Checkers Food Stores

Checkers Food Stores

Type	Private subsidiary
Industry	Retail
Headquarters	Jersey, Channel Islands
Products	Grocery, General merchandise
Parent	Sandpiper CI
Website	www.sandpiperci.com

Checkers is a small supermarket chain in the Channel Islands, currently operated by Sandpiper CI. There are two large stores in Jersey and one in Guernsey, and these are now in the course of being sold to Waitrose. There are also several smaller Checkers Xpress outlets across the Channel Islands.

The Checkers brand was relaunched in 2009 with a plan to "reveal a fresh new look emphasising the freshness and quality of our food".^[1] Many Waitrose products were made available to Channel Island shoppers, when a partnership was struck with the John Lewis Partnership, owners of the Waitrose chain of stores.^[2] Also in 2009, Robert Dyas 'shop-in-shop' outlets were opened in Checkers stores, by arrangement with the UK store chain.

In October 2010 it was announced that contracts have been exchanged for the sale of the three major Checkers supermarkets, located at Redhouses and Rue des Pres in Jersey and Admiral Park in Guernsey, to Waitrose.^[3] The deal is subject, amongst other things, to the approval of the Jersey Competition Regulatory Authority and is not expected to complete before 31 October 2010. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed. The stores will continue to be run by Sandpiper CI until the end of January 2011 and will then be handed over to Waitrose over a period; Waitrose then intends to refurbish and rebrand each of the stores to its own house style in March/April 2011.

References

1. ^ "Checkers". Sandpiper CI. http://www.sandpiperci.com/checkers.php. Retrieved 2010-09-03. 
2. ^ "Waitrose". Sandpiper CI. http://www.sandpiperci.com/view_news.php?id=37. Retrieved 2010-10-29. 
3. ^ "Checkers". Sandpiper CI. http://www.sandpiperci.com/checkers.php. Retrieved 2010-09-03.