In a South African grocery retail first, Checkers has taken to the skies in a specially branded aeroplane.
Emblazoned with “Sixty60” on its sides and “Checkers” on its belly, the plane was first spotted at the OR Tambo International airport on Thursday, 24 October.
In collaboration with award-winning airline LIFT, the teal Airbus A320 conducted its maiden flight between Johannesburg and Cape Town at 10am on Thursday, 24 October. It will continue to operate on regularly scheduled flights between Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town this summer.
Checkers Sixty60
Aviation enthusiasts and plane spotters can track the aircraft, operated by LIFT, online via its registration number ZS-GAS.
This festive season, Checkers will be adding something xtra special to its offering, to bring beloved family members together. Watch this space – more will be revealed soon.


Shoprite Group’s Checkers Sixty60 on-demand delivery service has maintained its leading position in the South African market, showcasing an impressive 58.1% growth in the 2024 financial year, as reported on Tuesday.

Checkers and Checkers Hyper reported sales growth of 12.3% with online sales from our Checkers Sixty60 on-demand platform increasing by 58.1%..

Shoprite and Usave reported sales growth of 10.7% and LiquorShop sales increased by 20%.

Shoprite also reported that supermarkets RSA opened a net 201 stores versus 301 stores  in 2023 including
the stores acquired from Massmart) during the year to total 2 322 stores. Of these net new openings, 20 were Shoprite, 22 Usave, 25 Checkers and 71 LiquorShop stores. The remaining 63 were new format, adjacent category specialist stores (Petshop Science added 33 new stores to total 86 stores; Checkers Outdoor added 14 new stores to total 22 stores; UNIQ clothing by Checkers added 13 new stores to total 22 stores and Little Me opened three new stores to total 12 stores).

The Shoprite Group’s core business, Supermarkets RSA, achieved sales growth of 12.3%, contributing 81.0% to Group sales.

“This growth is reported against the prior year period in which sales increased by 17.8%. – Unlike our first half period sales growth which included the stores acquired from Massmart Holdings Ltd (“Massmart”) and reported against a base in which they were not included, our second half sales growth of 10.1% was achieved with the acquired stores (51 Shoprite, one Usave and 40 Shoprite LiquorShop stores) included in our prior year base.”

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