{"id":773894,"date":"2024-05-28T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=773894"},"modified":"2024-05-28T14:35:38","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T12:35:38","slug":"braai-price-war-checkers-vs-pick-n-pay-vs-woolworths-vs-spar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/773894\/braai-price-war-checkers-vs-pick-n-pay-vs-woolworths-vs-spar\/","title":{"rendered":"Braai Price War: Checkers vs Pick n Pay vs Woolworths vs Spar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Checkers offers the chepest braai in South Africa, an online price comparison from BusinessTech shows. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Braaiing is a uniquely South African festivity, with every braai master having their own preferred mixture of meats and veg to cook over the flame. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the differences in taste, we decided to use the products used in Bloomberg&#8217;s Shisa Nyama Index, which, in turn, uses the prices of 14 ingredients from the Pietermaritzburg Economic Justice and Dignity&#8217;s Household Affordability Index.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the PMBEJD and Bloomberg&nbsp;use several large quantities, such as 30 kg of maize meal, so we have made certain adjustments to the portions served to be more realistic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other ingredients\/products were also quite vague, so we took a common product, which we knew would be available at all the retailers, such as rump steak for beef. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-businesstech wp-block-embed-businesstech\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lEZrpr0z6i\"><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/769319\/r80-social-grant-hike-not-enough-to-beat-skyrocketing-food-prices-in-south-africa\/\">R80 social grant hike not enough to beat skyrocketing food prices in South Africa<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;R80 social grant hike not enough to beat skyrocketing food prices in South Africa&#8221; &#8212; BusinessTech\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/769319\/r80-social-grant-hike-not-enough-to-beat-skyrocketing-food-prices-in-south-africa\/embed\/#?secret=1KCIXui0V6#?secret=lEZrpr0z6i\" data-secret=\"lEZrpr0z6i\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When looking at the retailers, Checkers narrowly beats Spar to offer the cheapest braai when comparing online prices, with a braai coming out to R661.96<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Spar was less than R5 away, while Pick n Pay came a distant third, with a braai costing R757.86. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woolworths was the most expensive with a braai costing nearly R200 more than one from Checkers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resutls can be found below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Product<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Woolworths<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>PnP<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Checkers<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Spar<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Onion 1 Kg<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R29.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R22.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R19.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R21.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cooking Oil 2L<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R79.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R79.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R79.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R69.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Samp 1KG<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R18.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R19.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R19.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R13.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Maize Meal 5kg<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R72.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R58.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R64.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R54.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Beef Rump 1Kg <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R199.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R194.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R159.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R144.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Beef Wors 1Kg<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R139.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R108.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R85.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R99.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spinach 300g<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R24.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R27.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R17.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R22.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Chicken breast portions 1kg<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R119.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R79.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R78.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R89.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Carrots 300g<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R16.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R18.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R16.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R16.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Curry Powder 50g<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R28.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R15.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R16.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R15.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tomatoes 1Kg<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R34.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R29.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R26.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R25.00<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Salt 1Kg <\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R19.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R14.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R13.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R15.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Green Pepper 600 to 800g<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R34.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R38.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R18.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R26.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Potatoes 2Kg<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R44.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R44.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R39.99<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">R44.99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Total <\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-red-color\">R857.86<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>R757.86<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-green-cyan-color\">R661.86<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">R664.87<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>To keep in mind <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With several retailers offering the same products from different brands, we went for the cheapest option available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although we aimed to ensure accuracy in terms of quantities measured, we took the prices for single items where applicable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, while Spar offers Green Peppers in 600g packets, Pick n Pay has an 800g option. We see these as comparable as customers buy complete products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-businesstech wp-block-embed-businesstech\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"v9NFI9fMpM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/773866\/pick-n-pay-is-making-a-big-change-to-survive\/\">Pick n Pay is making a big change to survive<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Pick n Pay is making a big change to survive&#8221; &#8212; BusinessTech\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/773866\/pick-n-pay-is-making-a-big-change-to-survive\/embed\/#?secret=BzExDLe6kL#?secret=v9NFI9fMpM\" data-secret=\"v9NFI9fMpM\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Spar also has separate franchises, so prices in one store are not always applicable in another store. We thus used the Spar2U prices for our office\u2019s local Spar in Centurion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, this is only a price comparison, and not a quaility comparison, as everyone&#8217;s tastes are different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Woolworth\u2019s R199.99 rump could arguably be of a different quality compared to Spar&#8217;s R144.99 rump, these items are still compared on a cost basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/government\/773711\/south-africas-economy-grew-slower-than-zimbabwe-but-ramaphosa-celebrated-it\/\">South Africa\u2019s economy grew slower than Zimbabwe \u2013 but Ramaphosa celebrated it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We compared the online prices for a braai at four of South Africa&#8217;s largest food retailers, with less than R5 seperating the top two. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":684937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[5223,26,4067,9838,949],"class_list":["post-773894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-checkers","tag-headline","tag-pick-n-pay","tag-spar","tag-woolworths"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773894"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774238,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773894\/revisions\/774238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}