Most expensive groceries in South Africa: Woolworths v Pick n Pay v Checkers – and more

The Outlier website has released its monthly grocery basket comparison for July 2023 – with several 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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GROCERY BASKET COMPARES 12 ITEMS

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

• 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 fourth month in a row, Makro offers the cheapest basket at R426.90 while Woolworths was the most expensive at R510.88.

That’s R83.98 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 sending a WhatsApp to 060 011 021 1

Stay glued to The SAPeople website for August’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).