Shoprite’s on-demand grocery delivery platform, Sixty60, has crossed R25.5 billion ($1.6 billion) in sales. The milestone covers the financial year ended June 2026. It cements Sixty60’s place as one of the fastest growing arms of Africa’s largest retail group.
The South African retail giant shared the figures in an operational update this week. Sixty60 grew sales by 34.5 percent over the twelve month period. That is nearly five times faster than the 7.1 percent growth recorded by Shoprite’s core South African supermarket business over the same stretch, according to the company.
The numbers mark a sharp jump from last year. Sixty60 had generated R18.9 billion (about $1.05 billion) in revenue in the previous financial year. This year, the platform added R6.6 billion in fresh sales. That figure alone accounted for roughly 36 percent of the entire group’s overall growth, Shoprite said.
The growth was even more pronounced within Supermarkets RSA, the division that makes up the bulk of Shoprite’s business. There, Sixty60’s contribution represented about 43 percent of the segment’s expansion. Sixty60 now accounts for close to 9.4 percent of Shoprite’s total group turnover. That is up from 7.5 percent a year earlier. It also makes up about 11 percent of all Supermarkets RSA sales.
So how is Sixty60 pulling this off? Much of it comes down to infrastructure. The platform leans on Shoprite’s existing footprint of almost 3,000 stores across South Africa. Those stores double as fulfilment hubs for online orders. Shoprite also added 262 new physical stores during the year, taking its total store count in the country to 2,839. This shows the retailer is not retreating from brick and mortar retail even as digital sales speed up.
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Sixty60 launched in late 2019 in partnership with local tech startup Zulzi. Since then, it has grown from a modest experiment into a platform that has fulfilled more than 100 million orders. The app has been downloaded over seven million times. It now delivers more than groceries too. General merchandise from Checkers Hyper stores is also available, letting customers order larger items for same day delivery. There is even a subscription tier called Xtra Savings Plus, which offers unlimited deliveries for a flat monthly fee. It is part of a broader push to lock in loyal, high frequency shoppers.
Meanwhile, Shoprite’s overall group sales from continuing operations climbed to R270.8 billion ($16.8 billion). That is up from R252.7 billion the previous year, after the company added R18.1 billion in new merchandise sales. Shoprite now expects headline earnings per share from continuing operations to rise between 9.7 percent and 14.7 percent for the year. Full audited results are due out on September 1, 2026.
The results point to a bigger shift happening across South Africa’s retail sector. E-commerce sales in the country surpassed R130 billion in 2025. That is close to 10 percent of total retail sales, up from less than 1 percent in 2019. Rivals are chasing the same opportunity too. Woolworths’ Dash platform posted 23 percent revenue growth over a comparable period. Pick n Pay’s online sales, powered by its asap! service and the Mr D app, grew 31.8 percent.
For Shoprite, the message is clear. Instead of treating digital commerce as a threat to its physical stores, the retailer is using its vast network of supermarkets as the backbone for a delivery business. And right now, that business is scaling faster than almost any other part of the group.
