Hungry Lion, Kimberley

Shoprite Holdings Ltd comprises the following entities: the Shoprite Checkers supermarket group, which consists of 403 Shoprite supermarkets; 154 Checkers supermarkets; 26 Checkers Hypers; 212 Usave stores; 20 distribution centres supplying group stores with groceries, non-foods and perishable lines; 231 OK Furniture outlets; 17 OK Power Express stores; 50 House & Home stores; and 132 Hungry Lion fast food outlets. Through its OK Franchise Division, the Group procures and distributes stock to 30 OK MiniMark convenience stores; 17 OK Foods supermarkets; 81 OK Grocer stores; 27 Megasave wholesale stores; 32 OK Value stores and 72 Sentra stores and buying partners.
The Shoprite Group has a broad customer base which closely mirrors the demographic profile of the country and 58 million customer transactions is processed in the Group's supermarkets each month. The various store formats within the Group cater for all income groups with the Checkers, Checkers Hyper and House & Home stores focussing on the higher income groups and Shoprite and OK Furniture focussing on the broad middle to lower market. The latest format introduced by the Group, Shoprite Usave, focuses on the lower-end of the market.
The primary business of the Shoprite Group of Companies is food retailing to consumers of all income levels. Management's goal is to provide all communities in Africa with food and household items in a first-world shopping environment, at the lowest 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.