Shoprite Opens Its 40th Store In Zambia

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Shoprite Opens Its 40th Store In Zambia-Brand Spur Nigeria
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Shoprite, Africa’s leading retailer is continuing to expand its footprints outside its traditional market, South Africa, opening its 40th outlet in Zambia.

Located at the Jacaranda Mall in Ndola, the new branch promises to continue with its legacy of low prices, offering a variety of products, in addition to sourcing 90% of its goods and services locally.

Unlike its other operations outside South Africa, which have been impacted by currency devaluations, supply issues and low consumer spending, Shoprite Zambia has been showcasing stellar performance with sales increasing by 15.8%, in the half-year period.

“The opening of our 40th Shoprite supermarket in Zambia is a very special occasion. We converted the store from an existing opposition store and opened it in the record time of just over one month. It normally takes about 5 months to open a new store,” said Charles Bota, General Manager of Shoprite Zambia.

The retailer introduced Zambia to world-class shopping with the opening of its first supermarket in 1995, on Cairo Road in Lusaka, and has expanded throughout the country over the last 25 years.
Today, Shoprite Zambia occupies 112 000 m² of trading space and has been procuring from local suppliers since it entered the market, starting with four suppliers and growing that number to the current 150. It employs 7,800 people directly and another 1,550 indirectly (as merchandiser, butchery, cleaning and security staff).

More than 50% of Shoprite Zambia’s employees are women and 80% of jobs are occupied by youths aged 25 to 35 years.