<Tr> <Th> Subsidiaries </Th> <Td> Checkers </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.shopriteholdings.co.za </Td> </Tr> <P> The Shoprite Group of Companies (JSE: SHP), is Africa's largest food retailer . It operates 2689 outlets in 15 countries across Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands . The company's headquarters are in the Western Cape province of South Africa . Shoprite Holdings Ltd is a public company listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, with secondary listings on both the Namibian and Zambian Stock Exchanges . </P> <P> The Shoprite Group of companies started in 1979 . In 1990 Shoprite opened in Namibia . In 1991, it acquired the national Checkers chain . In 1995 the first store in Lusaka in Zambia, was opened . That same year the company acquired distributor Sentra, allowing the company to expand into franchising . </P>

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