R1 200 Woolies Grocery Haul Has Mzansi Amused, Lady Clowned Over Shopping Choices

R1 200 Woolies Grocery Haul Has Mzansi Amused, Lady Clowned Over Shopping Choices

  • One woman went shopping at Woolworths and showed off all the food items she got to last her just over a week
  • People were eager to share their opinions about the items she spent money on groceries, and most were critical
  • Online users flooded the comments with what they thought was the smartest way to grocery shop in South Africa

A content creator on TikTok showed how she spent over R1 000 on groceries for the week at Woolworth's store. The lady's groceries inspired a debate about how much more people could buy at other stores, such as Pick 'n Pay.

Women shops at Woolworths
A woman shopped at Woolworths and showed people what she bought. Image: TikTok/@sheisndeka
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The video of Woolworth's grocery haul got 23,000 likes and hundreds of comments. With the rising cost of living in South Africa, the prices of different grocery stores are a hot topic, and people were not shy to pick favourites.

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Woman shares bi-weekly Woolworths grocery haul

A TikTokker, @sheisndeka, as part of her groceries for the next two weeks, she bought a six-pack of 2l of milk, granola, bagels, a pack of chicken, 2kg of potatoes and other household foods.

Watch the video of all the groceries better:

South Africans discuss food prices at other SA supermarket

Online users are often curious to see how much people spend on groceries. Many people in the comments said that she bought snacks, not groceries. Some people insisted that the money would stretch further when shopping at other grocery stores such as Boxer. One person joked they could even buy shares with the R1 200.

@bohang_makakole commented:

"Pick n Pay you just get milk, water and mushrooms."

@justmarina2 commented:

"This food is only for a week."

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@bigphil_siba commented:

"I bought groceries in bulk and shares at Boxer ka R1 200."

@crnk44: commented:

'Imagine R1 200 at Usave."

@xsistaglo commented:

"This is not grocery but snacks."

@eugenebulere commented:

"This video just confirmed that I'm not missing out on anything, Shoprite is where I'll go."

Lady's Pick n Pay haul of new fashion trends, prices leave peeps taken aback

Briefly News reported that one TikTokker plugged people by showing them what Pick n Pay has for sale. Online users were convinced that they had found their new fashion place.

This content creator tried on Pick n Pay clothing and had people clamouring for all the prices in the comments. The woman's video got thousands of likes from people loving the display.

Mzansi loves style hacks from creators, and people were curious to know how much the items were. The blazer in the video cost R329, and the long trench coat was R600. Some people were honest and said the prices were not gelling with the economy.

Source: Briefly News

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Rutendo Masasi (Human-Interest editor) Rue Masasi is a Human Interest and Entertainment writer at Briefly News who graduated with a BA (Hons) in English from Rhodes University in 2018. Rue also has 2 years of experience in journalism and over four years of experience as an online ESL teacher. She has also passed a set of trainings by Google News Initiative. You can reach her via email: rutendo.masasi@briefly.co.za

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