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Who owns Checkers?

Checkers is owned by Shoprite Group (South Africa, JSE: SHP), which has owned the brand since 1991.[1]

This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.

Evidence: Shoprite Holdings Limited Integrated Report 2025, 1 October 2025. Last checked .

Key facts

Current owner
Shoprite Holdings Limited reported
Owned since
Owner HQ
🇿🇦 South Africa, Brackenfell, Cape Town
Origin
🇿🇦 South Africa
Category
Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › Grocery own brands
Parent ticker
JSE: SHP
Last verified
· 1 sources

About Checkers

Checkers is the group's supermarket for fresh and premium food, acquired in 1991 and since turned into the brand that draws more affluent customers without giving up value: 310 stores in South Africa plus eleven elsewhere in the region. Its FreshX format, introduced in 2016, rebuilt the stores around fresh departments, and it hosts concessions from partners including Krispy Kreme, Starbucks, Lindt and Kauai inside selected supermarkets.

Ownership timeline of Checkers

Owners of Checkers over 1991 to 2026 Shoprite Group 1991–present Shoprite Group 1995200020052010201520202025
  1. 1991 – present Shoprite Group [1] reported

Where Checkers sits in Shoprite Group

Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.

Where Checkers sits in Shoprite Group Tree of 19 brands under Shoprite Group. Shoprite Group Checkers Checkers Hyper Checkers Little Me Checkers Outdoor Checkers Sixty60 Computicket and 13 more

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Other brands owned by Shoprite Group

Shoprite Group controls 19 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in home, garden & diy.

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Other brands in grocery own brands, and who owns them

The 170 brands in grocery own brands on Brandtree belong to 55 owners. The largest is Cencosud, with 12; Shoprite Group has 7.

BrandOwnerOwner based in
Bretas Cencosud 🇨🇱 Chile
Lucerne Albertsons 🇺🇸 United States
City Gross Axfood 🇸🇪 Sweden
Chalo Empire 🇨🇦 Canada
Amanhecer Jerónimo Martins 🇵🇹 Portugal
K-Citymarket Kesko 🇫🇮 Finland
Farmer's Market Loblaw 🇨🇦 Canada
Chef Direct AML Foods 🇧🇸 Bahamas

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About the owner: Shoprite Group

Shoprite Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Brackenfell, Cape Town, South Africa, founded in 1979. Brandtree records 19 brands under its control, and it is listed as JSE: SHP.

The Shoprite Group is the largest retailer in Africa and the largest private sector employer in South Africa, with revenue of R252.7 billion and 168,939 employees in the year to June 2025. It began in 1979 when PEP Stores bought a grocery company of eight stores, called Shoprite, from the Rogut family, and now trades from 3,478 stores including franchises, segmenting the South African market between distinct supermarket banners rather than running one. It has been narrowing that focus: its two furniture chains are held for sale, and its Ghanaian and Malawian operations are classified as discontinued.

Shoprite Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →

🇿🇦 Checkers and other South African brands

Brandtree records a controlling owner for 175 brands that began in South Africa. 12 of them (7%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Checkers is not one of them.

All South African brands and who owns them →

Frequently asked questions

Who is the parent company of Checkers?

The parent company of Checkers is Shoprite Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa.

Is Checkers South African?

Yes. Checkers originated in South Africa and its owner, Shoprite Group, is also headquartered in South Africa.

Since when has Shoprite Group owned Checkers?

Shoprite Group has owned Checkers since 1991.

Is Checkers still owned by Shoprite Group?

Yes. As of 23 September 2026, Checkers is still owned by Shoprite Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.

Sources (1) & corrections

Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.

  1. [1] Shoprite Holdings Limited Integrated Report 2025 — Shoprite Holdings Limited, Annual report, published 1 October 2025; retrieved 23 September 2026.

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