worksmart:
Fun fact: Shoprite is owned by white Racist White South Africans.

I would rather patronize the Chinese Sharprite store.

MzansiCoolio:
'SHARP' MEANS 'THUMBS UP' IN SOUTH AFRICA

Social media is abuzz after some people found it weird that just opposite the popular retailer Shoprite on Robert Sobukwe street in Sunnyside, Pretoria, there is a store named Sharprite.

While some see it as “pushing your luck” due to the familiarity, some think the competition between Shoprite and Sharprite is welcomed.

TimesLIVE visited both supermarkets on Wednesday.

As one stands outside the door of Sharprite and looks on the “sharp right” turn, opposite the street you find Shoprite.

Inside Sharprite, the store boasts about eight aisles stocked with everything from sugar, bedding essentials to water taps. But what sets the store apart from Shoprite is that many of their products are offered in bulk.

Sharprite also has no fridges in store so there are no refrigerated items in stock.

During TimesLIVE’s visit to the store, a man who wanted to buy a cold drink turned back empty-handed after inquiring about the fridge aisle for the drinks and he was told there are no fridges there.

Besides sounding similar, there are other similarities between the two shops. Both have their names written in bold red, Shoprite has a white outline to its text. Sharprite also has a big yellow smiling emoji in front, displaying a ‘sharp’ or thumbs-up gesture.

A bottle of 2l cooking oil at Sharprite starts from as little as R43.99 [vs R59.99 Ritebrand Sunflower Seed Oil 2L at Shoprite], while a carton of six milk 1lt boxes starts from as little as R89.99 [Ritebrand R98.99]. A 10kg bag of flour costs R127.99 at Sharprite, while similar flour of the same size costs a few cents more at Shoprite at R129.99.

While in the area, TimesLIVE noticed that a lot of the foot traffic is at the Shoprite as people buy daily essentials, including cold drinks and water. A few people also entered Sharprite to buy tools and other essentials.

While Shoprite, which is one of Africa’s leading brands is owned by South African, Christo Wiese, TimesLIVE understands that Sharprite is Chinese-owned.
The store has extended its reach from Pretoria and is also found in Middelburg, Mpumalanga province.

https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2024-02-14-its-just-a-sharp-right-turn-from-sharprite-to-shoprite/

amazingspiderma:
Serve SA right, they are always trying to prove close ties with China while always criticizing the West.

The end of ShopRite has come. Welcome to the age of Sharprite.

IronGalaxy:
As if Chinese people aren't racist towards blacks

worksmart:
China has done nothing to us Africans compared to what whites have done and are still doing.

CoronaVirusPro:
China will clone anything!

What is “sharprite”

Those dwarfs will steal anything, and it will never be as good as that of the owner.

IronGalaxy:
But The Chinese are still racist towards black people in general, that';s the crux of my argument.

worksmart:
I don't agree, Of course there must be some racist individuals but a lot of what you hear about their racism is western propaganda.

shortgun:
Some uninformed people will say the Chinese store is fake but in reality it's actually innovative.
This is one of the strategies used by businesses to get a share of the market.

CoronaVirusPro:
China will clone anything!

What is “sharprite”

Those dwarfs will steal anything, and it will never be as good as that of the owner.

AllenSpencer:


Which quack buisinesses do that ?

Did Dell imitate HP or Lenovo
Did Boeing imitate Airbus
Did Microsoft imitate Chromium
Did Ericsson imitate Nokia or Alcatel

Hello! Chinese will steal anything down to the brand name. It’s a culture!

Originalsly:


If someone asks who is Jesus?.... should I send him to read the entire Bible?... should I tell him the entire history of Jesus? I should be able to define him in just a few sentences. If someone is thirsty and needs water ... you need not empty the entire cabinet... bring out plate... dish... knife and fork .... just bring out a glass ... that will serve the purpose ... he doesn't have to know and can careless about what else is in the cabinet. Hope you get my drift.

CluelessMODS:

Are all those brands you are quoting not using the same softwares? The difference is just the brand names.
Chinese are copying and they are developed. Let your country also copy and develop! It is better than backwardness!

IronGalaxy:
Actually according to law this is called "passing off" and it's not legal. The wording sounds like Shoprite including the logo

AllenSpencer:


Which quack buisinesses do that ?

Did Dell imitate HP or Lenovo
Did Boeing imitate Airbus
Did Microsoft imitate Chromium
Did Ericsson imitate Nokia or Alcatel

Hello! Chinese will steal anything down to the brand name. It’s a culture!

AllenSpencer:


Same software? Who told you that?

Have you installed a HP driver on Dell before? Oh! So you believe Airbus and Boeing are running on same software?

Smh….

AllenSpencer:


Same software? Who told you that?

Have you installed a HP driver on Dell before? Oh! So you believe Airbus and Boeing are running on same software?

Smh….

shortgun:

Do you know apple copied the tablet PC from Microsoft and named it iPad?
Do you know that Google copied searche engine concept from Yahoo?
Whats the difference between whatsapp and Telegram?
Are all internet browsers not a copy of each other?
The is is endless. In the business world it's called innovation not copying or faking

CluelessMODS:

Lmao oga...the basics are all the same, each company can now modify their own.

AllenSpencer:


That’s to a layman.

You would always believe a Nike Airforce 1 is same as Nikke.

Don’t tell me a Geely and a Toyota are same.

CluelessMODS:

Who says "pass off" is not legal?

AllenSpencer:


That’s to a layman.

You would always believe a Nike Airforce 1 is same as Nikke.

Don’t tell me a Geely and a Toyota are same

AllenSpencer:


That’s to a layman.

You would always believe a Nike Airforce 1 is same as Nikke.

Don’t tell me a Geely and a Toyota are same.

shortgun:

Actually,alot of vehicles from different manufacturers share the same engine and parts

AllenSpencer:


What did China innovate. It’s never better than the original.

You said Apple copied Microsoft. Did Apple run on a similar OS with Windows? Hello! They are world apart.

Apple got a good market share based on its innovation and it still stands till date. Being competitive is not by stealing, and that’s why they never better in anything.

Always lost, and why it’s always cheaper and substandard.

CluelessMODS:

You are not even getting my point. Whether Geely and Toyota are the same, the fact remains that the same principle of car production were used for both, each company will now modify her own to taste. I bet you are not a science inclined.

shortgun:

Don't say this out of ignorance. Innovation is not only focused on the product.
Improving a products distribution channel is innovation,
a better storage facility is innovation,
a cheaper version of the same product is innovation, a cost effective production is innovation, a new marketing strategy is innovation, increase in the volume of sales is innovation....the list is endless
There's a difference between invention and innovation