Woolies vs Pick 'n Pay Prices

FreeStanler said:
I recommend we make a Google Sheet, give public access to it, with trusted sources editing access to it, and then those people update prices to items. Adjusted for region, as I understand coastal regions to be slightly cheaper.

Like so, we can have a full list of all items and easily compare your shopping list.

Down the road, functionality can be built in, so that one only enters your shopping list items, and it automatically gives you back the best/cheapest to shop go to.

Also, special prices can become part of the whole thing.

This will go a great way towards full consumer knowledge in order to edge closer to the ideal of a 'perfect market', economics-wise.

If someone somehow manages to monetise this idea, I at least want to be given credit for the inspiration, LOL
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Great idea, like a ticker tape, on a mobile app.
So when look for a can of beans it list the lowest price and nearest shop.
 
spiff said:
Great idea, like a ticker tape, on a mobile app.
So when look for a can of beans it list the lowest price and nearest shop.
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There's this website.

The Retail Price Watch website has improved its ease of access and added a mobisite for smartphone access. The site, launched in January 2012, tracks the prices of more than 20 000 household goods in over 40 stores around the country, allowing consumers to compare prices at Pick n Pay, Spar, Shoprite Checkers and Food Lovers Market.

"Consumers wishing to compare prices of household goods can now directly access products and brands off the landing page," says Viccy Baker of Red Gekko, publishers of Retail Price Watch. "The site is much easier to navigate and understand."

The independent website can also be accessed through the www.pricecheck.co.za site and mobile app. Smartphones that have a barcode scanner can download the PriceCheck mobile app and scan any product in-store. Product prices will then be shown and users can link to the relevant store to get more information, all comparative prices are listed per product.

The site has received over 56 000 unique visitors and more than 200 000 page views in its first ten months of operation, according to statistics from Google Analytics.

"The purpose of the website is to provide consumers with more choice when it comes to the goods they put in their shopping baskets on a regular basis," continues Baker. "South African consumers are under threat from rising prices and low economic activity and the website offers them a chance to save on their household shopping bills by making more informed choices about what they buy.

"We are currently operating in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Bloemfontein, the Vaal Triangle, East London, Port Elizabeth and Cape Town."

Prices are gathered by means of handheld bar code scanners, which feed the latest price of a particular product (and the date it was loaded) directly to the website. More than 60 000 prices are updated in any one week and the company has created 14 jobs since inception.
 
HavocXphere said:
Nothing wrong with a CC if properly managed.
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Sure, I agree. The problem is that every second shop has started offering one. That's where the trouble comes in. People just see the discounts they offer, never the fees. There is absolutely zero reason why Woolies (or Discovery, etc) should be able to provide credit cards. There are a lot of reasons why they shouldn't be allowed.
 
Stochos said:
Woolies foods are genetically modified.
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I'm beginning to think some of them are.

Wondering why Woolies tomatoes don't shrivel up and get vrot in the fridge. I 'lost' a few cherry tomatoes - it happens - found them 3 months down the line, not a wrinkle on them. Oh to be a Woolies cherry tomato!
 
With PnP you also have the Smart Shopper card. Think I know have about R150.00 accumilated. :-) Not much...but I dont do big shops either. I think for a couple with kids doing big shops...this will add up very quickly.
 
HippoMe said:
I'm beginning to think some of them are.

Wondering why Woolies tomatoes don't shrivel up and get vrot in the fridge. I 'lost' a few cherry tomatoes - it happens - found them 3 months down the line, not a wrinkle on them. Oh to be a Woolies cherry tomato!
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Have to agree, you buy Woolies stuff...they literally last for months...use to buy my veggies from them, I forget a tomato at the back of the veg tray....few weeks down the line, and the damn thing is still how it was the day you bought it. That lead me to switch to Fruit 'n Veg.....now I know when I have forgotten something at the back of the fridge.
 
Garson007 said:
Sure, I agree. The problem is that every second shop has started offering one. That's where the trouble comes in. People just see the discounts they offer, never the fees. There is absolutely zero reason why Woolies (or Discovery, etc) should be able to provide credit cards. There are a lot of reasons why they shouldn't be allowed.
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I have one of those Discovery Health Cards, I get 25% back on all healthy choice purchases I make at PicknPay... must say, a quarter back on purchases does add up at the end of the year...As for CC, was bitten once by the old credit card curse, that is how one learns...in my case at least,....so now cash is what talks...shw me the money.
 
evilstebunny said:
Yeah, woolies quality at supermarket prices. I'll see if I can scan the flyer and post it tonite.
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Devill said:
That would be great thanks!
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HavocXphere said:
You can see the specials here (plus other stuff):
http://www.woolworths.co.za/store/cat?N=4294954544
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Unfortunately my line coundn't sync at all last night, so thx for the link.

At my local the chicken was sold out for the day but friendly manager offered to reserve me some since I only go past there atound 19h00.
 
Just came from WW. Even better than usual quality...think I'll switch to that one permanently.

Also special on mushrooms...10 bucks off if buying 2, so 15 bucks per 250g which is better than pnp etc.

yebocan said:
Have to agree, you buy Woolies stuff...they literally last for months...use to buy my veggies from them, I forget a tomato at the back of the veg tray....few weeks down the line, and the damn thing is still how it was the day you bought it. That lead me to switch to Fruit 'n Veg.....now I know when I have forgotten something at the back of the fridge.
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All the tomatoes are engineered to within an inch of their life. tbh I've gotten over the whole thing - its a battle you can't win. Even the colour of litchie shells is artificially enhanced nowadays.
 
Garson007 said:
Sure, I agree. The problem is that every second shop has started offering one. That's where the trouble comes in. People just see the discounts they offer, never the fees. There is absolutely zero reason why Woolies (or Discovery, etc) should be able to provide credit cards. There are a lot of reasons why they shouldn't be allowed.
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True enough. I was looking at the WW card yesterday - I'd need to spend like 1.8k a month just to break even - and thats under ideal conditions. Fck no....
 
I noticed with brand names etc Woolies tend to be more expensive. For exactly the same peanut butter, woolies near Tokai was almost R10 more for exactly the same thing than that of Pick 'n Pay
 
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