Shoprite this week said that 13,000 of its products are currently cheaper than a year ago – and 1,000 of its products are now below R5.
“The Shoprite Group is making sure that financially-pressed customers can afford to eat, even if they have just R5 in their pockets,” the company said in a statemnt.
We visited our local Shoprite store to find out what shoppers can get for R5:
This 300g loaf of white bread was on sale for R4.99
There were a number of “deli” meals below R5, including:
A chicken hotdog for R3.99
Egg and tomato sandwiches for R4.00
Muffins and koesisters from R3.29
These were the grocery items we found for less than R5:
There was some fresh produce for less than R5:
Apples for R3,49 each
These chocolate bars were on sale for R4.99.
There were also a couple of coffee options:
Other deals for below R5 include 50g Pot O’ Gold peanut butter, 150g Morvite porridge and 50g Knorr chicken soup.
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