About Shoprite

What we do

The Shoprite Group of Companies, comprising several iconic brands, is the largest retailer in Africa. It started out as a group of eight grocery stores in 1979, and has grown into a technologically-advanced, continent-wide business selling items from food, liquor and medicine, to concert tickets and furniture.

Today the Group is at the forefront of retail innovation. It operates thousands of stores in 15 countries, has a network of high-tech automated distribution centres, and employs more than 147,000 people.

Although most know the Group for its supermarket brands Shoprite and Checkers, its businesses span the retail and consumer sector. At its core, the Shoprite Group is a fast-paced, technologically-advanced company that’s been innovating in the retail space for more than four decades - and the systems it has in place are on a par with the world’s most advanced retail groups.

We believe that teamwork, career development, promoting from within and job security are foundations of a great workplace

Our Tech Space and Engineering in a nutshell

The Group’s information and technology capabilities allow us to prioritise and execute tasks consistently using context-specific analytics across the supply chain. Through integrated planning, procurement, logistics and sales, we continue to optimise our business efficiency at scale, to the extent that our integrated, efficient supply chain is unrivalled in Africa, including 2 779 stores, 30 distribution centres, a fleet of 837 trucks and 1 211 trailers and world-class integrated information systems.