Choppies emerged as the most affordable retail store of the year in Windhoek, with a yearly average basket price of N$962.10, followed closely by Shoprite at N$977.51 and Checkers at N$983.88.
These three stores consistently offered competitive prices, making them the top choices for budget-conscious shoppers.
OK Foods, Pick n’ Pay, and Spar rounded out the rankings with higher basket averages of N$999.24, N$1,006.42, and N$1,013.54, respectively.
While Metro was not included in the retailer rankings due to its late addition to the survey, it performed competitively in the hypermarket category.
In the hypermarkets category, Metro claimed the title of the cheapest for the year with a yearly average of N$949.62. Checkers Hyper followed at N$986.21, and Woermann Brock placed third with an average of N$1,021.24.
These findings provide a clearer picture of where shoppers can find the most affordable groceries, with Choppies leading the retailers and Metro standing out among hypermarkets.
The primary goal of The Brief survey is to help shoppers identify the most affordable retailers and hypermarkets each month. The survey tracks the price variations of a selected range of products, providing insights into overall pricing trends and changes in individual items on both a month-to-month and year-on-year basis.
Basket basket comprises of:
Loaf of bread
2-litre Nola Sunflower Oil
5kg Top Score maize meal
2.5kg Marathon sugar (white sugar)
1.5kg Real Good Chicken
1kg Beef stew
2kg Mama rice
3kg Pasta Polana Macaroni
1-litre Nammilk full cream milk
9 Twinsaver toilet paper (350 sheets)
700ml Wellington tomato sauce
1kg Sunlight Washing powder
750ml Sunlight dishwashing liquid
500g Rama Butter
18 Waldschmidt eggs (medium)
150g Protex bar soap
100ml Colgate toothpaste
1kg Onions
1kg Potatoes
1kg Tomatoes
