, April 9 -- The group has shown remarkable growth across all of its major retail store chains - Shoprite, Checkers/Checkers Hyper and Usave - by recently delivering double digit growth for its half-year sales performance.

According to Moneyweb, interim results are as follows:

Reasons for these positive numbers may include the group's decision to consolidate its business across the continent and rather place a firm focus on its existing core business within South Africa.

This focus has primarily been on seven categories where the average market share has been under-indexed to get them back to their average index which has contributed significantly to Shoprite's growth trajectory.

One of the most noteworthy aspects of Shoprite's strate...