Checkers (supermarket chain)
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Checkers is a FMCG retailer owned by Shoprite Holdings that operates in Southern Africa. Checkers currently has 26 Checkers Hypers and 158 Checkers supermarkets operating in South Africa and Namibia. The supermarket chain focuses more strongly on fresh produce and offers a wider range of choice food items to a more affluent clientele (LSM 8-10).Norman Herber, the chair of Greatermans, decided to start a food retailer called Checkers. Raymond Ackerman was eventually put in charge of Checkers, and he made the business succesful.
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