Pensioners can stretch their budget by shopping at one of their local factory shops.
With a fixed income and rising costs, pensioners have an impossible budget.
Groceries, transportation, medication, and something nice for the grandchildren.
Supermarket specials help.
But sometimes pensioners need value brands that can fill a trolley.
Enter factory shops.
Factory shops are known to sell value brands at cost.
Because of this business model, there are very few nationwide outlets.
Econo Foods has 50 branches across all 9 provinces.
Pensioners can buy essentials, frozen chicken, frozen veg, and frozen fruit.
Pensioners can also shop online and get groceries and household products delivered.
Products Available
Frozen butchery productsFrozen fruit and vegGroceriesDeli meatsDairy and eggsToiletries
Multisnack sells shelf-stable products for cheap.
Pensioners can buy snacks, nuts, raisins, and sweets from the shop for about 40% less than in supermarkets.
But they can also buy pulses and beans.
A 1kg bag of brown lentils sells for R23 and a 1kg bag of red kidney beans for R53.
Pensioners can prepare for Christmas with nut mixes and baking essentials like cocoa powder and baking powder sold at cost.
Address:
66 Roma Street, Cosmo Business Park, Randburg
Products Available
NutsBaking productsSweetsDried fruitMuesliBeansSeedsOilGrains
Devland is a wholesaler with 22 locations, most in Gauteng.
The company sells well-known and value brands.
While they mainly stock bulk products, they do sell retail items.
Recent specials include deals like 60 large eggs for R100, 2-ply 18 toilet paper rolls for R83, and 2 litres of cooking oil for R53.
Pensioners should keep an eye on their promotions to find their latest money-saving deals.
Products Available
Basic groceriesToiletriesHousehold cleaning
Africa Cash and Carry is like Devland, but they sell more retail items.
This shop has so many specials that a recent catalogue was 83 pages.
Promotions included a** 6-pack of long-life milk for R85 and 2kg of a value-brand washing powder for R32**.
Most buyers are traders, so pensioners should prepare for queues.
Address:
Corner Crownwood Road and Coach Street, Crown Mines, Johannesburg
Products Available
Basic shelf-stable groceriesSweets and snacksAppliancesToiletriesElectronicsHomeware
Capetonians of all ages shop at Die Vis Fabriek.
While they mainly sell frozen chicken and seafood, they also stock other groceries like toilet paper, black bags, pasta, and spices.
Products vary between locations.
But almost everything on the shelves and in the freezers is under R200.
There are over 20 stores across the Western Cape.
Products Available
Frozen chickenFrozen vegetablesSpicesFrozen seafoodFrozen snacksPasta and noodles
1UP has shops in Mitchells Plain, Cravenby, Epping, Steenberg, and Paarl.
Pensioners in Cape Town can use deals like Early Morning Quick Cook oats 1kg and 1 litre of fresh full cream milk for R35 or an 18-pack of 2-ply toilet paper for R85 to fill their trolleys.
Then there’s 5kg of IQF chicken for below R200.
Even luxuries like prawns are affordable at 1Up.
If pensioners can’t make it to the shop, they can order online and have the order delivered in 2 days.
But in-store specials aren’t always available online.
Products Available
GroceriesFrozen chickenStationeryToiletriesDairy and eggsPet food
Not every factory shop is pensioner-friendly.
Speciality factory shops, for example, may not have deals on the products pensioners need.
But at factory shops that stock a range of essentials, pensioners can save 20% or more.
In many instances, the quality is similar to that of supermarkets.
It may be worth the trip to your local factory shop.
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