{"id":841674,"date":"2025-11-03T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=841674"},"modified":"2025-11-03T08:54:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T06:54:47","slug":"south-africas-top-retailer-rolling-out-new-high-end-stores-across-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/841674\/south-africas-top-retailer-rolling-out-new-high-end-stores-across-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s top retailer rolling out new high-end stores across the country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Checkers is opening new high-end stores catering for specific communities. It includes the largest halaal Checkers in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoprite, which owns Checkers, Shoprite, Usave, and Sixty60, is South Africa’s largest retailer by market capitalisation, sales, profit, employee count, and customer base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It operates 3,478 stores across eight countries in Southern Africa, with supermarket retailing as its core business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the last year, the group added 281 stores across its markets and brands, including 184 supermarkets in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It added R20.6 billion in sales growth and created 8,723 new jobs, bringing Shoprite\u2019s total number of employees to 168,939.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shoprite CEO Pieter Engelbrecht said they have a particular focus on extending their reach in underserved communities in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also pumping money into growing its online grocery delivery service, Sixty60, which continues to disrupt the South African retail market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sixty60 grew sales by 47.7% in the last financial year and expanded its reach to general merchandise, selected Shoprite stores, Petshop Science, and Medirite Plus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur Sixty60 on-demand delivery service is now available in 694 locations, including five \u2018dark stores\u2019,\u201d Engelbrecht said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that Sixty60 now provides one-hour delivery access to more than 80% of the addressable online market in South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the year, Shoprite acquired the remaining 50% shareholding in Pingo Delivery, giving it ownership of its last-mile logistics expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn addition to this, we re-platformed an enhanced Sixty60 app and launched, for the first time, a transactional website for Checkers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Checkers opening new stores<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Shoprite, through its Checkers brand, continues to open new high-end stores across the country to gain market share against competitors like Woolworths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2022, the retailer opened its first new format Checkers Foods supermarket in the Western Cape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This high-end store featured freshly prepared sushi, a meat market with free range chicken and restaurant-quality steak, and a bakery with artisan breads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although it did not state it, the fact that it has a Starbucks signalled that it is competing head-on with Woolworths Food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its latest initiatives, it opened its largest halaal Checkers in South Africa and a modern store in Cape Town’s southern suburbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, Checkers opened the large halaal store at Saxony Westwood Mall in Westville, KwaZulu-Natal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It offers shoppers a new benchmark in premium, culturally inclusive retail and created 212 job opportunities within the local community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Checkers worked closely with the National Independent Halaal Trust (NIHT) to ensure the store is fully halaal-certified across all departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This includes the butchery and bakery to delicatessen and ready-to-eat meals, ensuring peace of mind for Muslim customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Saxony Westwood store features a food court with doughnuts, Dubai-inspired strawberry and chocolate desserts layered with kataifi, and pistachio cream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The beverage bar complements this with Indian-inspired coffees and teas such as Karak chai, Elaichi chai, Rooibos chai, and slushies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deli offers wood-fired tandoors from India, meats, vegetables, and naan breads cooked on site,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bakery has mithais, baklava, and Middle Eastern flatbreads, alongside a new range of 100% halaal Indian fresh and frozen meals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The butchery specialises in 100% halaal meats, from Championship Boerewors to Steakhouse Classic cuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Checkers also continued to expand its footprint in Cape Town’s southern suburbs, with its supermarket opening in Cavendish Square.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The store offers a wide range of in-store departments, including a meat market with free-range chicken and restaurant-quality steak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also has a hot and cold foods deli, a bakery with artisan breads, the freshest fruit and vegetables, Money Market services, and a coffee bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Checkers Cavendish Square created 38 new jobs, and is managed by Rubin Louw who joined the business in 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Halaal Checkers in Saxony Westwood Mall photos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The photos below, courtesy of Checkers and Top Dog Contruction<\/a><\/strong>, shows the new Halaal Checkers in Saxony Westwood Mall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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