Shoprite is Africa's largest supermarket retailer, and one of the largest retail companies in the world. The company's headquarters are in Cape Town, South Africa, where it was founded in 1979. Shoprite is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and A2X Markets in South Africa, with secondary listings on both the Namibian and Lusaka stock exchanges. The company operates major low-income supermarket chain USave, a separate low-income chain under its namesake, as well as two pharmacy chains - Medrite and Transpharm - furniture chain House & Home, the mid-to-high income Checkers chain, South Africa's largest ticketing provider, Computicket, numerous financial services divisions, and various other businesses. The group also manages a large property portfolio, comprising both owned and head-leased properties. The Shoprite Group employs over 170,000 people, and is the largest private sector employer in South Africa. As of March 2026, Shoprite had 3,655 stores across 8 African countries, with 35.1 million Xtra Savings rewards customers visiting its stores. Wikipedia