GPS coordinates: lat: -28.742125 - lng: 24.764860

Hungry Lion

Address:

York & Chapel Street, . Kimberley

Telephone:

053 832 9941

Fax:

(053) 832-6623

Description

The Shoprite Group of Companies, Africa's largest food retailer, operates 1225 corporate and 280 franchise outlets in 16 countries across Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands, and reported turnover of R36, 259 billion for the six months ended December 2010. The Company's head quarters are situated in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Shoprite Holdings Ltd is a public company listed on the JSE Limited, with secondary listings on both the Namibian and Zambian Stock Exchanges. Its ownership therefore lies in the hands of its almost 5 000 shareholders. The Group is continuing its implementation of a strategic expansion programme to maintain its position as the leading food retailer on the continent.

Keywords

Restaurants, Clothing, Sales, Fish, Coffee, Tea, Cosmetics, Books, Fruit, Flowers, Magazines, Dvd, Video, Baked Goods, Stores, Customers, Toys, Footwear, Dairy, Foods, Crockery, Newspaper, Vegetables, Seafood, Bottled Water, Bread, Juice, Eggs, Detergent, Dairy Products, Snack Foods, Rice, Cooking Utensils, Variety, Housewares, Frozen Foods, Cigarettes, Fresh Produce, Pet Food, Cds, Department, Soft Drinks, Flour, Meats, Delicatessen, Alcoholic Beverages, Audio Cassettes, Canned Goods, Household Merchandise, Bakery Product, Candy, Housecleaning Products, Diaper, Legumes, Self Service, Confections, Baby Food, Grocery Stores, Baby Care Products, Greetings Cards

Company description

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.

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