Pick n Pay saw online deliveries surge in the past few months, even before it added grocery deliveries to the Mr D app.
Pick n Pay and Shoprite’s battle for customers looks poised to intensify as the South African grocery giants rapidly expand their on-demand delivery services.on Tuesday, showing its online sales surged during the first six months of its current financial year.grocery deliveries on Takealot’s Mr D Food appThe retailer’s reported group turnover increased 11.5% from the same period last year, hitting R51.3 billion. Its gross profit margin also increased from 18.2% to 19.4%.
Pick n Pay said it achieved this positive performance during its first trading period under the Ekuseni strategic plan, which it launched on 17 May 2022. Even without support for grocery deliveries on Mr D, the retailer recorded an online sales growth of 82%. “Customers place the order on the Mr D app, Pick n Pay does the picking in its stores, and Mr D’s delivery partners then collect and deliver the order to the customer,” Wörz stated.
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