27 October 2022



Benoni is home to Gauteng’s second Checkers Foods supermarket, which is located at the Lakefield Shopping Centre.  

Inspired by customer demands for Checkers supermarkets in their neighbourhoods, the first smaller format Checkers Foods opened in Roodepoort late last year, followed by openings in Franschhoek and Ballito.  

Conveniently located and ideal for quick top-up shops, Checkers Foods Lakefield offers: 

  • Exclusive brands such as Forage and Feast and Simple Truth; 
  • A Meat Market with free range chicken and restaurant-quality steak; 
  • A bakery with artisan breads; 
  • A fish counter; 
  • A Foreign Ground Coffee bar; 
  • Hot and cold foods deli; 
  • Fresh fruit and vegetables and; 
  • A Money Market counter. 

A happy customer buying some bread from the Checkers in-store bakery. Gauteng’s second Checkers Foods opens in Benoni.

Checkers Foods Lakefield created jobs for 18 new employees and is managed by Adriaan Eloff Ramnanan who joined the retailer in 2014 as a Designate Assistant Manager. 

The store's trading hours are 08:00 to 20:00 from Mondays to Sundays.