Shoprite Holdings Limited, an investment holding company, operates as a fast moving consumer goods retailer in South Africa. Its stores comprise a range of supermarkets, hyper markets, furniture outlets, house and home stores, and food outlets in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Mauritius. The company also engages in supermarket franchising; distributes groceries and non-food merchandise to its supermarket chains nationally and internationally; and supplies fresh produce to its supermarkets in South Africa. Further, it involves in control of the retailing activities, as well as owns properties outside South Africa. As of June 30, 2008, the company operated 984 stores in 17 countries. Shoprite Holdings Limited was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa.