{"id":83043,"date":"2022-07-28T14:43:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T14:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theoutlier.co.za\/?p=83043"},"modified":"2025-11-17T17:43:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T17:43:03","slug":"the-outliers-grocery-basket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outliereditor.co.za\/index.php\/2022\/07\/28\/the-outliers-grocery-basket\/","title":{"rendered":"The Outlier&#8217;s grocery basket: July 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Every month we look at the in-store and online prices of the same basket of goods across four major retailers \u2013 Checkers, Pick n Pay, Spar and Woolworths. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shopping list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our grocery basket is made up of nine basic goods most people are likely to have in their homes and use every day. The list looks like this<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>700g loaf of Albany Superior sliced white bread, or store brand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2-litre sunflower oil, store brand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2.5kg Iwisa maize meal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2.5kg Selati white sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2-litre milk, store brand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2kg Tastic rice<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2.5kg Snowflake cake flour<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>175g bar of Dettol herbal soap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18-pack of two-ply Baby Soft toilet paper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When some brands aren&#8217;t available, alternatives will be used but our aim is to keep the products as consistent as possible every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Delivery costs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Checkers, Pick n Pay and Spar offer the cheapest same-day delivery price of R35, while Woolworths charges R60 for the fastest delivery on its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woolworths.co.za\/content\/look\/using-woolworths-online\/free-flexible-delivery-options\/_\/A-cmp209902\">website<\/a>&nbsp;or R35 using its&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woolworths.co.za\/cat\/Online-Feature\/Featured-for-Content\/Woolies-Dash\/_\/N-1oqo8fi\">app<\/a>. For more on that, click <a href=\"https:\/\/theoutlier.co.za\/economy\/82969\/online-groceries-versus-in-store-shopping-can-you-save\">here<\/a>. We did not add delivery charges when totalling our baskets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">July&#8217;s  basket<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/editor.mediahack.co.za\/theoutlier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Group-35-3-1-600x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83057\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prices as of 24 July, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comparing online and in-store shopping<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/editor.mediahack.co.za\/theoutlier\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/07\/Groceries-final-5-600x600.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-83058\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Prices as of 24 June, 2022<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notebook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For our methodology, a full set of prices, collection notes and republication guidelines, please go here: <a href=\"\/outlier-grocery-basket\">The Outlier grocery basket: Our methodology<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>This story was edited on 29 June 2023 to update editorial style. 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