{"id":44316,"date":"2024-10-02T04:00:21","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T02:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/checkers-food-makes-waves-along-beach-road-20241001-4\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:24:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T11:24:28","slug":"checkers-food-makes-waves-along-beach-road-20241001-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/checkers-food-makes-waves-along-beach-road-20241001-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Checkers Food makes waves along Beach Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_6efd7dc6\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/12261\/4225934188ad4ec9b34a821fbf4435b4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/districtmailhelderberg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/c32b099e652c454eb574bec5bf5dec08.jpg\" title=\"Committed to the communities in which it operates, employees from Checkers Foods participated in a clean-up event at Strand beach.\"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Committed to the communities in which it operates, employees from Checkers Foods participated in a clean-up event at Strand beach.<\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strand is home to the first Checkers Foods to open its doors in the Helderberg basin. 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