ParknShop and Wellcome offer 12 per cent discounts for purchases above HK$168, while HKTVmall offers up to 15 per cent off for physical store customers
Hongkongers packed the aisles of supermarkets with carts full of daily necessities as the city’s major grocery chains engaged in what some were calling a “price war” ahead of Mother’s Day.
Hong Kong’s two major supermarket chains, CK Hutchison Holdings-backed ParknShop and Jardine Matheson’s Wellcome, each offered 12 per cent off everything in their stores for those who bought a certain amount of goods on Saturday.
HKTVmall, the city’s popular online shopping platform, entered the fray and offered an even bigger discount – up to 15 per cent off – for those who shopped at one of its physical stores, as well as for home delivery and self-pickup.
At a Wellcome store in Sheung Wan, 50-year-old civil servant Ricky Ngai was seen with a shopping trolley filled with a dozen cans of Campbell’s soup.
Aside from the overall 12 per cent discount on purchases over HK$168 (US$21.50), the shop was also giving away free baked beans, chicken broth, and Indomie instant noodles to customers who bought six cans of soup.
“I bought 12 so I could get two of the free gifts,” he said with a big smile.
Source: News - South China Morning Post
