Supermarkets offering the BEST prices this week

Using our weekly basket comparison, we’re rating South African supermarkets offering the best prices for cash-strapped consumers. To keep our audience up to date and informed during the country’s unprecedented cost-of-living crisis, we’ve decided to add Makro to our comparison of supermarkets offering the best prices.

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For Food Lover’s Market fans, please note that we are in the process of adding them to our basket comparison, too. So stay tuned. However, this week, we’ll be looking at five supermarkets: Checkers, Makro, Pick n Pay, Shoprite and Woolworths. Also note there is a shortage on items like eggs from our basket of 17 typical household items.

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SUPERMARKETS OFFERING THE BEST PRICES THIS WEEK

Ultimately, we want to enrich our audiences’ lives, because why should you be paying higher prices at one retailer when you can save a little somewhere else? Let’s delve into the supermarkets offering the best prices this week …

The big news is our new entrant, Makro, which grabs the number one slot straight off the bat. Shoprite has shown a marked decrease in prices for the week (3.78%), and this helps jump it above Checkers. The two supermarkets have been trading positions for the last month.

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Pick n Pay stays level in fourth with minimal price fluctuation for the week, while Woolworths shows a promising 1.15% decrease. But this is not enough to move it from the bottom of the table. See the detailed basket price breakdown below …

WHAT’S IN THE BASKET?

We’ve compared 17 household items to see the supermarkets offering the best prices this week. Note that we do not consider discounts or card-holder specials in this comparison. When the exact name-brand items are not available, we use the nearest alternative house-brand alternative (as stated at the bottom of this comparison):

*Please note that when the exact same brands are not available (Woolworths) we used the nearest and cheapest house-brand alternatives. Specifically, Spaghetti 500 g, Smooth Peanut Butter 400 g, White Sandwich Bread 700 g, Sunflower Oil 2 L, White Sugar 2.5 kg, Fresh Full Cream Milk 2 L, Stork Country 40% Fat Spread 1 kg, Nescafé Classic Instant Coffee 200 g, Free Range Large Eggs 18 pk, Super Soft 2 Ply Toilet Paper 9 pk.

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What do you think of our list of supermarkets offering the best prices this week? Would you shop somewhere else if it meant saving money, or do the small adjustments in prices mean little to you?

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