CORPORATE NEWS | 3 February 2025

Shape your career in retail: Shoprite Group bursary applications now open

The Shoprite Group invites ambitious, high-achieving students enrolled in degree studies in Accounting, Retail Business Management, Supply Chain and Logistics, or Biological and Agricultural Sciences to apply for its comprehensive bursary programme from 1 February 2025.

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Corporate News | Feb 21, 2025
Shoprite creates jobs and boosts economic development in Eswatini

Shoprite has opened a supermarket in Hlatikhulu, Eswatini, creating 31 new jobs and expanding the retailer’s growing footprint in the Shiselweni Region, where it also operates Usave Hluthi, Shoprite Zam Zam, Shoprite Nhlangano and Usave Hlatikhulu.

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Brand News | Feb 10, 2025
Brad Binder kicks off 2025 MotoGP season with sponsor Checkers Sixty60

Brad Binder is kicking off the 2025 MotoGP season with his first proudly South African sponsor, Checkers Sixty60, fully behind him.

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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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Corporate News | Jan 30, 2025
Three Mitchell’s Plain born sisters inspire

Mitchell's Plain born siblings Moeneeba Hardine, Mymoena Doubell, and Zainab Hendricks began their careers as teenagers working weekends at Shoprite.

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CSI - Act For Change | Jan 23, 2025
How one Mpumalanga woman’s passion is supporting over 150 people

The Ekuqaleni Genisis Farm, founded by Nomxoliswa Makhabane, is transforming lives in Botleng, Mpumalanga, by providing fresh food to over 150 community members and supporting the local economy by also supplying nearby vendors and businesses.

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Corporate News | Jan 20, 2025
Master Butchers bring global meat expertise to Shoprite and Checkers

The Shoprite Group is the only company in Africa to offer the exclusive and highly specialised Master Meat Artisan butchery learning programme, underwritten by the United Kingdom’s Institute of Meat. It aims to boost the development of a scarce and sought-after skill, provide career opportunities for its employees and put its supermarkets on the map as world-class specialists in meat processing.

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Consumer News | Jan 16, 2025
SA’s first vegan Marula-flavoured liqueur hits the shelves

Just in time for Veganuary, Checkers LiquorShop has launched South Africa’s first vegan-friendly Marula-flavoured liqueur under its popular African Dew private label, to cater for customers who are passionate about living a plant-based lifestyle.

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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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Brand News | Dec 12, 2024
Ke Dezemba, Mzansi! 

In a showcase of our commitment to make the everyday effortless, Checkers Sixty60 made a splash this week by delivering granadilla ice lollies – still frozen – to friends aboard a boat off Clifton 4th Beach in Cape Town. Wherever you may be holidaying this summer, South Africa's number one grocery delivery service is at the ready, delivering convenience so our customers can focus on living their best holiday life.

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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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