24-hr hypermart opens
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NTUC FairPrice opened a new 24-hour mega supermarket in Jurong Point mall yesterday, becoming the first chain to open a round-the-clock hypermarket here.
This FairPrice Xtra outlet is distinguished by its size and sheer range of products: It sprawls over 68,000 sq ft, which makes it as big as Singapore's popular nightspot St James Power Station, and will carry about 30,000 products ranging from groceries and bedding to electronics and clothes.
It is sited in Jurong Point to cater to the growing number of workers in the area who work the night shift, said NTUC FairPrice chairman Ng Ser Miang.
He added that surveys also backed the need for such a facility.
The $6 million that FairPrice put into building this hypermarket is on top of the $40 million it is spending this year to expand and upgrade its chain of 222 stores.
The breakdown: $12 million will go into four new supermarkets, $11 million into renovating its existing stores and the remainder, into beefing up its IT systems and warehousing.
For example, touch screens will be installed at the check-out points in all FairPrice outlets by August; the new system will reduce consumers' waiting time by 15 per cent per transaction.
Speaking at the launch of the hypermarket yesterday, Mr Ng also disclosed that, from this month, 11 FairPrice outlets will open an hour earlier every day - 7am instead of 8am.
He said: 'There is no better time to grow the business and embark on improving customer service. We have to deal with the recession positively.'
Read the full story in today's edition of The Straits Times.
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richer and bigger.
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Originally posted by QX179R:
NTUC FairPrice opened a new 24-hour mega supermarket in Jurong Point mall yesterday, becoming the first chain to open a round-the-clock hypermarket here.
This FairPrice Xtra outlet is distinguished by its size and sheer range of products: It sprawls over 68,000 sq ft, which makes it as big as Singapore's popular nightspot St James Power Station, and will carry about 30,000 products ranging from groceries and bedding to electronics and clothes.
It is sited in Jurong Point to cater to the growing number of workers in the area who work the night shift, said NTUC FairPrice chairman Ng Ser Miang.
He added that surveys also backed the need for such a facility.
The $6 million that FairPrice put into building this hypermarket is on top of the $40 million it is spending this year to expand and upgrade its chain of 222 stores.
The breakdown: $12 million will go into four new supermarkets, $11 million into renovating its existing stores and the remainder, into beefing up its IT systems and warehousing.
For example, touch screens will be installed at the check-out points in all FairPrice outlets by August; the new system will reduce consumers' waiting time by 15 per cent per transaction.
Speaking at the launch of the hypermarket yesterday, Mr Ng also disclosed that, from this month, 11 FairPrice outlets will open an hour earlier every day - 7am instead of 8am.
He said: 'There is no better time to grow the business and embark on improving customer service. We have to deal with the recession positively.'
Read the full story in today's edition of The Straits Times.
CDA and BRTC can go over quite fast ah...
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First chain to have 24hours?? I thot some Shop N Save already 24 hours, plus Mustafa.
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Originally posted by airgrinder:
First chain to have 24hours?? I thot some Shop N Save already 24 hours, plus Mustafa.
1st as in NTUC hypermarket alone..
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good if people can check price with weight of each item,
list them on-line,
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Is the hypermart like AMK hub lol... sorry cause so long never went there liao
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Originally posted by bus555:
Is the hypermart like AMK hub lol... sorry cause so long never went there liao
almost like the one at AMK hub..
expcept the one at AMK hub is not 24hrs..
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Hasn't this place been open since like last December? Why the recent hoo-hah over it?
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the radio ad is very funny
a lady couldn't find her parents
so called up JP customer service officer
the CSO says that they are probably shopping in the 24-hour hyper mart, è¿‡å‡ å¤©å°±ä¼šå›žå®¶äº†
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the 24-hr one at buangc0ck is damn pathetic
so small........not much selection
for some items oni carry 1 or 2 brandsand i dunno why they bother to offer trolleys when the aisles are oredi so narrow....
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not like there isn't any 24hr shop in sg...
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this will kill all the 7-11s nearby
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The 24-hour hypermarket have opened its doors way before its offical launch.
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follow Cold Storage ma cos some of e Cold Storage outlet alrdy operating 24 hrs
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Hardly see much Cold Storage in neighbourhood areas liao... Mostly in city area...