Shoprite Checkers
Reviews and Complaints

Hi.

Today the 7 january 2017 i bought grilled chicken at checkers westgate mall at about 13:00. When i got home i opened the packet and ate of the chicken without really looking at it. But when i took a closer look i realized it had maggot eggs forming on it just a hour after i bought the chicken. I am also pregnant and suffering from severe hyperemisis. I feel very dishearted to think i ate that chicken with worms forming on it. What if it does harm to my unborn child? I cannot accept what happened to me with just a simple appology. I am also a loyal customer to checkers westgate.

So i went through to show it to the manager. He checked and confirmed it to be maggots. I told them that i am prepared to take the matter to the newspaper. He then took the chicken away. I asked him to freeze it as proof, which he agreed upon. I feel that i need to be compensated for this traumatic experience. I tried vomiting it out but i still feel really bad from eating that disgusting chicken. Never had anything like this happened to me before.

I hope that i will be properly compensated for what happened today

Suhaila abderoof

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Email: [protected]@gmail.com

I would like to lodge a complaint with regard to an incident which occurred on the 26th December '16 at the Shoprite branch in Claremont Main Road. My husband and myself entered the store after 10 am with a KFC barrel. My immediately bought a plastic bag to put the KFC inside, approached the lady at the parcel counter and gave the KFC to her whereby he received a parcel ticket. At this time the security guard had also been standing there. On this specific day the store wasn't that busy, perhaps because it was still mid morning. We then got one cold drink from the fridge, a box of snacktime biscuits and went to the bakery for rolls. Leaving the bakery we walked past the fruit & veg heading for the till point. Just as we were about to place our goods on the counter by the Cashier, my husband reached in his pocket for the parcel ticket and realized, he had been pick pocketed and without delay, went to the lady at the parcel counter for the KFC. The security still standing at the parcel counter looked amazed when my husband asked for out KFC. She told him someone just redeemed the ticket and walked out. She told us that she had asked the person where my husband was at the time because he handed the ticket in but this guy convinced her my husband was outside waiting on him but we were still very much in the store heading to the till point. She was shocked and didn't really know how to handle the situation and she pointed out the guy was very dirty looking. The Store manager was called and he and my husband viewed the footage and they could actually see the guy walking
out of the store with the KFC barrel in his hand. The Store Manager took my details and got back to me on the 29th Dec '16 informing me he has bad new because he addressed this with Head Office and they said you cannot keep track of who walks in an out form the parcel counter. I told him that's not the case because if it was, the lady at the parcel counter would not have asked that guy where my husband was. She asked him twice and gave it hesitantly which means she new exactly who gave in the KFC. On that specific morning we probably spent about less than 20 minutes inside the store because even the Cashier who assisted us was shocked because she remembered my husband leaving the KFC at the parcel counter because he bought the plastic bag from her. I'm very unhappy to lose R250 just like that when our goods was left in Shoprites parcel counter and while still getting things inside the store, was pick pocketed just like that. This could have been my entire monthly shopping or an expensive appliance that could have been lost to some predator. The Store manager said he would get back to me but still hasn't. Shoprite/Checkers is my most preferred retailer of choice and i can assure you my bulk shopping happens at Shoprite. Right now i'm not in a happy space and yet i have so many family and friends who shops at Shoprite and Checkers. Can someone please attend to my complaint asap.

Mrs. Salie
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At shoprite in sophia town date: 31/12/2016. Lane: 9. Time: 12:52:10 as per my till slip. The till lady (Khaya as told by the floor manager) was so rude. There was no "cash only " sign at the till. The man infront of us used his bank card, she then turned to the packer and told her in her language that people can't read. I started to complain, she told me "i'm not talking to you". I asked to speak to the manager (Who was not to be found). As we left the till the till lady, took the sign and placed it on her head and say loudly "this is a cash only". I'm not happy and will appreciate some response. On [protected]

In the Natal Mercury of 28th December 2016 there was a double page ad for various items at Checkers and Checkers Hypers. The item that caught my eye was frozen salmon at R6.99 per 100g and a picture of pink salmon filleted and deboned advertised the product. On 29th December 2016 I went to the Checkers Cascades branch and after some time was assisted by the "fish" person who told me that it was a mistake in the paper and only available at the Checkers Hypers, altho the ad specifically stated that the specials were available at both. I was told to go to the Brookside Checkers Hyper which I did - only to be eventually by a manager that neither the branch manager, nor anyone else, knew anything about the advert or the salmon. The assistant at the fish counter told me that it was Cape Salmon and produced an entire fish with head and tail, nothing like the misleading picture that was put in the paper. I travelled about 30 kms in all and wasted at least an hour and a half and I'm afraid I left empty handed and vowing never to shop at Checkers again. This is a case of blatant misleading advertising and Checkers should be ashamed of themselves!

i come to the grey town once year, last year i was over charged R130, this year R30, not sure what the issue is in the store i think managment. once having the problem i was able to deal with buy twice some is not right i the store, on the 24th the store was so buys so i can belive how many people where robbed as not checking prices. what is happing in the store is not correct as per consumer protection act.

I was touched since I secondly paid my RCS Acc at the end of October, .it was not like that yesterday, .I was told to bring an ID book for a transaction to be processed from Team Supervisor before approaching the Store Manager that said RCS card is not paid there, later I don't pay with a bank card when I make payment so after waiting so long someone from another branch said I can pay but only with easy payment number and these blonde employees now were believing that only easy payment works out of which that's a big problem as we don't know how many things they don't know as the Store Manager was no closer to me even when this was resolved..In this case I was helped by RCS company staff member by calling accidentally and thats where my problem was resolved, ..I now have to think again when visiting the place if I will again..

Thanks in advance

After finishing my grocery shopping at Shoprite I made way towards my car and noticed an individual sitting in his grey Ford Explorer. While putting my groceries in my trunk I observed the individual drinking heavily from a bottle of alcohol. Shortly after rinsing his mouth out with what appeared to be mouthwash, he exited his vehicle in an employee shop rite uniform and headed towards the grocery store entrance. He was wearing black jeans, a white shirt buttoned shirt, a green and white tie that said Eagles on it and a name tag with the name "Chris." The man was tall, about 6"2, somewhat thin with short spiked hair. I find it rather disturbing that this individual was drinking in his vehicle, possibly driving prior to me noticing him and then walked into the grocery store as an intoxicated employee. This individual should not have a job at Shoprite. I find it highly unprofessional that he is working around the public while intoxicated and in my strong opinion, this issue should be taken care of immediately.
Thank you for your time.

I went to the above liquor store today to buy drinks for my staff Christmas party - I had a basket, but the basket was too small for my purchases - so I needed a trolley - I asked the Checkers staff member who was standing at the door, if he could find me a trolley - He was busy chatting at the time to a security staff member - he glanced down the aisles & said that there were no trolleys I must go & get one from the main store - I left my goods on the counter & went to get a trolley - When I got back to the liquor store the guys were still chatting - I asked him for some customer service my means of assistance to put my purchases into the trolley while I pay the cashier - I also made it very clear that I was unhappy that while he stood there chatting to his mate - I as the customer had to go next door to get a trolley -
I asked the Cashier if he was allowed to fetch trolleys for customers - She confirmed that he was allowed to do this - Obviously just lazy to help a customer while socialising with the security guard.
I asked if there was a manager in the liquor store, with that the cashier speaks to someone who can not be seen by the customers, he was chatting & could not assist immediately - but eventually a guys appears from behind a screen, who had also been busy chit chatting to an employee ! I told him ( Name is Fortune) what had transpired, he showed NO interest at all...because I had also interrupted his CHIT CHAT ! - I told him that his staff including him are not doing their work AT ALL - Fortune mentioned that I should have asked a different staff member to get a trolley for my shopping, the staff member whom he suggested, was the same staff member who Fortune was chatting to behind the screen !

Fortune was just trying to cover up for the bad attitude of the first guy... He did not even look at or talk to the first guy about the situation... They really did not care AT ALL to provide any customer service whatsoever - Both the Manager & the initial guy at the door (wearing a RED WELCOME sash) are bad for the reputation of CHECKERS CUSTOMER SERVICE - VERY VERY frustrating experience & I will NEVER go back to that store again - I felt as though I was expecting too much -

FOr the record there were at least 6 staff members & I was the only customer in the store at this time...

NOT ACCEPTABLE

I have frequented shoprite in Monticello for a while I was also employed in deli t Monticello we ent thru extensive trining and given recipes for salads so shoprite had some consistency in products. Monticello follows that plan there salads are good...I purchased same salaads in liberty ny deli and they taste nothing like the others I also bought salads fom the shoprites in Morristown njn and they were good. I would not recommend libety shoprite for their salds

My name is Virginia maluleke I stay in Limpopo Giyani my number is [protected], the day before yesterday I went to shoprite in Giyani town, little did I know that it was going to be the worst shopping day of my life, after I had finished shopping I went to the till points to pay for my grocery. After I had paid for everything I took off but before I could reach the shoprite door I realised that my wallet was missing, I immediately went back to the cashier whom helped me then I asked if she had seen my wallet and she said she hadn't . That's when I realised that my wallet was lost along with the sum of 1600 as well as my identity card and my bank cards. I immediately went to the manager and asked if she can help me by rewinding a footage to check what really happened. The manager told me to wait, I had to wait for over 3 hours, finally she came and told me that at shoprite they don't have footage and they don't rewind them so there's no such thing. I went to the police station to report the matter then the police officer that helped told me that if the manager of shoprite did not rewind the footage they can't help in other words they did not bother to open the case. Today I called the shoprite customer service helpline, the help I got was to go back to the police station and open a case. So I really don't understand how this works its clear to me that shoprite does not treat customers with the respect and dignity that they deserve. If someone stole from shoprite then they would know immediately because they would have something to lose but because I who is a customer lost my money and everything that defines me as a south African citizen nobody cares its not important. I don't even have money to buy my child clothes because of this, I'm deeply hurt by this.

My mother-in-law, an 81-year-old, was mugged in Shoprite on Friday, 2 December, in Kimberley. She does her shopping there daily. She was distracted by two muggers and one took her purse from her bag. She has just drawn R2000, 00 from the ATM so this was the amount with some extras in her purse. She lost photos of her late husband which she carries in her purse and it has great sentimental value for her. She did not let us know on Friday (we are in Vryburg and she is Kimberley), but we only got to know about it last night when we phoned to hear how she was. Today was incredibly busy so I could not follow up. She is upset that the store management could not pick up anything on the cameras and that they did not even call the police. If it happened outside the store we could understand, but it happened inside the store.

Your urgent attention to the matter will be highly appreciated.

God bless.

Gail du Toit
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Service has been bad for a while and now I feel the need to complain. On several occassion the store manager will observe long queues of customers with only two tills open and one express till open.

This past Sunday (27 Novermber 2016 as early as 8.45am the same thing happened. The shop was full only 3 tills open. On the express side five (5) express tills where closed but just one in operation. That you call Express?

The cashier had no one to assist her pack and as a result she was packing food, toiletries and detergents in one bag without the small bag to secure the poisonous items. I had to tell her how to do her job I made her take things out and pack them the right way. Needless to say she became furious and upset that I as a paying customer had to tell her what to do. Are they not properly trained or is it the managers in that store that are not leading by example? If management disregards the well being of its customers the staff will follow suit.

Are we to be subjected to this kind of service because we are in the townships? Is our money good enough to be spent at Shoprite but we dont deserve a good customer service?

If the managers placed in that store are not interested in delivering good quality service. Then why can they not be changed and placed where they feel people are more important despite the location or race?

Checkers/Shoprite Head Office - please give the Shoprite Langa Customers the same service you deliver to Checkers/Shoprite in the suburbs or affluent areas.

Hi there. On the 19-11-2016 I was at work till 12pm so I have a friend that works by shoprite vasco. I sent him a whatsapp msg asking if there was any bread left so he replys back that there's nothing left. So I told him its fine then I will go to the other shoprite. The next day I went go buy bread and was stoped by the security and they said why did I run away on the 19th when they tried to stop me nd apparently I ran and they chased me and it was said it was me that ran. I was not there and now shoprite cliams that the cctv isn't working it shows error when they want too log in and it is really wrong that nothing got done about it. I've been a loyal customer for many years.. I don't want too name and shame shoprite but I will take this further.

Yesterday (6 November 2016) at 11:22am, I bought a chicken braaipack from the Shoprite store in Shoprite Park. We couldn't consume the meat as it was off, with a foul smell.
I am very dissatisfied and highly disappointed by this. What annoyed me even more is the fact that when I went back, to show them - the store was already closed by then.
What was sup u to be a Sunday lunch was completely ruined!

I have ordered a cake yesterday at Shoprite Mkhuhlu Plaza, we agreed that i will collect the cake today at 16:00. I went there today exactly at 16:00 only to find out that they just backed the cake and nothing was writen on. I have requested a simple birthday message with Sophia. I have asked the lady responsible, she said the person who was suppose to writte was not on duty.

This really spoiled my daughter's birthday.

on the 01/10/2016 i visited Shoprite U save situated at road 545 Main Road in ogies to buy 2 half liter cokes and to draw R120.00 at your till. As i was waiting on the Que to be served, i realised that there were playing the kind of music the sounded unappropriated and not good for young and older customer. it was Rap music by Lil Wayne followed by a song by 50 cent which uses a very strong language. i felt disgusted by the lyrics of song because all i could hear was shootings, Biches, [censored]s, dicks and pussy which i regard as unappropriated to be played in a store that caters for all people, young and old.

i then asked the lady who was serving to show me where the Manager of the shop was, she directed me to the far left coner form where i was standing which is the far right right coner when you enter the store. when i get there i ask her if she was a Manager and she(the lady in Black and White Uniform and a gold tooth) agreed she was a manager but later denied that she was the manager of the store.i then ask her why are they playing this kind of music in the store, she first just laugh at me as if i was stupid, she didn't even have the decency of getting off her chair to hear my complain to an extant that in had to raise my voice because she was sitting at about a 2 meters from where i was standing. she then said to me that i must understand that people are working in the store*(staff members) are young people who listen to the kind of music so there was nothing wrong with the lyrics of this 2 song.

believe me when i say i was never in my life belittled, disrespected and humiliated and disgusted by the fake so called store manager

I went to shop at Shoprite in Jabulani Mall at 6pm today, Monday, 31 November 2016. I queued for an hour to pay for a few items. Some paypoints had no cashiers even though the queues were long. Some customers were so annoyed and they left trolleys of groceries and walked out of the shop.

When I asked one of the cashiers why some paypoints were closed, she told me that there wasn't enough staff and she's been working since 10:00 am, had 30 minutes lunch and she'll only knock off at 19:00. I then spoke to the supervisor who was also stressed because there were only two supervisors on duty and the other supervisor had to help in the cigarette counter while she attends to the cashiers who were beeping for her assistance and also attend to customer exchanges.
This is disgusting and it is explotation of both staff and customers. Something ought to be done to improve month end shopping experiece at Shoprite and treat customers and staff with dignity.

D Mkize

Good day

I would like to complain about the filthiness of the shop, your shop smells like rats died in the, the refrigerators are not working properly. More especial the ground floor it is really disgusting and the smell is unbearable to actually think that a retail shop like Shoprite that is well known is operating under such conditions is despicable.

I have couple of occasions where I bought cereals and later find that they are contaminated, and the reason why I am a concerned customer is because Shoprite is the nearest retail from where I reside in Joburg cbd, would you kindly do some about this please.

On the 28 October 2016 I went to buy baby milk from Shoprite, I took the 900g milk the price was R154 and when I got to the till the price was R179. I questioned the price and the surpivisor went to check she cane back saying I saw the wrong price tag that its a 400g. I then asked to go check with her when we got to the shelf I showed her she than pointed out a different brand and said she thought it was that brand. She said she will go ask the manager about this problem as i said well she must give me another one for free, after searching for the manager, the manager came out shouting that he will NEVER GIVE ME ANOTHER ONE FOR FREE BUT WILL ONLY ATLEAST GIVE ME WITH THE PRICE I SAW. When I asked for the name he said and I qoute why what will you do with my name.

At no point did I hear a sorry mam for any inconvinienced caused or sorry but all I got was RUDENESS AND IT MADE ME ASK IF THIS TREATMENT IM GETTING BECAUSE ITS IN ZOLA OR ITS JUST HOW CUSTOMERS ARE TREATED. HE GAVE US SUCH ATTITUDE THAT I EVEN ASKED ANNA THE SUPRLIRVISOR IF SHE IS NOTOCING THIS RUDENESS. HE EVEN SAID I CAN GO SCREAM IF I WANT BUT IM JUST WAISTING MY TIME. WHEN I ASKED FOR HIS NAME HE GAVE A WRONG SPELLING WITH I IASKED TO SPELL IT HE ASKED Y CANT I SPELL.

IM VERY DISAPPOINTED BY THE SERVICE I GOT.

I have been very patient with the bad service i have been receiving at the shoprite in my township. I have now come to realise that if i don't complain, nothing will change.

The following event happened on the 26th of October 2016. On arrival at the till to pay for 1 packet of Tartiric acid which was priced at R1.69 on the shelf. After it was scanned the price was R3.99. The cashier requested one of the runners to fetch the price tag on the shelf. this took a few minutes because the cashier was able to help 2 other customers before the runner returned. To my surprise this tag was different from the one that was on the shelf. This one was yellow and the tag read at 3.99. When I went to the shelf to bring the tag that read 1.69. I arrive at the shelf to find that it has been removed. I returned to the till and one of the customers offered to pay the difference.

Such dishonesty from Shoprite has moved me to take action. I consistently receive bad at this store. and i believe many people do too. The only thing is we don't ever complain. This seems like a very small matter but it is not. Employees of this have a total disregard for customer service. Such doesn't exist to them. It is even abusive at times.

I urge that my complaint be taken seriously. We have a culture of bad service here that needs to be stopped.