Zulzi beats Checkers Sixty60 and Pick n Pay in delivery price shootout

Zulzi, the on-demand grocery delivery company that built the initial Checkers Sixty60 platform, is more affordable than competitors like PnP asap!, Spar2U, and the platform it helped develop, Sixty60, a MyBroadband analysis has revealed.
In August 2024, Zulzi told MyBroadband that it built the original Checkers Sixty60 platform and continues to maintain it, including the customer-facing app, the app used in stores, dashboards, the order allocation engine, and integration with SAP POS.
“Zulzi still plays a major role, with over 34 engineers, project managers, and quality assurance coming from Zulzi,” it said.
The company also provided an update on its platform’s performance. Zulzi offers on-demand grocery deliveries, but its services expand beyond that to include liquor and pharmaceutical deliveries from seven dark stores.
Its pharmaceutical delivery service allows users to upload their prescriptions and claim from their medical aid schemes in real time.
“The Zulzi platform was recently revamped and is currently processing over 5,000 daily orders from our own dark stores,” it said.
“Our dark stores are located in Johannesburg North, Pretoria and Centurion. We have continued to grow at 80% year on year, and we currently have 300 drivers on our network.”
At the time, the on-demand delivery service boasted an average delivery time of 17 minutes from a customer placing an order to it arriving at their doorstep.
Users can access the service between 06:00 and 23:00 daily, seven days a week.
Zulzi founder Vutlharhi “Donald” Valoyi confirmed to MyBroadband that the company built Checkers Sixty60’s customer-facing app, the engine that manages product catalogues, and the dashboard used to manage orders, users, and store managers.
It was an immense success. Since its launch in November 2019, Checkers Sixty60 has rapidly established itself as a leader in the space.
“Sixty60 has been a huge success and an example of what we can do when we work together,” said Valoyi.
“Big corporations must be more flexible and be open to work with startups and allow them freedom to continue to grow.”

On-demand delivery price shootout
We compared pricing for a shopping basket comprising 10 similar products purchased through Zulzi, Checkers Sixty60, PnP asap!, and Spar2U.
While the differences in price between Zulzi, PnP asap!, and Checkers Sixty60 are relatively insignificant, the former offered the lowest pricing of the three, and it was significantly cheaper than Spar2U.
Zulzi was the most expensive option for just one product: a 700g loaf of Sasko Premium White Bread, for which it charged R19.99.
However, it was the cheapest on-demand grocery retailer for several products, including six large eggs, 400ml of Sunlight dishwashing liquid, and 500g of Butro spread.
It also matched the lowest pricing for products like a 2L bottle of Original Taste Coca-Cola, a nine-pack of Baby Soft two-ply toilet rolls, a packet of Simba Chipniks, and a 400g tub of Black Cat smooth peanut butter.
Altogether, the basket of goods purchased through Zulzi totalled R431.90, R7 less than Checkers Sixty60, R8 less than PnP asap!, and R27 less than Spar2U.
The table below compares the total cost of a basket comprising ten similar items purchased through Checkers Sixty60, PnP asap!, Spar2U, and Zulzi.
Product | Checkers Sixty60 | Spar2U | PnP asap! | Zulzi |
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Clover UHT Long-life full cream milk 1L | R21.99 | R22.99 | R19.99 | R21.99 |
6 large eggs | R19.99 | R26.99 | R22.99 | R19.99 |
Sasko Premium White Bread (700g) | R19.99 | R17.99 | R18.99 | R19.99 |
Coca-Cola Original 2L | R27.99 | R28.49 | R27.99 | R27.99 |
Baby Soft 2ply Toilet Rolls (9-pack) | R96.99 | R101.99 | R96.99 | R96.99 |
Sunlight dishwashing liquid (400ml) | R26.99 | R24.99 | R26.99 | R24.99 |
Butro 500g | R94.99 | R99.99 | R94.99 | R89.99 |
Simba Chipniks 100g | R19.99 | R20.49 | R20.99 | R19.99 |
Smarties 70g | R19.99 | R19.99 | R19.99 | R19.99 |
Black Cat Smooth Peanut Butter 400g | R54.99 | R59.99 | R54.99 | R54.99 |
Delivery | R35.00 | R35.00 | R35.00 | R35.00 |
Total | R438.90 | R458.90 | R439.90 | R431.90 |