Shoprite : opens a store a day during September, creating 521 new jobs
September 30, 2022 at 06:44 am EDT
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The Shoprite Group has opened 31 new stores - equating to more than one a day - during the month of September, creating 521 new jobs.
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With more than 145 000 employees, the Group is South Africa's largest private sector employer - a trend which is set to continue as it plans to open 275 new stores in 2023.
The Shoprite Group has opened 31 new stores - equating to more than one a day - during the month of September, creating 521 new jobs.
With more than 145 000 employees, the Group is South Africa's largest private sector employer - a trend which is set to continue as it plans to open 275 new stores in 2023.
The makeup of these new stores is diverse and stretches across its various formats and brands - including Checkers, Shoprite, Usave, Petshop Science, Liquorshop and Little Me.
The Shoprite Group has opened 31 new stores - equating to more than one a day - during the month of September, creating 521 new jobs.
Little Me Boardwalk Mall in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape
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Petshop Science Roodepoort, Gauteng
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Petshop Science Brookside Mall in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
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Petshop Science Boardwalk Mall in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape
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Petshop Science Athlone Park in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal
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The Group specifically targets areas that have previously been underrepresented, and in doing so, will create new job opportunities for the surrounding communities. Physical area visits are conducted before opening stores, to directly inform which store to open under which of the Group's various pillars.
Checkers Athlone Park in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal
Checkers Irene Boulevard in Irene, Gauteng
Shoprite Avonwood in Elsies River, Western Cape
Usave in Alicedale, Eastern Cape
Usave Chiawelo in Soweto, Gauteng
Little Me Table Bay Mall in Sunningdale, Western Cape
Little Me Roodepoort, Gauteng
Little Me Boardwalk Mall in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape
Petshop Science Roodepoort, Gauteng
Petshop Science Brookside Mall in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
Petshop Science Boardwalk Mall in Gqeberha, Eastern Cape
Petshop Science Athlone Park in Amanzimtoti, KwaZulu-Natal
The Group specifically targets areas that have previously been underrepresented, and in doing so, will create new job opportunities for the surrounding communities. Physical area visits are conducted before opening stores, to directly inform which store to open under which of the Group's various pillars.
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Shoprite Holdings specializes in retailing. Net sales break down by distribution network as follows:
- supermarkets (88.9%): distribution of clothes, food, cosmetic and consumer products. At the end of June 2021, the group has 1,966 supermarkets (Shoprite, Checkers, Checkers Hyper, Usave and LiquorShop) located mainly in South Africa (1,726);
- specialized stores (4%): distribution of furniture, household equipment and consumer electronic devices through 426 stores (OK Furniture and House & Home names);
- other (7.1%): including franchise stores operation (513 stores under OK Foods, OK MiniMark and OK Express names).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: South Africa (89%) and Africa (11%).
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