Discount & General Merchandise Catalogue This Week in South Africa

Three different animals under one heading

This group does not hold one kind of shop. Some of these retailers sell to anybody with a card, some are wholesale cash-and-carry operations built around traders and big households, one is a cheap variety chain, and one has no shop floor at all. What they share is the weekly or monthly specials catalogue, and the questions South Africans type into a search bar about it. On AdsSOS we gather the scans for the whole South Africa catalogue hub, and this page is the map for the discount and general merchandise corner.

The general merchandise end is Makro and Game, two big-box names that sit in the same parent group. Reporting on the Walmart buyout described Makro as the profitable unit and Game as the weaker one, which tells you something about how each one leans on its specials. The wholesale end is Jumbo, Devland, Africa Cash & Carry, KIT KAT Cash & Carry and 1UP Cash & Carry. In the middle sits Crazy Store, a discount variety chain, and at the far end Takealot, an online marketplace that publishes a catalogue anyway because shoppers keep asking for one.

The big-box pair: Makro and Game

The Makro weekly catalogue is the one people search for most in this hub, with queries such as the 2026 edition, this week's specials and even specials today. The thing to know is that, per the Makro article on Wikipedia, you need a free Makro card to buy in store or online, so the catalogue is a browsing tool before it is a shopping trip. We found no points scheme and no stated price-match policy for Makro, so do not walk in expecting to wave a competitor's page at the till.

The Game catalogue works differently. Searches are regional (Gauteng, Durban, Limpopo, Polokwane), because people want to know what their branch carries. Game's Giyani store page states that it will beat a cheaper price by a share of the difference, and that branch trades on Sundays and public holidays on a shortened schedule. Treat both as store-level statements and ask your own branch. Both brands belong to Massmart, which delisted from the JSE in November 2022 after Walmart bought out the remaining shareholders (Mail & Guardian), so ownership is a settled question and a new catalogue does not mean a new owner.

Wholesale: who the cash-and-carry catalogues are really for

The wholesale catalogues are written for people who buy by the case: spaza owners, caterers, church groups and families stocking up. The Jumbo catalogue is the best-known wholesale one and sits in the same Walmart group as Makro and Game. Its queries ask for the 2026 edition and whether it can be viewed online.

The Devland specials come from a Soweto-based wholesaler with outlets and partner stores across six provinces. Its own site describes a stokvel offering with a membership card, stokvel deals and an annual party, so it is the page for a grocery stokvel.

Africa Cash & Carry trades from Crown Mines in Johannesburg, Monday to Saturday per its official website, and it does not state Sunday or public holiday hours, so phone first. KIT KAT Cash & Carry is headquartered in Pretoria West and describes itself as having operated for over fifty years. In the Western Cape, 1UP Cash & Carry runs branches across the Cape Metropole and Boland with an Epping flagship, and it offers delivery with a minimum order and no Sunday or public holiday delivery unless stated.

Crazy Store and Takealot: the odd ones out

The Crazy Store catalogue is the toy-and-gadget one, and the toys catalogue is among its real searches. Its site counts well over five hundred stores, and trading hours are the other thing people ask. Returns run thirty days in original packaging, and a purchase without a slip is refunded at the current system price. The Crazy Club is a newsletter sign-up, and we found no points scheme.

The Takealot catalogue is not a printed flyer, it is a rolling set of deals online, and the queries (appliances, baby products, washing machines, this week) show people use it as a price check. Takealot is majority-owned by Naspers per Wikipedia and runs a third-party marketplace alongside its own stock. Because it is online, delivery terms matter more than hours.

Your rights when the catalogue deal goes wrong

A store's own return window is not the whole story. Section 56 of the Consumer Protection Act lets you return defective goods within six months of delivery without penalty, and you choose between repair, replacement or refund, according to FAnews. EWN reported in July 2026 a case where Takealot first refused a couch return outside its thirty-day window, then apologised and refunded after a consumer journalist stepped in.

Using the catalogues well, and common questions

• Match the catalogue to the buyer: wholesale pages suit bulk and trade buying, big-box pages suit appliances and general goods.
• Check the branch, not just the brand. Hours, delivery and Sunday trade are branch-level on almost every site above.
• Memberships first: Makro wants its free card, Devland has its stokvel card, so sort that out before the trip.

Searches for the cheapest cash and carry or where to buy cheap bulk groceries show the real question: people want to compare. We cannot rank retailers on price here, and nothing on this page claims one is cheaper. For grocery chains rather than wholesalers, try the supermarkets catalogue hub instead.

Timing

Searchers ask what is on this week or today, so check the current scan on each store page rather than an old PDF.