{"id":147684,"date":"2024-07-09T06:32:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T06:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/?p=147684"},"modified":"2024-07-09T06:32:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T06:32:54","slug":"checkers-online-shopping-bonanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/africa\/2024\/07\/checkers-online-shopping-bonanza\/","title":{"rendered":"Checkers Online Shopping Bonanza"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Shoprite\u2019s e-commerce platforms have been immensely successful, so much so that the company has expanded on-demand deliveries to its wholesale Cash & Carry business.<\/h1>\n

This follows the success of its Checkers Sixty60 platform, which dominates on-demand grocery deliveries in the country.<\/p>\n

The company\u2019s latest interim results revealed that the on-demand grocery delivery service recorded\u00a063.1% sales growth<\/a>\u00a0during the first half of the 2023\/24 financial year.<\/p>\n

Checkers Sixty60 helped drive Shoprite\u2019s half-year sales, which saw growth of about R121 billion, representing a 13.9% year-on-year increase.<\/p>\n

Shoprite recently launched an online on-demand delivery service designed to support spaza shops and small retailers through its\u00a0Cash & Carry wholesale business<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The fully automated online shopping system lets these customers browse and purchase a wide range of goods in bulk.<\/p>\n

It says the service offers competitive pricing and complimentary delivery within a radius of 50km.<\/p>\n

Shoprite Group head of B2B business e-commerce, Mark Cotton, said the service will help support small businesses and spaza shops facing high transport costs and challenges meeting demand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are committed to supporting small businesses by providing innovative solutions to the specific problems these enterprises face,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cotton added that the new service eliminates the need for businesses to hold excess inventory, freeing up cash flow and time for business owners.<\/p>\n

Shoprite said the new system also streamlined the purchase and fulfilment store for Cash & Carry in-store traders.<\/p>\n

Traders can access customer and product information, build and fulfil orders, and save orders for repeated use in future.<\/p>\n

Customers using the platform can pay via credit and debit card, electronic funds transfer, store credit, cash on collection, and Shoprite Money Market Accounts.<\/p>\n

They can also benefit further with savings and promotional offers through the Xtra savings loyalty programme.<\/p>\n

Shoprite and Checkers launched Sixty60 in November 2019 during the height of the Covid\u201319 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Initially only available in select Sandton, Johannesburg, and Cape Town locations, it had accumulated more than 3.1 million downloads by March 2023 and expanded to 466 by September that same year.<\/p>\n

While many believed its popularity was due to the lockdowns implemented during the pandemic, the service continued to grow at an immense pace when they were lifted.<\/p>\n

The company behind Zulzi \u2014 one of the country\u2019s first successful fast-moving consumer goods apps \u2014 developed the customer-facing app for Checkers Sixty60.<\/p>\n

Checkers Sixty60 launched a loyalty programme, Xtra Savings Plus, in September 2023.<\/p>\n

The R99 monthly subscription offers customers unlimited Sixty60 grocery deliveries, additional in-store deals, and personalised promotions.<\/p>\n

Checkers Xtra Savings Plus subscribers get the following benefits:<\/p>\n