Monthly grocery basket price check pegs Woolies as cheapest for basic staples.
Gill GiffordThe cost of a basic basket of staples tracked from January to March 2023 shows Spar prices have dropped.With the month-end grocery shop done, the monthly basket of staples price check has thrown out some interesting changes in the rating of South Africa's six big retailers.While Food Lover's again, as has consistently been the case since it was introduced to the tracking this year, came in cheapest, there were some other surprising changes.
From January to March, the same basket of products has risen in price by R10.33 at Food Lover's Market, while the same trolley at Spar has dropped by R28 — from R440.91 to R412.91. The monthly tracking of a basket of staples is done by independent publication The Outlier, which uses data to create public service stories and visualisations.
At the end of every month they track the in-store prices of the same basket of goods across six major retailers. These are Shoprite, Checkers, Pick n Pay, Spar, Food Lover's and Woolworths.
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