Who owns Medirite?
Medirite is owned by Shoprite Group (South Africa, JSE: SHP).[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
- Owner HQ
- 🇿🇦 South Africa, Brackenfell, Cape Town
- Origin
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Founded
- 1999
- Category
- Home, garden & DIY › Retailer own brands › General merchandise own brands
- Parent ticker
- JSE: SHP
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Medirite
Medirite is the group's pharmacy brand, run as 122 dispensary counters inside supermarkets and as 18 larger standalone Medirite Plus stores. The company describes Medirite Plus as a full-service health, wellness and beauty destination carrying fragrance, cosmetics and health products as well as prescriptions, and notes that many Medirite pharmacies are in communities that previously had no affordable pharmacy at all.
Ownership timeline of Medirite
- Current owner Shoprite Group [1] reported
Where Medirite sits in Shoprite Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Shoprite Group
Shoprite Group controls 19 brands on Brandtree, 12 of them in home, garden & diy.
Also in home, garden & diy
- Checkers
- Checkers Hyper
- Checkers Little Me (2021)
- Forage and Feast (2020)
- Homegrown (2023)
- House & Home (1977)
- LiquorShop (2002)
- OK Furniture
- Shoprite
- Ubrand
- Usave (2001)
Founded in the 1990s
- Money Market (1998)
Other brands in general merchandise own brands, and who owns them
The 162 brands in general merchandise own brands on Brandtree belong to 68 owners. The largest is JD Sports, with 15; Shoprite Group has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Blacks | JD Sports | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Bebemundo | Corporación Favorita | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
| Innom | Reitan Retail | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| B&Q | Kingfisher | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Anko | Wesfarmers | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Basualdo | Cencosud | 🇨🇱 Chile |
| Bike Republic | Colruyt Group | 🇧🇪 Belgium |
| Glans | Hagar | 🇮🇸 Iceland |
Every brand in general merchandise own brands and its owner →
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 →
🇿🇦 Medirite 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; Medirite is not one of them.
- Mr Price Home — Mr Price Group 🇿🇦
- Sleepmasters — Pepkor 🇿🇦
- @home — TFG 🇿🇦
- Afrocentric — Sanlam 🇿🇦
- Airlink — Airlink 🇿🇦
- Albany — Tiger Brands 🇿🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Medirite?
The parent company of Medirite is Shoprite Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in South Africa.
Is Medirite South African?
Yes. Medirite originated in South Africa in 1999 and its owner, Shoprite Group, is also headquartered in South Africa.
Is Medirite still owned by Shoprite Group?
Yes. As of 3 October 2026, Medirite is still owned by Shoprite Group. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] Shoprite Holdings Limited Integrated Report 2025 — Shoprite Holdings Limited, Annual report, published 1 October 2025; retrieved 23 September 2026.
- [2] Shoprite Holdings: Medirite — Shoprite Holdings Limited, Official document; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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