The white player begins and then both players alternate taking turns. The game board consists of 8x8 squares and each player starts with 12 game pieces. Privacy Friendly Checkers features two game modes: one game mode allows playing versus a computer-controlled opponent and the second game mode is for two human-controlled players using the same device. The objective of the game is to either capture all opposing game pieces by jumping over them or by creating a situation in which the opponent cannot make a move anymore due to being blocked. RTT Group's on-demand business will be transferred into a new company in which Shoprite Checkers will subscribe for 50% of the issued ordinary shares, Shoprite said.Īs part of the deal terms, Checkers Sixty60 will continue to use RTT on-demand as its delivery partner, it added.Įarlier this month fashion and homewear retailer TFG (TFGJ.J) said it was buying on-demand online shopping platform and last mile delivery provider Quench, while Massmart (MSMJ.J), majority-owned by Walmart (WMT.N), bought a controlling stake in grocery delivery service OneCart Pty Ltd in October.Privacy Friendly Checkers is a strategy board game for two players. The deal is due to be finalised prior to Shoprite's June 2022 year end. 'This RTT On- demand joint venture will allow the group the opportunity to continue enhancing our order fulfilment and last-mile delivery capabilities.'

'Owning the last mile home delivery aspect of our Sixty60 service is an important part of building out our digital ecosystem for customers,' Shoprite Group CEO Pieter Engelbrecht said. Shoprite said the joint venture with RTT Group will protect the learnings, technology and intellectual property created by the Checkers Sixty60 on demand delivery service to date while facilitating future innovation and development of the group's last mile logistics. JOHANNESBURG, Dec 13 (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest supermarket group Shoprite Holdings (SHPJ.J) said on Monday its upmarket grocery chain Checkers has entered into a joint venture agreement with its delivery partner RTT Group, as part of a push to grow its e-commerce business.Īfter years spent lagging much of the world in terms of e-commerce, South African retailers and delivery startups have generated record online sales as consumers avoided shops during the COVID-19 pandemic.īut the boom has strained the capacity of even the largest retailers, forcing them to invest and make e-commerce acquisitions to improve wait times and services, complementing scheduled delivery and click-and-collect services with on-demand delivery.

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