Grocery market in South Africa

The South African Grocery eCommerce market is predicted to reach US$332.4 million by 2024 and accounts for 7.3% of the total eCommerce market in South Africa. It is expected to increase over the next years. The expected compound annual growth rate for the next four years (CAGR 2024-2028) will be 19.5%, resulting in a projected market volume of US$678.1 million by 2028. Within the Grocery market ECDB considers the following two sub-markets: Food and Beverages.

Market development

eCommerce revenue development in the Nuts & Dried Fruits market in South Africa

The South African Nuts & Dried Fruits eCommerce market is predicted to reach US$2.5 million by 2024 and accounts for 3.9% of the Food Cupboard eCommerce market in South Africa. It is expected to increase over the next years. The expected compound annual growth rate for the next four years (CAGR 2024-2028) will be 16.3%, resulting in a projected market volume of US$4.5 million by 2028. The Nuts & Dried Fruits eCommerce market is a sub-market of the Food Cupboard market. Further categories within the Food Cupboard market are: Baking Supplies, Cereals, Noodles, Other Food Cupboard, and Sweets & Chocolate.

eCommerce revenue development in the Nuts & Dried Fruits market in South Africa

in million US$

eCommerce revenue growth in the Nuts & Dried Fruits market in South Africa

in %

Net eCommerce revenue split by sub-category

in %
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Revenue (in mUS$) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Growth (in %) 51.5 97.0 58.1 21.6 11.3 10.7 35.2 16.6

Online share

eCommerce online share of the total Nuts & Dried Fruits market in South Africa

The online share refers to the proportion of the retail volume that is transacted via the Internet. It includes purchases via desktop PC, tablet or smartphone, both via website or app. Only retail of physical goods is taken into account. In the South African Nuts & Dried Fruits retail market, the online share is 2.4% and will increase by an average of 0.3% to 2.4% by 2028.

eCommerce online share of the total Nuts & Dried Fruits market in South Africa

in %
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Online share (in %) 72.4% 35.4% 95.7% 90.3% 90.1% 61.9% 29.5% 30.1%

Market definition

Definition of the Nuts & Dried Fruits market within the Grocery market

Market definition: Grocery > Food > Food Cupboard > Nuts & Dried Fruits The category Nuts & Dried Fruits includes the online trade of nuts (e.g. almonds, peanuts, walnuts) and dried fruits (e.g. raisins, apricots, dates). This category does not cover energy bars. All monetary figures refer to the annual gross revenue and do not factor in shipping costs.

In-scope

  • Nuts (e.g. almonds, peanuts, walnuts)
  • Dried fruits (e.g. raisins, apricots, dates)

Out-of-scope

  • Energy bars