Go to the supermarket for the same price from 7,000 VND...

Chương trình — “Same price shopping” program with items starting from only 7,000 VND – Photo: N.XUAN

Products will be discounted during the specified time frame from 5-7pm, lasting from now until July 3, helping consumers ease their spending burden during the recent price storm.

Thanks to constantly hunting for promotions at Co.opmart supermarket, I also save millions of dong on groceries every month.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong (residing in District 10)

Goods are getting more and more expensive

In Ho Chi Minh City market, many items have increased in price recently. In markets such as Pham Van Hai market (Tan Binh district), Ba Chieu market (Binh Thanh district), Nguyen Tri Phuong market (District 5), etc., many essential foods such as meat, fish, vegetables, fruits are also priced higher than at the beginning of the year.

The soaring prices of essential food products have caused many housewives in Ho Chi Minh City to have headaches with the problem of daily living expenses.

Turning over and over a bunch of lettuce at a vegetable stall in Ba Chieu market, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Trinh (living in Binh Thanh district) lamented that the price of lettuce is 50,000 VND/kg, "quite high!".

Calculating expenses for family meals, Ms. Trinh said that in the context of rising prices, income does not increase, or even decreases, making balancing living expenses more difficult.

"Now, when I leave the house, I have to carefully calculate what to buy to save money and be reasonable. I can't spend freely like before, especially with the high prices of goods nowadays," said Ms. Trinh.

Meanwhile, Ms. Le Thi Quynh Huong (living in Binh Thanh district) also complained that shopping at this time is like solving a difficult problem, adding here, subtracting there.

“Not only food, other goods such as shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste, and household appliances are also expensive, so we have to think carefully about how to shop economically so as not to run out of money in the family budget,” said Ms. Huong.

To cope with the price storm, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong (living in District 10) chose to "hunt" for discounted goods at supermarkets. Ms. Hong said that supermarkets often have promotional programs and discounted purchases, so she always spends the weekend looking for deeply discounted goods to use throughout the week.

Accordingly, Ms. Hong has the supermarket's "Shopping Guide" ready and follows the Facebook pages of the system and shopping centers. Whenever there is a product that is "running" a promotion program or has a deep discount during holidays and Tet, Ms. Hong will buy in large quantities, even enough to use for half a year.

In addition to “hunting for sales” on essential items, Ms. Hong also regularly visits supermarkets to buy fresh foods such as meat, fish, vegetables and fruits. According to Ms. Hong, these items often have deep discounts of up to 50% but are still very fresh and delicious if used on the same day.

Thanks to constantly looking for supermarket promotions, Ms. Hong said she also saves millions of dong on groceries every month.

Discount party for housewives in difficult times

In order to share with consumers in the price storm, for the first time, Co.opmart and Co.opXtra in Ho Chi Minh City organized the program "Same price shopping" for fresh products for daily meals: vegetables, seafood, fruits... With a uniform price of only 7,000 VND or more according to the prescribed time frame.

According to the program “Same price shopping”, tilapia, mackerel, and tuna will be sold at the same price of 69,000 VND/kg from now until June 19. Meanwhile, perilla leaves, Chinese cabbage, water spinach, Malabar spinach, baby white oyster mushrooms, Thai enoki mushrooms, and Hai Duong garlic will be sold at the same price of 7,000 VND during the time frame from 5-7pm from June 20 to June 26.

Foreign fruits including New Zealand Ruby Star apples, New Zealand Koru apples, New Zealand red apples, New Zealand red cherry apples, New Zealand gold/green kiwis are all sold at the same price of 69,000 VND during the time frame from 5-7pm from June 27 to July 3.

Besides “Same price shopping”, Co.opmart and Co.opXtra also organize the program “A festival every week, our family has fun shopping”, in which domestic and imported fresh products are alternately discounted by 15-20%.

In addition, the "Buy and get" program takes place from 8am to 10am on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, helping users receive incentives for buying shallots and getting eggs, buying chicken and getting ham, and buying fruit and getting fruit.

The program “A festival every week, our family has fun shopping” offers many attractive promotions with the “Chicken Festival” taking place from June 20 to June 24. Accordingly, users who buy chicken products such as chicken wings, chicken breasts, chicken fillets, chicken thighs, chicken feet, etc. will receive a 10-15% discount.

New Zealand frozen beef belly, Kiaora frozen pork cartilage, CJ pork chops, NTX chicken eggs, CP chicken thighs, BMF chicken thighs are also discounted by 15% from June 20 to June 26. Some other fresh products such as ground crab, sliced snakehead fish, salmon heads, red tilapia, Co.op squash, Co.op bok choy, Da Lat carrots, guava... are discounted by 15-20% from June 20 to June 26.

In addition, large shrimp, frozen beef steak, chicken eggs, lotus seed and longan tea ingredients are also discounted by 15% from June 27 to July 3. New Zealand Fruit Week will bring users a 20% discount on kiwi and apple products from June 27 to July 3.

Ho Chi Minh City will expand the scale and extend the month of concentrated promotions.

To control commodity prices, Ho Chi Minh City has been implementing a series of price stabilization activities. In particular, the Concentrated Promotion Program - City Shopping Season 2024 officially launched on June 15.

According to Mr. Nguyen Nguyen Phuong - Deputy Director of the Department of Industry and Trade of Ho Chi Minh City, the 2024 Concentrated Promotion Program has many new points compared to previous years, expanding in scale and lasting longer.

Specifically, if in 2023, for each concentrated promotion period, the department only organized at one location, this year it will simultaneously expand to 4-5 locations in the city.

It is expected that in the period from mid-July to mid-September, the department will coordinate with the City Civil Servants' Union and units to organize 10-15 promotional events for consumer goods and essential products in industrial parks, export processing zones, and suburban districts to serve workers, students, and low-income people to have more opportunities to buy essential consumer goods at preferential prices.

Saigon Co.op continues to discount up to 50% on nearly 2,100 green products

Workshop tổ chức vào cuối tuần thu hút các gia đình trẻ - Ảnh: N.X. — Workshops held on weekends attract young families – Photo: NX

The program “Vietnamese Family – Green Ambassador” is still continuing from now until July 3 at more than 800 points of sale of Saigon Co.op including Co.opmart, Co.opXtra, Co.op Food, Co.op Smile, Cheers, Finelife, Sense City, Sense Market…

During the program, Saigon Co.op commits to discount up to 50% on 2,100 environmentally friendly products. The products on promotion include reusable items, energy-saving household appliances, products made from environmentally friendly materials such as bagasse, paper and rice.

According to a representative of Saigon Co.op, the program “Vietnamese Family – Green Ambassador” does not only stop at promoting products but also aims to connect each family member with a green lifestyle.

Some outstanding activities include the program "Convenient green shopping - up to half price reduction", helping consumers easily access and use green products in daily life.