Consumers in South Africa increasingly use grocery delivery services, with Checkers Sixty60 currently the cheapest on the market. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
South Africa is seeing a huge boom in grocery delivery services as South Africans crave the ease of ordering everything online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In its financial results for the 52 weeks ended 30 June 2023, Woolworths said that the rollout of Wollies Dash saw online sales increase by 28.5% – contributing 3.8% of total South African sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pick n Pay also noted that online sales grew by 72%, with on-demand sales growing by 100%, in its financial results for the year ended 26 February 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The group said that this growth was driven by Asap! and the new partnership with MR D that launched in October 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Amidst the growing popularity of grocery delivery services, BusinessTech has compared the prices of 15 items across Checkers Sixty60, Pick n Pay Asap!, Woolies Dash and Spar2U. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Overall, Checkers Sixty60 was the cheapest across all retailers, totalling just over R640.00. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Checkers Sixty60 was also the cheapest for the five non-food items, totalling just under R230.00<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Spar2U was the cheapest retailer across the ten food items and was the only retailer under R400 for the segment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other end of the scale, Woolies Dash was the most expensive, with a total basket of almost R200 more than Checkers Sixty60. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The luxury retailer was also the most expensive in the food and non-food segments. However, it was the cheapest retailer for a 2kg white sugar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Below is a comprehensive breakdown of the prices or orders from the various retailers: <\/p>\n\n\n\n Methodology and important notes <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The prices were sourced from the respective stores’ apps. As several products may be sold in all the stores, we exclusively looked at house brands – just like our conventional shopping price war. <\/p>\n\n\n\nItems<\/strong><\/td> Checkers Sixty60<\/strong><\/td> Pick n Pay Asap<\/strong>!<\/td> Woolies Dash<\/strong><\/td> Spar2U<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr> Baked Beans<\/td> R10.99<\/mark><\/td> R13.99<\/td> R14.99<\/mark><\/td> R11.99<\/td><\/tr> Tuna in brine<\/td> R21.99<\/mark><\/td> R21.99<\/mark><\/td> R27.99<\/mark><\/td> R23.99<\/td><\/tr> Tomato sauce <\/td> R24.99<\/mark><\/td> R32.99<\/td> R44.99<\/mark><\/td> R28.99<\/td><\/tr> Mixed Veg (frozen)<\/td> R34.99<\/td> R32.99<\/td> R54.99<\/mark><\/td> R29.99<\/mark><\/td><\/tr> Cooking Oil<\/td> R84.99<\/mark><\/td> R79.99<\/td> R79.99<\/td> R74.99<\/mark><\/td><\/tr> Chutney<\/td> R24.99<\/mark><\/td> R24.99<\/mark><\/td> R53.99<\/mark><\/td> R30.99<\/td><\/tr> White Sugar<\/td> R59.99<\/mark><\/td> R59.99<\/mark><\/td> R57.99<\/mark><\/td> R59.99<\/mark><\/td><\/tr> Apples<\/td> R32.99<\/td> R26.99<\/td> R37.99<\/mark><\/td> R14.99<\/mark><\/td><\/tr> Cabbage<\/td> R16.99<\/mark><\/td> R19.99<\/td> R21.99<\/mark><\/td> R21.99<\/mark><\/td><\/tr> Long life milk<\/td> R99.99<\/td> R99.99<\/td> R109.99<\/td> R104.99<\/td><\/tr> Food Total <\/mark><\/strong><\/td> R412.90<\/mark><\/td> R413.90<\/mark><\/td> R504.90<\/mark><\/td> R396.90<\/mark><\/td><\/tr> Dishwash Liquid <\/td> R24.99<\/td> R24.99<\/td> R34.99<\/mark><\/td> R22.99<\/mark><\/td><\/tr> Refuse Bag<\/td> R34.99<\/mark><\/td> R41.99<\/td> R52.99<\/td> R40.90<\/td><\/tr> Bleach <\/td> R16.99<\/mark><\/td> R16.99<\/mark><\/td> R34.99<\/mark><\/td> R16.99<\/mark><\/td><\/tr> Toilet Paper<\/td> R129.99<\/mark><\/td> R134.99<\/td> R174.99<\/mark><\/td> R147.99<\/td><\/tr> A Purpose Cleaner<\/td> R21.99<\/mark><\/td> R22.99<\/td> R34.99<\/mark><\/td> R25.99<\/td><\/tr> Non-Food Total <\/strong><\/mark><\/td> R228.95<\/mark><\/td> R241.95<\/mark><\/td> R332.95<\/mark><\/td> R254.86<\/mark><\/td><\/tr> Total<\/strong> <\/td> R641.85<\/mark><\/strong><\/td> R655.85<\/td> R837.85<\/mark><\/strong><\/td> R651.76<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n