixty60’s Braai Bike: Delivering a taste of home in New Zealand

When you're 12,000 km from home and facing the All Blacks on their turf, a little extra homegrown spirit can go a long way.

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Corporate News | Sep 11, 2025
A truly South African recipe for business success

A passion for natural ingredients sparked the creation of Antjie’s Handmade Naturals - a proudly South African bath and body brand that continues to draw attention for its locally made, handcrafted product, now stocked in 34 Checkers stores across the Western Cape. Affectionately known as Antjie, founder Nicolene Gericke started making soap in her kitchen to create a gentle, natural alternative for her sensitive skin. “In 2002 I made a New Year’s promise to myself to start making my own soap – something I already had an interest in,” she recalls. “It was something practical, and something I really enjoyed doing.”

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Corporate News | Aug 20, 2025
Checkers is testing SA’s 1st smart trolley – with built-in scanner & automated checkout

Checkers has launched South Africa’s first smart shopping trolley, pioneering a major step towards a frictionless, technology-led in-store experience.

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Brand News | Aug 18, 2025
Jamie Oliver & all-star SA cast search for the Simple Truth

World-renowned chef, restaurateur and healthy food advocate, Jamie Oliver, has returned to South Africa - this time to endorse Simple Truth, Checkers’ private label wellness range.

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Consumer News | Jul 3, 2025
Dignity for R5: Shoprite's new toiletries target hygiene inequality

In response to the more than 14 million people in South Africa - one in five - affected by hygiene poverty, Shoprite has expanded its R5 basket of goods to include essential toiletries which retail for just a single coin.

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Consumer News | Jun 18, 2025
Petshop Science partners with Sixty60 for same-day delivery

Petshop Science has partnered with Sixty60, South Africa’s number 1 on-demand delivery service, to offer same-day delivery within precisely scheduled 60-minute timeslots of a wide range of specialised pet food, treats, toys and vet-approved local and international brands.

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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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