NTUC FairPrice opens 5th hypermarket
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SINGAPORE: Supermarket giant FairPrice officially opened its fifth hypermarket on Friday - FairPrice Xtra at Changi Business Park - with the promise to keep food prices stable.
It will open a S$350 million hi-tech distribution centre in 2014 aimed at increasing productivity and therefore mitigating rising food costs.
Food prices rose by 2.8 per cent in the first five months of this year, compared to the same period last year.
Chairman Ng Ser Miang said it's all about raising productivity.
"The new distribution centre will increase our warehouse capacity by 100 per cent and with the new automated storage and retrieval system, it will increase our productivity by 25 per cent or so.
"But this is only part of the productivity drive we are looking at, on the supply chain side. At the same time, at the store front, we are also introducing automated check out system," Ng shared.
FairPrice's chief executive officer Seah Kian Peng said as a social enterprise, the supermarket chain's mission is to keep essential items stable and affordable.
"For us, keeping prices affordable is key. We maintain a set of every day low price items, we have constant promotions, we have very attractive loyalty programs, we have good rebates given out, all these put together give a very complete value for money proposition to our customers and members alike."
Since 2006, FairPrice has seen a 20 per cent year-on-year sales growth for its hypermarket chain.
Consumers said they're attracted to the bargains.
A shopper said: "Prices here are relatively fair, you know, like all the NTUC outlets. So this is one complete area where you can just complete your shopping and enjoy the FairPrice pricing at the same time."
Mr Seah said FairPrice is looking to open its sixth hypermarket in the western part of Singapore and also its first hypermart in Vietnam sometime next year.
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Seems like "productivity" is the buzzword now.
Opening a grocery store so that people can buy some can food also talk about productivity.
Buying bikes also talk about productivity.
Raising low wages also talk about productivity.
Go figure.
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Times are bad.
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so want to be like ang moh... 5pm close shop liao, except pay day? lol
Seriously, 20% growth in revenue.. did they take in inflation? so wat's e net real growth? lol
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Originally posted by sbst275:
so want to be like ang moh... 5pm close shop liao, except pay day? lol
Seriously, 20% growth in revenue.. did they take in inflation? so wat's e net real growth? lol
Why you not happy with ntuc?
I thought they are your favourite.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Why you not happy with ntuc?
I thought they are your favourite.
this growth figure affects everyone I believe...in fact, you think this outlet really got weekday crowd meh?
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Originally posted by sbst275:
this growth figure affects everyone I believe...in fact, you think this outlet really got weekday crowd meh?
Maybe for foreign workers working around that area lah.
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Originally posted by charlize:
Maybe for foreign workers working around that area lah.
you know what's in e area? offices! -
Originally posted by sbst275:
you know what's in e area? offices!When they say it's all about raising productivity, you have to believe them.
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Originally posted by charlize:
When they say it's all about raising productivity, you have to believe them.
aiyo... everything they say you take it 100%....the need to be productive is correct.. but the implementation... maybe not be 100%
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Originally posted by sbst275:
aiyo... everything they say you take it 100%....the need to be productive is correct.. but the implementation... maybe not be 100%
If you don't trust them, then how?
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I wonder if prices are comparable to SS and other smaller shops or not.
Maybe can go shop there.