FairPrice to extend discount on 500 housebrand items - Singapore's Online Community

**Voodoo Vince** · 25-02-2008, 01:06 PM

FairPrice to extend discount on 500 housebrand items
It is also exploring 'no frills' budget stores.
By Jessica Lim and Lim Wei Chean

NTUC Fairprice will be extending their 5-per-cent discount on 500 household brands for an additional two more months. -- PHOTO: NTUC FAIRPRICE

THE 5-per-cent discount on 500 NTUC FairPrice items will be extended for two more months, the supermarket's managing director Seah Kian Peng announced on Monday.

The items on offer include essential foodstuff like bread, rice, cooking oil among others. The discount scheme, which started on Dec 19, was due to end on Feb 29. But Mr Seah said: 'We received overwhelming response and feedback from customers asking us to consider extending the discount scheme.'

Combined sales of FairPrice housebrand items have risen by 40 per cent, with individual items like sales of vegetable oil up three-fold and enriched white bread, by some 30 per cent.

Extending the discount for two more months will cost the co-operative another $1 million, bringing the total to $4 million. But Mr Seah said the supermarket prides itself on its social role. At the same time, it is exploring "no frills" budget stores to cater to those with tight expenditure budget.

But Mr Seah said that Singaporeans will have to get used to shopping in these stores, as there will be no ambience, no staff to help pack purchases and packaging of items will be cut to the bare minimum.

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**Voodoo Vince** · 25-02-2008, 01:06 PM

Good for the poor.

livinghubb · 25-02-2008, 01:25 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Voodoo Vince
	Good for the poor.

Not really for the poor only la...think will benefits a lot of us..think more ppl must learn how to save $$$$ even they are doing well now, because doing well now does not mean will do well for the rest of your life.So better learn how to save $$ now then when you are down n out..!!!

**Voodoo Vince** · 25-02-2008, 01:27 PM

True, but the poor gets poorer by the continuous high increasing cost.

Well, at least it do helps a little.

**lai** · 25-02-2008, 03:40 PM

More ppls will go NTUC Fairprice rather than the normal provision shop.
NTUC monopoly will carry on if it goes cheaper.

**Zannillerine** · 25-02-2008, 04:34 PM

Good for NTUC shoppers like me

ROFL

**TotalNV** · 25-02-2008, 04:58 PM

way to go fairprice! 2 months too short... maybe extend to 6 months?

**Huaikong** · 25-02-2008, 10:16 PM

doesnt affect me cos i seldom buy in fairprice.sianz.......

**Voodoo Vince** · 25-02-2008, 10:31 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by TotalNV
	way to go fairprice! 2 months too short... maybe extend to 6 months?

Even better, they should extend it to 1 yrear.

`BeRRies-* · 25-02-2008, 10:35 PM

actually it's good becuz i starting to pick their brands.
can save money!

confusedain · 25-02-2008, 10:37 PM

i usually buy from sheng siong... are their prices the same now?i mean, since there's discount?

**dkKot** · 25-02-2008, 10:37 PM

good to hear that! i also think 2mths is too short.

**Sgblubber** · 25-02-2008, 10:41 PM

in the end still ex mah...

livinghubb · 25-02-2008, 10:55 PM

	Quote:			Originally Posted by Voodoo Vince
	Even better, they should extend it to 1 yrear.

Honestly i think they should keep this 5% thing for long term because no matter what, NTUC still consider as aprt of the government ma.. so should help us ...and not always think of ways and means to get $$$ from us and act like GOD by giving us few hundreds dollars back and instead get from us thousands of dollars......example C.O.E, E.R.P,
100%++ tax on alcohol and cigarette with the excuse of "For the good of our health!!" then dun sell at all la..!!!
Hai...i not angry la just felt SINGAPORE = SING, A, POOR !!!!