list of references but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations . october 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . october 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message this article is about the south african food retailer . for other companies with the same or similar name see shoprite disambiguation . shoprite holdings type public jse shp industry retail founded 1979 headquarters brackenfell cape town south africa key people j.w. basson ceo c.g. goosen deputy md p.c. engelbrecht coo c.h. wiese chairman revenue r130 .028 billion fy 2016 1 net income r4 .84 billion fy 2016 2 number of employees almost 138 000 3 website www.shopriteholdings.co.za the shoprite group of companies jse shp is africa s largest food retailer it operates 1855 corporate and 359 franchise outlets in 15 countries across africa and the indian ocean islands . the company s headquarters are situated in the western cape province of south africa . shoprite holdings ltd is a public company listed on the johannesburg stock exchange with secondary listings on both the namibian and zambian stock exchanges . 4 contents 1 history 2 brands 3 references 4 external links history edit the shoprite group of companies started in 1979 . in 1990 shoprite opened in namibia . in 1991 it acquired the national checkers chain . in 1995 the first store in central africa shoprite lusaka in zambia was opened . that same year the company acquired distributor sentra allowing the company to expand into franchising . 4 in 1997 struggling ok bazaars was acquired by the company from south african breweries for one rand 5 adding 157 supermarkets and 146 furniture stores to the company . 4 in 2000 the group opened its first supermarkets in zimbabwe and uganda . two years later the company acquired the madagascar stores of french chain champion . the same year the company bought three tanzanian supermarkets from score supermarket and opened it first hypermarket outside of south africa in mauritius . 2005 the group acquired foodworld as well as south african ticket seller computicket and opened the first shoprite liquorshop . the company also opened its first nigerian store in the victoria island area of lagos . 4 6 in 2008 the shoprite group was added to the jse top 40 index of blue chips . for the third year in a row the shoprite brand was voted sa s no. 1 supermarket in the 2010 sunday times top brand survey . deloitte s global powers of retailing 2014 ranks the shoprite group as the 94th largest retailer in the world . in 2011 it was announced that the shoprite group has entered into an agreement with metcash trading africa pty ltd in terms of which the franchise division of metcash is to be sold to shoprite checkers including franchise arrangements with franchisees operating retail stores under registered trademark names such as friendly seven eleven and price club discount supermarket . the markinor top brands survey 2011 found the shoprite brand to be the no 1 supermarket for the 5th year running while in the top retail brands section of the same survey shoprite claimed first place in all five grocery categories . on 19 april 2012 shoprite became the first south african retailer to enter the democratic republic of congo drc as it opened the doors of a new world class supermarket in gombe kinshasa to an eagerly awaiting public . deloitte s global powers of retailing 2013 names the shoprite group as the largest retailer in africa . the shoprite group was once again awarded for excellence and popularity amongst consumers in the 2014 the times sowetan retail awards . its flagship brand shoprite took first place in the grand prix category and was voted the number one grocery store . as at june 2016 some 76 % of south africa s total adult population shops at one of the group s supermarket brands.the shoprite group employs almost 138000 people of whom 21000 work outside south africa . brands edit its primary business is food retailing to consumers of all income levels with the goal to provide all communities in africa with food & household items in a first world shopping environment at the group s lowest possible prices . at the same time the group inextricably linked to africa contributes to the nurturing of stable economies and the social upliftment of its people shoprite holdings ltd comprises the following entities the shoprite checkers supermarket group which consists of 577 shoprite supermarkets ; 202 checkers supermarkets ; 37 checkers hypers ; 355 usave stores ; 387 ok furniture outlets ; 35 ok power express stores ; 22 ok dreams stores ; 53 house & home stores ; 187 hungry lion fast food outlets ; 160 medirite pharmacies and 335 liquorshops . its ticketing business computicket operates 1347 counters in group stores and 32 free standing outlets . through its ok franchise division the group procures and distributes stock to 66 ok minimark convenience stores ; 34 ok foods supermarkets ; 72 ok grocer stores ; 24 megasave wholesale stores ; 28 ok value stores ; 61 sentra stores and buying partners as well as 31 friendly supermarkets ; 3 friendly liquor stores ; 5 ok express and 35 ok liquor stores . the company has 1855 corporate outlets under various names . they consist of 7 international presence of shoprite supermarkets . name stores countries shoprite 577 angola botswana democratic republic of congo ghana lesotho madagascar malawi mauritius mozambique namibia nigeria south africa swaziland uganda zambia checkers 202 botswana namibia south africa checkers hyper 37 south africa usave 355 angola botswana lesotho malawi mozambique namibia nigeria south africa swaziland zambia ok furniture 387 angola botswana lesotho mozambique namibia south africa swaziland zambia ok power express 35 botswana lesotho south africa swaziland ok dreams 22 botswana south africa house & home 53 botswana namibia south africa hungry lion fast food 187 angola botswana lesotho namibia south africa swaziland zambia shoprite liquorshop 197 lesotho namibia south africa checkers liquorshop 138 namibia south africa shoprite medirite 68 angola south africa swaziland checkers medirite 92 south africa the company also owns franchising brands though its ok franchise division under the names ok foods ok grocer ok minimark ok value megasave sentra enjoy friendly stores and friendly liquor totaling 359 stores in namibia and south africa . 7 references edit shoprite holdings results for the year ended june 2016 june 2016 retrieved august 2016 . 1 retrieved september 2016 . shoprite holdings overview august 2016 retrieved august 2016 . a b c d shoprite holdings website . shoprite . klein marcia . shoprite plays role of knight in armour to struggling ok . sunday times south africa . retrieved 2008 04 25 . adekunle tunmise 9 january 2006 . shoprite s chances in lagos congested superstore business pdf . thisday . archived from the original pdf on october 26 2007 . retrieved 2008 04 27 . a b shoprite holdings geographical spread . shoprite . retrieved 2014 11 27 . external links edit shoprite holdings ltd shoprite supermarket chain checkers supermarket chain women of the year award championship boerewors competition retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title shoprite south africa & oldid 742717049 categories companies listed on the johannesburg stock exchangecompanies based in cape townretail companies of south africacompanies established in 19791979 establishments in south africahidden categories articles lacking in text citations from october 2016all articles lacking in text citationsarticles needing additional references from october 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisnederlandsnorsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 5 october 2016 at 10 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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