The Shoprite Group has a fundraising drive in all of its 764 Shoprite, Checkers and Checkers Hyper supermarkets countrywide in an effort to combat stunting, which impacts 1.5 million South African children, with 3 out of every 10 children suffering chronic malnutrition.
A percentage of the sale of each packet of Shoprite Ritebrand and Checkers Housebrand soup is going to the Lunchbox Fund.
“Since its inception just over 18 months ago, this initiative has generated enough to provide 650 000 meals to more than 4 000 primary and secondary school children,” says CSI Manager, Lunga Schoeman. “We’ve created a sustainable source of funding to further support the Shoprite Group’s extensive hunger relief efforts in communities across South Africa.”
Guest: Sue Wildish, Managing Director at the Lunchbox Fund.