Woolworths Food price inflation from 2022 and 2023

Aghori said:
You only should buy stuff that is well priced, I buy milk, bread/buns/rolls, butter, salad ingrdients, ice cream and confectionery All priced well but vastly superior quality compared to the likes of Shoprite.
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Well no ****, Shoprite is targeted at an entirely different market.
 
I don’t know about other stuff but in my experience when it comes to fresh fruit and veg woolies smashes Checkers, checkers typically sells B grade garbage fruit and not much better veg whereas Woolies is always near top class and not always too much more on the basics.
 
I guess it depends on the area. Our Checkers beats our Woolies hands down. Prices and quality. That being said, getting 75% off Healthyfoods at PnP is a huge bonus...except they don't have the variety Woolies does. But I'll still take PnP and Checkers over Woolies here.
 
Speedster said:
At our local centre the Woolies and Checkers are 50m apart (and Spar across the road). We buy hardly anything at the Woolies.
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You in Kuils River? We have the exact same set-up.

I shop at Woolies for all my veggies and fresh produce, the Spar for a quick bread and other essentials and Checkers for cleaning products. Also A4 paper for the office as Checkers is the cheapest for that.
 
genetic said:
Millions of rands? Bullsh*t. That guy is talking kak.
Probably a couple of tens of thousands at best. There isn't millions of rands of food in any fridge at any Woolworths. You'd need a massive warehouse for that figure.

Also they probably just moved the food to their cold store room at the back.
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Cold store room's don't need electricity to function?

Ok bro...
 
bokka1 said:
You in Kuils River? We have the exact same set-up.

I shop at Woolies for all my veggies and fresh produce, the Spar for a quick bread and other essentials and Checkers for cleaning products. Also A4 paper for the office as Checkers is the cheapest for that.
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Nah, Pretoria
 
bwana said:
Or they just moved the stock back into the cold room.

Qn - if their generator failed why are all the lights still on?
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You are a clever individual (from the comments I have read, that you have posted on many threads).
The 4.5 hrs could of happened at 06h00 - 10h30. Individual went shopping at 11h00 for lunch items.
Lights on, took a photo and asked staff about empty shelves (possible scenario).

And in other news: Woolies' lights are ALWAYS on.
 
Woolworths for things you can only get at woolworths (I like their icecream). Generally checkers for everything else. I also adventure to Food Lovers, they usually have some really well priced foods.

I avoid PnP these days - too expensive for the quality offered.
 
Cumulus said:
We have two Checkers stores within easy reach. I don’t see value in either. Both stores look dirty and unkempt.
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With you on that. Checkers stores just seem grubby. And that turquoise/brown colour scheme is really psychotic.
 
Your analysis is flawed and biased in favour of Woolworths! If you take products that households are most likely to buy, not the "nice to haves", then depending on the items (say 7) the average increase is closer to 20%.
For example, take 1) white seedless punnet; 2) Tangy mayonnaise, 3) braised beef; 4) muffins; 5) hotdog rolls; 6) UHT full cream milk and 7) white bread - the average increase = 20.19%
 
2022 said:
Woolworths for things you can only get at woolworths (I like their icecream). Generally checkers for everything else. I also adventure to Food Lovers, they usually have some really well priced foods.

I avoid PnP these days - too expensive for the quality offered.
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Food Lovers fresh produce prices are pretty much unbeatable, quality also looks to be very good.
 
Came back to SA on holiday a few months ago stopped at Woolies for a pepper steak pie. R65! I almost had a heart attack.
I knew prices in SA were crazy but that is mental.
 
SauRoNZA said:
So everyone at home throws all their food away when the fridge goes off for 4.5hours?

What a load of fabricated kak.
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Retailers have to follow food safety standards. If someone gets sick after eating that supermarket food, that's negligence and the supermarket is responsible. That's why food past the sell by date can't be donated either. There are strict rules supermarkets have to follow.

Here is one example for refrigerated food:

The food should not be consumed if the temperature is held at 4.4°C for more than two hours.

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Food preservation temperatures and shelf life

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South African food safety standards probably follow similar rules.

What people do at home, is on them. They can only blame themselves if something happens.
 
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