{"id":680131,"date":"2023-04-14T16:30:17","date_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=680131"},"modified":"2023-04-14T16:27:28","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:27:28","slug":"the-most-popular-retailers-in-south-africa-woolworths-vs-shoprite-vs-pick-n-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/680131\/the-most-popular-retailers-in-south-africa-woolworths-vs-shoprite-vs-pick-n-pay\/","title":{"rendered":"The most popular retailers in South Africa: Woolworths vs Shoprite vs Pick n Pay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shoprite, Pick n Pay and Checkers are the top choices for purchasing groceries, while Mr Price and Woolworths are the most popular stores for buying clothing.<\/p>\n<p>According to an African Bank Consumer Research Report on the low- and middle-income market, compiled by In On Africa and The Choice Architects,\u00a0 Shoprite and Pick n Pay are the leading choices for groceries across subsegments, with Spar and Checkers in close 3rd of 4th place, depending on the subsegment.<\/p>\n<p>Shoprite is the most popular store in the Youth (66%) and Adults (68%) segments.<\/p>\n<p>However, Checkers is the most popular store in the Senior Category, beating its parent company at 55% compared to 54%.<\/p>\n<p>The top five supermarket stores across the segments are listed below:<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-stores-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-680147 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-stores-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"855\" height=\"773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-stores-.jpg 855w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-stores--300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-stores--768x694.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 855px) 100vw, 855px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>(<strong>Dark Green: I often use this store<\/strong>; Light Green: I occasionally use this store; Yellow: I rarely use this store and wish I could use it more; Orange: I rarely use this store and don\u2019t want to use it more; Red: I never use this store)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In the Youth subsegments, Shoprite is the most popular store for General Youth (68%), while Pick n Pay and Shoprite are equally popular amongst student Youth (61%).<\/p>\n<p>Shoprite is the most popular retailer in lower income Adult subsegments, including No Income Adults (74%), Entry-Level Adults (71%), and Low-Income Adults (69%).<\/p>\n<p>However, Pick n Pay is the most popular retailer for Low Middle Adults (63%) and Middle Adults (65%).<\/p>\n<p>The report added that preferred supermarkets across racial groups differ significantly.<\/p>\n<p>African and Coloured consumers prefer Shoprite, scoring 72% and 61%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Whereas Checkers is the preferred supermarket for white (57%) and Asian\/Indian (56%) consumers.<\/p>\n<p>However, the significant drivers for choice of supermarkets are the availability of produce (73%-75%), cleanliness (60%-68%) and location\/proximity to home (55%-60%).<\/p>\n<p>Below are the supermarket influences according to segments (click to enlarge):<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-new-image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-680165 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-new-image.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1834\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-new-image.jpg 1834w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-new-image-300x134.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-new-image-1024x458.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-new-image-768x344.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-new-image-1536x688.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-new-image-1200x537.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1834px) 100vw, 1834px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clothing\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Regarding clothing retailers, Mr Price is the top choice for all segments.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Price scored 60% for Youth, 53% for Adults and 31% for Seniors.<\/p>\n<p>The top five clothing stores across the segments are listed below (Same legend as the top five grocery stores):<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-favouriteclothing-.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-680173 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-favouriteclothing-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"914\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-favouriteclothing-.jpg 914w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-favouriteclothing--300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-favouriteclothing--768x637.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 914px) 100vw, 914px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Youth subsegments, Student Youth (55%) and General Youth (66%) favoured Mr Price.<\/p>\n<p>Just like with grocery retailer studies, Middle-income Adults differed from other Adult subsegments and equally preferred Woolworths and Mr Price, with both scoring 49%.<\/p>\n<p>No Income (47%), Entry Level (53%), Low (56%) and Low Middle (54%) Adults all preferred Mr Price.<\/p>\n<p>Similarly to groceries, race shows some slight differences.<\/p>\n<p>African (58%), Asian\/Indian (38%) and Coloured (46%) consumers all preferred Mr Price.<\/p>\n<p>White consumers only slightly favoured Pick n Pay Clothing over Mr Price, scoring 26% and 24%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The two main drivers of choice regarding clothing, regardless of subsegment, were affordability and quality.<\/p>\n<p>Below is the clothing retailer influences according to segments (click to enlarge):<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-retailer-influnce.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-680181 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-retailer-influnce.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1485\" height=\"690\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-retailer-influnce.jpg 1485w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-retailer-influnce-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-retailer-influnce-1024x476.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-retailer-influnce-768x357.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/africa-bank-retailer-influnce-1200x558.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1485px) 100vw, 1485px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/679101\/shopping-price-war-2023-woolworths-vs-checkers-vs-pick-n-pay-vs-spar-vs-food-lovers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shopping price war 2023: Woolworths vs Checkers vs Pick n Pay vs Spar vs Food Lovers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to research from African Bank, Middle-Class Adults prefer Pick n Pay for grocery shopping and Mr Price and Woolworths for clothing. 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