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Written by: McKay and Ma Weijie
2020-09-25 18:30
Last update date: 2020-09-25 18:30
The government requires two supermarket chains, including Wellcome and ParknShop, to give back to the society when applying for the second phase of the Employment Guarantee Program.
Wellcome launched the "Daily Low Price" program today (25th), locking more than 300 selected products including rice, oil, fresh fruits and vegetables and eggs at preferential prices and maintaining them for at least 6 months or more, of which 5 The kilogram golden elephant rice bag is 75 yuan, which is about 6% cheaper than the 80 yuan sold at the competitor Baijia supermarket and the 79.9 yuan sold by U buy select.
Some organizations concerned about supermarket prices have criticized that Wellcome’s selection of goods is also limited and the discounts are insufficient. Supermarkets and the government are encouraged to accept the "30% off all bills and benefit the whole people" plan as soon as possible.
▼Wellcome locks the price of some products for at least half a year▼
As part of the "Dim Sum" program, Wellcome will lock more than 300 selected products at preferential prices from now on for at least 6 months.
Wellcome stated that it will provide more than 120 million yuan of "snack" to give back to the community. Details of the plan will be announced today.
More than 300 selected products are locked in preferential prices and maintained for at least 6 months, including white rice, grains, oils, foods and daily necessities. However, most of the products are exclusive to Wellcome. Only the Golden Elephant 5kg topped with jasmine fragrance Rice, and Lion Ball peanut oil can be found in PARKnSHOP and U shopping select.
Among them, after Wellcome locked the price, the price of Golden Elephant Brand 5kg topped with jasmine rice was reduced from 82.9 yuan to 75 yuan, which is about less than 80 yuan sold at PARKnSHOP and 79.9 yuan sold by U select 6%.
The original price of 3 packs of Lion Ball peanut oil is 96.5 yuan, and the locked price is 88 yuan, a decrease of about 8%. The price of 3 packs in PARKnSHOP is 94 yuan, while U select only has a single stick. Installed for sale, the price is 35 yuan.
Yan Wenyu, the convener of the "Supermarket Price Concern Group
" of the
Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong, responded that the
supermarket price team approves insufficient discounts and "earned it all"
, saying that big draws, price locks, and distribution of gold coupons to some people in need are not universal. Hui's plan.
The fact is that supermarket business volume has risen against the market. "Hundreds of millions of yuan of public funds are used as wage subsidies. The real return will never affect the profits of the supermarket." He criticized supermarkets should not "make all the money" and urged the supermarkets and the government to accept the attention group as soon as possible. The plan is to achieve "a 30% discount for all bills and benefit the whole people," so that people and families who are unemployed and underemployed due to the epidemic will also benefit.
Regarding price lock, some citizens support it, but some also questioned why large consortia could apply for the "Protected Employment" scheme instead of reserved for small and medium-sized enterprises in need; some citizens also worried that supermarkets would have opportunities to offer preferential prices after receiving government subsidies Take away business from small merchants.
Mr. Huang said that even if the price is low, he will only buy when needed, and he will not particularly increase the desire to buy.
Regarding the launch of the "Daily Low Price" program, Mr. Huang questioned why big consortia such as Wellcome Parknya could successfully apply at the time. "There is no need to approve money for large organizations. You can apply for a lot of money every year," he said. Means that the "Protected Employment" plan itself should be for small and medium-sized enterprises in need, "Will (Wellcome) Unemployment Guaranteed?".
At the same time, Mr. Huang also believes that after receiving government funding of over 100 million yuan, Wellcome Parkn only uses half of it to give back to the society, which is actually just a small favor.
Miss Xian said that locking in value is a good thing, but it will not hoard goods.
(Photo by Ma Weijie)
Worried that small merchants will be hard to beat the big consortium
Regarding price lock-in, Miss Deng is worried that it will steal business from small merchants.
She pointed out that Wellcome Parkn received the subsidy, and then used half to make a half-price reduction. In fact, there was no loss to them, and half of the subsidy was "pocketed."
On the other hand, small merchants themselves are no longer able to compete with Wellcome Pokka and others, and Wellcome Pokka is even more subsidized to reduce prices. Miss Huang is worried that it will take away the business of small businesses and make it more difficult for small businesses to survive in the market.
Citizen Ms. Xian thinks that locking in value is a good thing. "It's all good, and everyone can buy it in Hirano." But it doesn't stock up on goods. It is only bought when needed. Canned goods and other goods that can be stored may be bought at reduced prices. More or less.
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