FairPrice is still the store for the ppl - TODAY
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I want to puke...
Have the worst service standard, price ex...
Somemore get biz through that $8 monthly LinkCard... -
link card not annually meh?Originally posted by sbst275:I want to puke...
Have the worst service standard, price ex...
Somemore get biz through that $8 monthly LinkCard... -
Monthly ar...Originally posted by shinta:link card not annually meh? -
funny why members have to pay subscription.
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From what I see opp...Originally posted by dragg:funny why members have to pay subscription.
They make ppl pay so that ppl would die die go to NTUC FairPrice to spent the $8 well... So an undermining way to get rid of its rivals -
Is NTUC Fairprice another organisation similar to the NKF in its set up ?
Supposedly helping Union members and Singaporeans with cheaper necessities but also helping themselves (the administrators) more ?
If the CEO of Comfort Taxi had paid himself annually S$1Million including bonus, how much more does the CEO of Fairprice pay himself ?
With all the import regulations put in place during the "Nippah" and "Bird Flu" scares, which prevented all pork, meat, and eggs from being imported by casual shoppers going into Johor Bahru, the law is now used to ensure a wholly oligopolistic environment where Singaporeans can only buy from NTUC Fairprice, Cold Storage, Giant, Carre Fours, and a few smaller players.
A "Made in Malaysia" bottle of 1.5 litre of mineral water is sold in Malaysia for 90sen, but sold at NTUC Fairprice for S$1.20 - despite the supposed strength of the exchange rate that is in favor of Singapore.
Malaysian eggs sold at the hyper-markets are offered to Malaysian consumers at Malaysian 14sens each, and yet the same Malaysian eggs that are offered on the shelves of our Singapore hyper-marts are at Singapore 13cents each.
Back in the early 1960s, the brilliant Dr Goh Keng Swee had persuaded Singaporeans to believe that we should abandon agriculture and concentrate on industrialisation, and create a strong Singapore Dollar so as to purchase our agricultural necessities from our neighbours at a far more competitive price than if we had done it for ourselves at a higher cost.
Forty years later, we are trapped with a high value Singapore Dollar that is negated by the high cost of land, and supposedly still very high wage costs despite all the wage and CPF reductions.
Little wonder that with all the profiteering and profitable ventures, NTUC can build a 70 storey building to be its new Headquarters, to accomodate all its corporate success stories from Fairprice, Comfort, Income, Healthmart, and also from its dabbling in Leisure and Travels, Property Development.
With all the CASH that it has accumulated into its treasury - (from all the successful ventures that were started with funds from the Singapore Government (money collected from Singaporeans) and Union Membership Fees) - what has NTUC done for its Union Members and Singaporeans ? -
Where is the 70-storey building? Don't tell me it's the new AMK bus interchange?
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im with cold storage!
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It is at ONE Raffles Quay, or next to the Clifford Pier:-Originally posted by iveco:Where is the 70-storey building? Don't tell me it's the new AMK bus interchange?
The one at AMK is only a mall on a very prime land linked to the AMK MRT Station with a Regional Bus Exchange included.
Has NTUC lost its original direction - (in its supposed missions that is so well crafted in words) - after being involved in all these commercial activities ?
http://ilo.law.cornell.edu/public/english/bureau/inst/papers/2000/dp117/ -
but there foods there are more expensive than NTUC ...Originally posted by FireIce:im with cold storage!
i prefer Seng Song supermarket -
x2!Originally posted by FireIce:im with cold storage!
when i was stayin in woodlands, i rather take a bus to causeway point, den to buy anything from NTUC.. unless, we're talkin about toothpaste etc..
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seng siong is not easily accessible.Originally posted by sonicworld76:but there foods there are more expensive than NTUC ...
i prefer Seng Song supermarket
that is the problem.
i try as much as i can to buy from neighbourhood shops. -
i dun like sheng siongOriginally posted by dragg:seng siong is not easily accessible.
that is the problem.
i try as much as i can to buy from neighbourhood shops. -
You sure? Some NTUC more ex...Originally posted by sonicworld76:but there foods there are more expensive than NTUC ...
i prefer Seng Song supermarket -
depend on the promoOriginally posted by sbst275:You sure? Some NTUC more ex... -
Promo? Forget it, that's once in a blur moon...Originally posted by sonicworld76:depend on the promo
Even so, the suppliers not willing to give offer so much.. NTUC pay for the goods only 6 mths later -
Ya, must check how much the CEO gets paid
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Giant sells Diaper and milk powder cheaper than NTUC. So I don't see where the help come from?
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NTUC promo on every thurOriginally posted by sbst275:Promo? Forget it, that's once in a blur moon...
Even so, the suppliers not willing to give offer so much.. NTUC pay for the goods only 6 mths later -
bo pian for me le.....out of convenience....
they always have good location at the housing estate......
sheng siong tho nearby but its out of way and i don't like sheng siong....very cramp..... -
later, they may be the first to charge for plastic bags...
NTUC - the country's first in everything! -
Doesn't Dairy Farm does that on Friday? Or their SNS on Thur?Originally posted by sonicworld76:NTUC promo on every thur
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Just ask the aunties below the void deck, they will list you the pitiful + handful nos. of items that NTUC is cheaper than the famous local enterprise, Seng Song. Sometimes, even Giants and Carrefour are cheaper than NTUC.
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What do those old auntie seriously know??? Of course they have never went to Cold Storage for many yrsOriginally posted by archon1234:Just ask the aunties below the void deck, they will list you the pitiful + handful nos. of items that NTUC is cheaper than the famous local enterprise, Seng Song. Sometimes, even Giants and Carrefour are cheaper than NTUC. -
Cold Storage has better and fresher fruits and vegetables, and a helluva lot more variety too.
After all, they ARE the most established supermarket in Singapore.Something which many do not know.
From their website..The name “Cold Storage” is an icon and its story is unique in the corporate histories of Singapore. The Company had humble beginnings - a small depot storing and selling mainly frozen meat from Australia. From that, it has grown to become the premier player in retailing in Singapore.
Established in 1903, Cold Storage was the child of the Industrial Revolution and Pax Britannica, when Singapore was the “Clapham Junction of the Eastern Seas”. Together with electricity and refrigeration, it allowed European agents of change - the colonial civil servants, merchants, miners, planters, traders - to acclimatise to living in the tropics. It can thus be said that if there were no Cold Storage the modern history of Singapore would probably be quite different.
In its early days, the Company's primary concern was to have a quick and profitable turnover of its imported meats and range of products. Later, Cold Storage shifted from counter-service to self-service, introducing the supermarket to Singapore. Then the Company pioneered the concept of multiple retailing, capitalising on bulk buying and economies of scale. Always, the strategy is to bring Cold Storage to be where consumers are.
As the island's oldest established supermarket operator with over 100 years of experience in Singapore, Cold Storage the market leader in Singapore, constantly introducing new store concepts that set clear industry standards. It is the first supermarket in Singapore to receive the CASE TRUST mark introduced by CASE in 1998 to distinguish companies that receive a high degree of consumer confidence.
Cold Storage is the first supermarket in Singapore to receive MUIS certification for its supermarket operations in Causeway Point. In 1998, for the first time in Singapore's history, a supermarket retailer was able to provide Muslims the assurance of Halal purchases.