Monday Morning Spice

Prasa blows R2.5bn fixing trains and then discards them, Threat to Checkers and Pick n Pay in South Africa, Liverpool lift Premier League trophy, Billy Joel’s brain disorder diagnosis, and What is the TikTok Chromebook challenge?
Woolworths Is In Trouble As The Competition Closes In

With competition closing in from all sides, maintaining its market share is going to be anything but easy.
Friday Morning Spice

EU and SA announce R94bn investment package, Earthquake hits Italy overnight, Cheslin Kolbe wins SA Rugby Men’s Player of the Year award, American Airlines plane catches fire, Putin says ‘yes’ to ceasefire –with impossible terms, and The world’s greatest places of 2025, according to TIME.
Friday Morning Spice

Tornado alert issued for UK, Behind the Catholic Right’s Celebrity-Conversion Industrial Complex, The Top Stellenbosch Wine Farms In 2024, and Major cellular network security flaw identified.
The Lobster Is Out The Pot: The Real Reason Celeb Chef Jamie Oliver Was In Cape Town

“I can honestly say I’ve had some of my favourite meals in a long time right here in Cape Town over the last 72 hours. I’m super impressed,” he said while revealing the real reason he visited us.
Checkers Sixty60 Driver Robbed At Gunpoint In Under 60 Seconds [Video]

On Monday, a Checkers Sixty60 delivery driver’s usual delivery turned into a frightening ordeal when he suddenly found himself being robbed at gunpoint.
Renewing Your Car Licence Just Became A Whole Lot Easier

With all the correct documents, the process is effortless and can take less than three minutes to complete.
Checkers Takes A Funny Swipe At New Woolies Sliced Cake Offer

Checkers had a go at Woolies for proudly advertising that their cakes are now on sale in single slices at a ‘more affordable’ price.
Checkers Hits A High Note With Incredibly Moving Video Of Crowd Singing Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika [Video]

The video features South Africans of all backgrounds coming together to pay tribute to the Boks, and our unbreakable national gees.
Woolies Klaps Back, But Have They Read This Report?

When you throw shade, make sure you still have two feet to stand on.
Checkers Is Trying To Lure Expats Back To SA By Proving Life Is Better Here

Baby come back! Checkers tries to lure ex-pats back with cheaper prices.
Out Of All Six Major SA Retailers, Woolies Is Not Actually The One Ripping Us Off

When it comes to the bare basics and essentials, data journalists compared the in-store prices of the same basket of goods across six major local retailers.
Checkers Sixty60 Nails New Ad With Dig At Rivals [Video]

We have to doff our caps to the latest effort, featuring Glen Biderman-Pam as Springbok coach Jacques Nienaber.
Checkers And Pick N Pay Are Wiping The Floor With Woolies

With purse strings tightening across a wide budget range, Wooloworths’ above-market growth in its food business has run its race.
Fancy That: Some Things Are Actually Cheaper At Woolworths

Somehow, the high-end Woolies actually has some decent prices, offering some of the cheapest options, some even with significant savings.
Checkers Domination Of On-Demand Grocery Shopping Is Eye-Watering

When it comes to the battle for grocery app dominance we have ourselves a very clear winner – Checkers Sixty60.
Can Checkers Replicate Amazon Prime Day?

Checkers is doing something similar to Amazon, which offers members-only ‘Prime deals’ to customers who sign up for its rewards programme, with this weekend’s massive sale.
Checkers Sixty60 Is Taking Serious Strain

Checkers was very quick out of the gate, gaining an advantage over the likes of Woolworths and Woolies Dash, but the retailer is now struggling to keep up with demand.
SA’s Most Valuable Brands Revealed

Brand Finance’s recently released 2021 annual report reveals the most valuable and strongest brands in South Africa.
Checkers One, Woolies Nil

In the battle for grocery delivery supremacy, Woolies has some serious ground to make up.
Exactly How Much More Things Cost At Woolies

When comparing a basket of staple goods purchased from South Africa’s largest retailers, Woolies emerges as the most expensive.
Review Of Quench, CartRun And Checkers Sixty60 Shopping Apps

If you can’t be bothered to head to the shops to buy your groceries, there’s an app for that. Actually, there are a few.
BusinessTech Compares Price Of Groceries At Woolies, Pick N Pay, Spar, And Checkers

The price wars are underway at Pick n Pay, Woolworths, Checkers, and Spar. BusinessTech has run a comparison, so let’s see which one gives you more bang for your buck.
Checkers Is Really Gunning For Woolworths Now

We know from Checkers’ flagship stores in Sandton and Constantia that it’s now targetting a new segment of the market, and it seems to be working.
Pick N Pay Constantia’s Latest Salvo Leaves Checkers Licking Its Wounds

Constantia has a new and improved Checkers, with a lot of buzz around its new offerings. Pick n Pay has now hit back, and the battle is on.
Full HD Tour Of New Constantia Checkers [Video]

You’ve seen a picture here and a grainy video there. Finally, you can sit back and enjoy an HD walkthrough of the new Checkers Constantia Emporium.
Pick N Pay Raises The Bar With Fancy Jozi Store [Images]

First Checkers raised the game, and now Pick n Pay is giving Woolworths some healthy competition with a new flagship store in Jozi.
Sandton Checkers Could Cause Woolies Some Serious Headaches

Sandton City shoppers who love some Woolies in their lives may well be tempted by the new Checkers FreshX store that just opened.
Checkers Is Going After Woolworths’ Clientele [Images]

Checkers are set to roll out a number of new FreshX concept stores, as they seek to grab a share of the lucrative higher-end food market.
How Much A Basket Of Groceries Costs At Pick N Pay, Woolworths, Checkers, And Spar

Let the price wars begin to see who’s the cheapest between Woolworths, Pick n Pay, Checkers, and Spar.