Do you check labels every time, only for certain products, or not at all? Have you ever stopped buying something after discovering what’s really in it? Or do you think the whole “read the label” thing is overhyped?
Trick Woolworths uses to convince people its food is healthier
Woolworths and other food manufacturers use a serving size smaller than what a person typically eats to make the food appear less fattening at first glance.
In South Africa, food producers are required to provide nutritional...
Checkers and Woolworths using truck trailers that charge their fridges using wheel motion
Two of South Africa's largest grocery retailers are using e-axles that use the movement of a trailer's wheels to generate energy for refrigeration in their truck trailers.
Shoprite recently confirmed that...
Saw a post on Reddit about someone being repeatedly overcharged on their Woolies food shop over a period of several months. Every time they went in they'd have to stand at the till so the manager could process a refund.
Happened to me today, got home and sure enough, stuff advertised in store...
Woolworths keeping a tight lid on dark stores rollout
Woolworths says it can't yet disclose further details about the rollout of dark stores that support its on-demand delivery service, Woolies Dash.
Dark stores aren't open to the public and are dedicated to fulfilling online orders. The...
This cannot just be my experience. For probably years now I have been unable to use Woolies Dash app as it is a bug-infested mess. I cannot login, and when it randomly lets me in, will just as randomly kick me out in the middle of adding stuff to the cart.
I also cannot login to the website as...
iPhone prices compared from 5 online stores
Online shoppers in South Africa will likely find the best iPhones deals on Takealot.
MyBroadband compared the availability and pricing of Apple's smartphones across five major online retailers — Amazon South Africa, Takealot, iStore, Incredible, and...
Zulzi beats Checkers, Pick n Pay, Woolworths — South African grocery delivery price comparison
South Africa's prominent grocery retailers, including Checkers, Pick n Pay, and Woolworths, offer online shopping with fast delivery. However, a MyBroadband analysis has revealed that Zulzi beats them...
Hey guys!
I have been working on this website Buck Cheap where we track the price of products from many retailers like Checkers Sixty60, Woolworths, Takealot, Makro, Pick n Pay asap, Spar2u, Dis-Chem, etc.
You can see the price history of products and set alerts when the price drops.
There is...
Lesser-known shopping app beats Pick n Pay asap! and Woolies Dash
MyBroadband tested and compared fast-delivering grocery apps, including PnP asap!, Checkers Sixty60, Spar2U, Woolies Dash and a lesser-known option, Zulzi, with surprising results.
We placed a basic order for milk, rusks, and...
Thought it would be useful to create a dedicated thread to divide grocery-specific vouchers such as...
PnP ASAP / MrD PnP / Sixty60 / Woolworths
...from restaurant/food delivery service vouchers like UberEats/MrD Food in the Food Delivery Vouchers Thread.
So here goes
Woolworths Dash online food shopping app sees big growth
Woolies Dash has seen solid 20-week growth, with Woolworths’ online food sales increasing by 26% and contributing 3.6% of South African sales.
This is according to Woolworths’ trading update for the period between 26 June and 13 November...
South Africa's retail CEO salaries compared to shareholder returns
Dis-Chem CEO Ivan Leon Saltzman achieved the best shareholder returns for every rand earned, while Pick n Pay CEO Pieter Boone performed the worst.
Executive compensation has been a hotly debated issue for many years. Workers...
Taking the fight to Takealot
South Africa’s top brick-and-mortar retailers, including Shoprite, Woolworths, and Massmart, are improving their ecommerce capabilities to become bigger online shopping players.
Takealot is South Africa’s largest ecommerce company, with a gross merchandise value...
Pick n Pay online delivery sales nearly double
Pick n Pay has almost doubled its online sales between 28 February and 3 July 2022.
In a trading update released Tuesday for the first 18 weeks of its financial year, the retailer reported 97.3% growth in online sales.
MTN keeps crown as most valuable brand in Africa
MTN is still the most valuable brand in Africa, according to Brand Finance's Africa 150 report for 2022.
The report revealed that the mobile network operator's brand value had reached $4 billion (R63 billion), and its Mobile Money application...
Spar launching online delivery service — and it will face stiff competition
Spar South Africa has announced that it will be launching an online shopping and delivery platform in selected Johannesburg stores towards the end of March 2022.
Dubbed Spar2U, Spar Group Limited has said that the new...
Elon Musk is worth more than MTN, Vodacom, Checkers, and Absa — put together
Elon Musk has so much money that he can buy MTN, Vodacom, Standard Bank, Capitec, Sasol, Absa, Checkers, Nedbank, and Woolworths — and have over R2 trillion left.
Goodbye DStv and Woolworths
South Africans under financial pressure due to the Covid–19 pandemic are cutting spending on non-essentials such as restaurants and take-aways, and TV subscriptions.
These were the findings of Santam’s Insurance Barometer report for 2020/21.