Cheapest groceries in South Africa: Checkers v Pick n Pay v Woolworths

The Outlier website has released its monthly grocery basket comparison for June 2023 – with some changes from previous months.

Prices of 12 staple foods and products were collected from eight major South African retailers, namely: Makro, Woolworths, Spar, Shoprite, Checkers, Pick n Pay, Food Lover’s Market and Boxer.

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Previously, ‘only’ nine foods and products were compared, but the price of a 9-pack of two-ply toilet paper has been dropped and replaced by four new items.

GROCERY BASKET NOW COMPARES 12 ITEMS

“As of June 2023, for example, we’re no longer comparing the price of a 9-pack of two-ply toilet paper. Instead, we’ve added four new items to the basket, bringing it to a total of 12 items,” the Outlier publication said.

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Those addition items are:

• 500g Fatti’s & Moni’s spaghetti, or store brand
• 400g smooth Black Cat peanut butter
• 1kg Jungle Oats
• 100 Joko tagless teabags

The eight items still being compared are:

• 700g loaf of Albany Superior sliced white bread, or store brand
• 2-litre sunflower oil (cheapest option)
• 2.5kg Iwisa maize meal
• 2.5kg Selati white sugar
• 2-litre milk (cheapest option)
• 2kg Tastic rice
• 2.5kg Snowflake cake flour
• 175g bar of Dettol herbal soap

According to the data, for the third month in a row, Makro offers the cheapest basket at R450.99 while Pick n Pay was the most expensive at R505.88.

That’s R54.89 more than Makro.

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The Outlier has been compared prices of goods in South African retailers since June 2022.

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Which of South Africa’s grocery retailers is your favourite?

Let us know by emailing admin@sapeople.com or sending a WhatsApp to 060 011 0211 or clicking on the ‘comment’ tab below this article.

Stay glued to The SAPeople website for July’s basket of grocery prices.

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The infographic below depicts the basket price comparison of the eight retailers from most expensive (top) to cheapest (bottom).