Shoprite is involved in long-term litigation with AIC Limited. In 2011, AIC issued a summons against Shoprite South Africa and its Nigerian subsidiary for an alleged breach of a joint venture agreement (the JV Agreement) allegedly concluded in 1998. The company took Shoprite Checkers (Pty) Limited and its Nigerian subsidiary Retail Supermarkets Nigeria Limited to court claiming a breached on an agreement to set up the Nigerian arm of the business. AIC said in the public notice that ShopRite went to enter the Nigerian market without honouring the agreement reached between it and AIC Limited. The Federal High Court then ruled in favour of AIC and awarded damages of $10 million and an interest of 10 per cent per annum against Shoprite and Retail Supermarkets in 2017.