SHOPRITE HOLDINGS EMPLOYEES DOWN TOOLS.

Shoprite Holdings which runs Shoprite supermarket, Hungry Lion takeaways and an OK Furniture the country single largest chain store employees across the country have downed tools demanding a salary increment.

A check at Manda Hill the capital city first class shopping Centre, workers at Shoprite, OK furnishers and Hungry Lion found workers outside the store singing and chanting slogans against management demanding an increment on their salaries.

The workers talked to said they want Shoprite management to hike their salaries.

They complained that despite Shoprite expanding and making massive profits management has continued to pay them low salaries.

The workers have since vowed not to return to work until management addresses the grievances.

And National Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers general secretary George Kanyanta has urged the workers to remain patient as the union and management address their grievances.

Meanwhile, management staff at the store refused to respond to any queries saying they were sorting out the problem.

Shoprite opened it first store in Zambia on Cairo Road in Lusaka on the 26th October 1995.