This follows the success of its Checkers Sixty60 platform, which dominates on-demand grocery deliveries in the country.

The company鈥檚 latest interim results revealed that the on-demand grocery delivery service recorded聽聽during the first half of the 2023/24 financial year.

Checkers Sixty60 helped drive Shoprite鈥檚 half-year sales, which saw growth of about R121 billion, representing a 13.9% year-on-year increase.

Shoprite recently launched an online on-demand delivery service designed to support spaza shops and small retailers through its聽.

The fully automated online shopping system lets these customers browse and purchase a wide range of goods in bulk.

It says the service offers competitive pricing and complimentary delivery within a radius of 50km.

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.

鈥淲e are committed to supporting small businesses by providing innovative solutions to the specific problems these enterprises face,鈥� he said.

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

Shoprite said the new system also streamlined the purchase and fulfilment store for Cash & Carry in-store traders.

Traders can access customer and product information, build and fulfil orders, and save orders for repeated use in future.

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

They can also benefit further with savings and promotional offers through the Xtra savings loyalty programme.

Shoprite and Checkers launched Sixty60 in November 2019 during the height of the Covid鈥�19 pandemic.

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.

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.

The company behind Zulzi 鈥� one of the country鈥檚 first successful fast-moving consumer goods apps 鈥� developed the customer-facing app for Checkers Sixty60.

Checkers Sixty60 launched a loyalty programme, Xtra Savings Plus, in September 2023.

The R99 monthly subscription offers customers unlimited Sixty60 grocery deliveries, additional in-store deals, and personalised promotions.

Checkers Xtra Savings Plus subscribers get the following benefits:

• Unlimited free Sixty60 deliveries, provided they spend a minimum of R350 (non-subscribers pay R35 for delivery)
• A 10% discount on in-store purchases up to a maximum of R200 in savings
• Double personalised offers in-app and in-store
• No long-term commitments, with subscribers able to pause or cancel their subscription at any time with a money-back guarantee

Around the same time, the company partnered with Discovery Vitality to聽.

鈥淭he addition of Checkers as a partner promises an even greater health impact,鈥� said Dinesh Govender, CEO of Discovery Vitality.

Shoprite chief strategy and innovation officer Neil Schreuder said the move would help Checkers and Sixty60 customers make healthier food choices.

Shoprite credits much of its success over the past five years to its rollout of 麻豆原创鈥檚 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.

鈥淲hen you walk into a Shoprite or Checkers supermarket and see a full range of products stocked, displayed, priced and with promotions clearly marked, that is what the ERP system does for us,鈥� it told MyBroadbad.

It added that 麻豆原创 also helped make Sixty60 successful.

鈥溌槎乖� Retail is the source of the stock ledger and real-time sales, which are essential for accurate fulfilment of customer orders,鈥� Shoprite stated.

鈥淭he ERP also provides promotional information, prices and article data to Sixty60, which ensures that the prices on Sixty60 are the same as the prices in-store.鈥�

Implementing the software wasn鈥檛 all smooth sailing, with Shoprite partly blaming delays in the rollout for a shocking earnings report in 2019.

However, in January 2019, it assured stakeholders that the upgrades were complete and had already observed improvements.

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The beta app will continue to offer same-day delivery scheduled within a 60-minute time slot but will boast a much wider range of products.

In addition to groceries, customers will be able to shop for camping and outdoor gear, small appliances, baby products, toys, kitchen and home electronics, gardening supplies, and pool equipment.

The new Sixty60 app is already available to customers who live in certain parts of Cape Town, with Checkers planning a phased national rollout after beta testing.

Shoprite said that this strategy would help ensure a seamless user experience. During the beta testing period, deliveries on the new app will be free.

The supported areas in Cape Town include the following:

• Bellville
• Blouberg
• Brackenfell
• Camps Bay
• Century City
• Durbanville
• Edgemead
• Gardens
• Goodwood
• Kuils River
• Milnerton
• Observatory
• Parklands
• Rondebosch
• Table View
• Sea Point

Shoprite strategy and innovation chief said the company was confident the next iteration of Sixty60 will again disrupt online retail in South Africa.

鈥淥ur precision delivery promise means no more waiting at home all day for your general merchandise order to arrive,鈥� Schreuder said.

鈥淐ustomers can now choose the 60-minute time slot in which they鈥檇 like their Hyper delivery to arrive, with the same to-the-minute driver tracking they鈥檝e become accustomed to on their grocery orders.鈥�

The rollout comes after Shoprite CEO briefly spoke about the platform鈥檚聽聽during an earnings call on the company鈥檚 interim results for the 26 weeks ended 31 December 2023.

鈥淚n terms of further development. Yes, we consistently will continue to develop Sixty60,鈥� he said. 鈥淲e are currently busy rewriting the platform.鈥�

Engelbrecht said 鈥檚 approach to logistics management set it apart from competitors 鈥� including Amazon and Takealot.

He added that it is one of the primary reasons the online delivery service was 鈥渧ery profitable鈥�.

鈥淲e have this very large footprint of stores that we use as micro fulfilment centres as opposed to a very expensive single dark distribution centre,鈥� said Engelbrecht. 鈥淚 know there are people who don鈥檛 believe it, but believe me 鈥� it is very profitable.鈥�

The software behind Checkers Sixty60 鈥� 鈥� also significantly contributes to the service鈥檚 success.

Shoprite previously told MyBroadband that 麻豆原创鈥檚 Retail platform provides stock ledger and real-time sales data, which is critical for accurately fulfilling customer orders.

鈥淭he ERP also provides promotional information, prices and article data to Sixty60, which ensures that the prices on Sixty60 are the same as the prices in-store,鈥� Shoprite said.

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