Checkers Sixty60 vs Woolies Dash: Which Grocery Delivery Is Cheaper? (2026)

Delivery Fees: R37 vs R45

This is the simplest part of the comparison, and Sixty60 wins it outright. A standard Sixty60 delivery costs R37 — raised by R1 on 1 July 2026, the second year in a row Checkers nudged it up by a rand and hoped nobody would notice. Woolies Dash charges R45 on every order, after Woolworths hiked it 29% from R35 in late 2025, saying rising costs meant it had to “keep delivering our unrivalled quality and freshness.”

Eight rand a delivery doesn’t sound like much until you multiply it. Order twice a week and the fee gap alone costs you an extra R64 a month on Dash. Order four times a month — a modest once-a-week top-up habit — and you’re paying R180 in Woolies Dash fees versus R148 on Sixty60. And that’s before a single grocery item is compared.

Woolworths’ standard scheduled delivery (not Dash) works on time slots with fees that vary, and click & collect is free — but if you want the on-demand, in-an-hour service that competes with Sixty60, it’s R45, every time, with no subscription to make it go away.

The Subscription Maths: Xtra Savings Plus Has No Rival

This is where the comparison stops being close. Checkers sells Xtra Savings Plus at R99 a month (a launch offer; the normal price is R149). What you get: unlimited free Sixty60 deliveries on any order over R350, double personalised deals, free 1-day delivery from Checkers Hyper, and 10% off one in-store shop per month up to R200 back. Woolworths has no equivalent — WRewards is a free loyalty programme (discounts on select items, personal and birthday vouchers), but there is no paid tier that waives Dash delivery fees.

Worked example — four grocery deliveries a month, each over R350:

Three deliveries a month at R37 already covers the R99 subscription, and everything after that is free. If you also do one big R2,000 in-store shop and activate the 10% benefit, that’s another R200 back — double the subscription cost in a single trip. For anyone who orders groceries online weekly, Plus is one of the easiest wins in South African retail. The honest caveat: if you order delivery once in a blue moon, don’t subscribe — the free Xtra Savings card still gets you the shelf deals.

For context on how delivery fees stack up across food and grocery apps generally, our Uber Eats vs Mr D delivery fee comparison shows the same pattern: the subscription is what separates the regulars from the occasional users.

Basket Prices: What the Groceries Themselves Cost

Fees are only half the story. The other half is the shelf price, and here the evidence consistently favours Checkers — with one interesting wrinkle.

Hypertext ran a 12-item basket test across the delivery apps (bread, eggs, milk, margarine, peanut butter, cereal, noodles, baked beans, chicken, tea, coffee). Excluding delivery fees: Sixty60 came to R628.47, Woolies Dash to R714.82 — a R86 gap, roughly 14% more expensive at Woolworths. Pick n Pay asap! (R612.87) and Spar2U (R595.85) both undercut Sixty60 on that particular basket, which tells you the test leaned towards basics where Checkers’ premium positioning matters less.

Then there’s the viral counter-example. TikToker Raphaella Scholiadis posted her real R3,456 Woolworths grocery haul, got challenged to redo it on Sixty60, and the Checkers total came to R3,444 — just R82 cheaper, barely 2% apart. Her followers were stunned; most had assumed Checkers would win by a mile.

Both results can be true at once, and the reason is what’s in the basket. Woolworths’ premium and private-label items (its free-range chicken, its specific brands) carry a premium, but on like-for-like basics — milk, bread, eggs, maize meal — the gap narrows sharply. Nedbank’s 2025 research on a 9-staple in-store basket found the same thing: Woolworths ranked only third-most-expensive of seven chains, behind Pick n Pay and Checkers themselves. So the rule of thumb: the more your trolley looks like Woolworths’ premium range, the more Dash costs you; the more it looks like standard weekly basics, the closer the race.

One structural difference matters for big shops: Woolies Dash caps on-demand orders at 35 food items. That’s fine for a mid-week top-up but useless for a proper monthly stock-up — you’ll be split across orders (and paying R45 each) or using Woolworths’ scheduled delivery instead. Sixty60 publishes no such item cap.

Speed and Reliability

Sixty60’s whole brand is the 60-minute promise, and it backs it with money: if your delivery arrives more than 30 minutes after the estimated time, the delivery is free — and Checkers says drivers aren’t penalised for it. In practice most orders land well under the hour. Woolies Dash promises delivery “in the next hour” / same-day, and Woolworths has been pouring money into dark stores (dedicated fulfilment centres, including a new one in Wynberg, Cape Town) specifically to make Dash faster and more reliable on stock availability. Sixty60 still has the stronger guarantee on paper, and a much bigger driver network — over 10,000 drivers at last count.

When Woolies Dash Wins

It would be dishonest to pretend Sixty60 sweeps every category. Woolies Dash is the better pick when:

You specifically want Woolworths quality. This is the real reason Dash exists. If your household buys Woolworths’ free-range chicken, its ready meals, its bakery — products with no Checkers equivalent — then basket comparisons are beside the point. Dash is the only way to get them in an hour, and Woolworths’ quality and freshness standards are genuinely the best in the country.

You live within 5km of a Dash-enabled Woolworths but outside a Sixty60 zone. Sixty60’s footprint is bigger overall, but coverage is patchy in specific suburbs. Check both apps for your address before deciding on price alone.

You shop fashion and beauty too. The Woolworths app is becoming one integrated shop — food via Dash, plus clothing, beauty and homeware — with AI features like W.CHEF meal planning linking straight to your basket. Sixty60 counters with Checkers Hyper general merchandise and its own AI assistant (Pixie), so this is closer than it looks, but Woolworths’ non-food range is broader.

Don’t Confuse Woolies Dash with Woolworths Now Now

Quick but important clarification, because the names trip people up: Woolworths Now Now is not the delivery service. Now Now is Woolworths’ fast-casual takeaway food outlet concept — think quick meals at the mall — launched back in 2016, with around 10 outlets. If you’re after its menu prices, that’s a different page entirely: our Woolworths Now Now menu prices guide. For groceries delivered in an hour, you want Woolies Dash (in the Woolworths app).

The Alternatives: Pick n Pay asap! and Spar2U

Worth a sentence each, since they keep showing up in basket tests. Pick n Pay asap! charges R37 delivery (same as Sixty60 since July 2026), leans on Smart Shopper personal discounts rather than a subscription, and actually beat Sixty60 on Hypertext’s basics basket (R612.87). No free-delivery subscription, though Pick n Pay does push voucher codes for free asap! deliveries. Spar2U was the cheapest of the four in that same test (R595.85) but has the smallest footprint of the lot — great if there’s a participating Spar near you, irrelevant otherwise.

Verdict: Which Should You Use?

For pure price, Checkers Sixty60 wins: R37 vs R45 delivery, cheaper baskets on everyday items, and Xtra Savings Plus — which has no Woolworths equivalent — making delivery effectively free for regular users. A household doing four R800 shops a month pays roughly R99–R148 in total delivery costs on Sixty60 (depending on subscription) versus R180 on Dash, before the basket price gap even kicks in.

Use Woolies Dash if you’re buying Woolworths for the quality and there’s no substitute, if Sixty60 doesn’t cover your suburb, or if your baskets are small, basics-heavy top-ups where the shelf-price gap is thinnest. And keep an eye on WRewards vouchers — they won’t waive the R45, but personal discounts can quietly close the gap on a given week.

Groceries are one of the biggest lines in any household budget — to see how the full cost of feeding yourself stacks up, our Cape Town meal cost breakdown puts delivery, dining out and cooking side by side. And if you’re hunting for savings beyond groceries, our fast food deals page tracks the specials running right now.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Checkers Sixty60 or Woolies Dash?

Sixty60, in most cases. Its delivery fee is R37 versus R45 on Woolies Dash, its shelf prices run lower on everyday items (about 14% cheaper in one 12-item basket test), and its R99/month Xtra Savings Plus subscription gives unlimited free deliveries — Woolworths has no equivalent. The gap shrinks on basics-heavy baskets.

How much does delivery cost on Sixty60 and Woolies Dash?

Sixty60 charges R37 per delivery (raised from R36 on 1 July 2026). Woolies Dash charges R45 on every on-demand order. Sixty60 deliveries are free with an Xtra Savings Plus subscription (R99/month) on orders over R350, and free if your order arrives more than 30 minutes late.

Is Xtra Savings Plus worth it?

If you order Sixty60 delivery three or more times a month, yes — three R37 deliveries already cover the R99 fee, and every delivery after that is free on orders over R350. The 10% monthly in-store discount (up to R200 back) can pay for the subscription on its own with one big shop. Occasional users should skip it.

Are Sixty60 prices the same as in-store?

Yes. Checkers guarantees the same prices and Xtra Savings deals on Sixty60 as you’d pay in-store — the only extra cost is the R37 delivery fee (or R0 with Plus). Woolworths notes that in-store and online promotions may vary.

What is the difference between Woolies Dash and Woolworths Now Now?

Woolies Dash is Woolworths’ on-demand grocery delivery service (groceries in about an hour, R45 fee). Woolworths Now Now is a separate fast-casual takeaway food outlet concept at malls — quick meals, not grocery delivery. Different services, confusingly similar names.

Which grocery delivery is fastest in South Africa?

Both promise about an hour. Sixty60 guarantees 60 minutes and makes late deliveries free (over 30 minutes late). Woolies Dash promises next-hour/same-day delivery and is investing in dark stores to improve speed and stock reliability. In practice both usually land inside the hour in covered areas.