The_King Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 SINGAPORE - Supermarket chain FairPrice on Sunday (Feb 9) said it will be limiting the number of essential items that customers can buy, to ensure that more people have access to these items even as shelves continue to be re-stocked. Each customer will be allowed to buy only up to four packs of paper products such as toilet paper and tissue paper, two bags of rice and four pillow packets of instant noodles. Each person can also buy up to $50 worth of vegetables. Customers were informed about these limits via a notice posted at FairPrice outlets. In the notice, customers were assured that the supply of daily essentials remain available despite the surge in demand, and that the supermarket chain was stepping up delivery runs between its warehouse and outlets. "We urge customers to buy only what they need and not to stockpile," read the notice. This comes after people were seen bulk-buying essentials such as rice and toilet paper over the weekend, after the authorities on Friday evening (Feb 7) said Singapore will be ramping up its disease outbreak response. A FairPrice spokesperson said: "The additional purchase limits are part of our ongoing efforts to discourage customers from stockpiling. The limits are set just slightly higher than what an average grocery shopper normally buys to give customers greater purchase flexibility. Bulk purchase of vegetables is disallowed to discourage resellers. We urge shoppers to buy only what they need." The Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (Dorscon) was moved up a notch to orange status, after a number of patients were found to be infected with the coronavirus originating in Wuhan, despite having no known links to previous cases or travel history to China. Dorscon orange means the outbreak is deemed to have moderate to high public health impact but is still under control. Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing told reporters at a separate event in Jurong that supermarket chains have increased the supply runs to ensure shelves remain stocked. He said: “Over the past two days, major suppliers like NTUC FairPrice and Sheng Siong have doubled, if not tripled the number of supply runs that they are doing. So today, you can see that actually most of the essential items are back on the shelves in adequate quantities.” A notice at a Fairprice outlet in Whampoa informing customers that the supermarket is limiting the number of essential items that they can buy, ST PHOTO: CARA WONG When The Straits Times visited the FairPrice outlet at Whampoa on Sunday, rice, toilet paper and instant noodles were still available on the shelves. However, a staff member said that these items had to be restocked almost once every hour during the weekend. Previously, they only had to be replenished twice a day. Other grocery stores have reported brisk sales. Ms Lim Kwee Lun, sales manager at Good Luck Supermarket at Block 503, Jurong West Street 52, said most of the shop's bags of rice were sold out by 9.30am on Sunday morning, and that its stock of some dried goods were running low. https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/fairprice-limits-purchases-of-paper-products-rice-instant-noodles-and-vegetables 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 $50 worth of veggie is still a lot. I spend less than $10 on veggie supply 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 i wonder what happen. it was not like this during SARS. it like 2 people dont believe each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 21 minutes ago, The_King said: i wonder what happen. it was not like this during SARS. it like 2 people dont believe each other Because the gahmen gave initial wrong advise to not wear masks. So no one trusts anyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 21 minutes ago, ManOfTheHour said: Because the gahmen gave initial wrong advise to not wear masks. So no one trusts anyone. before that, it already no stock. it like there no trust in the first place, and everyone for himself 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManOfTheHour Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 5 minutes ago, The_King said: before that, it already no stock. it like there no trust in the first place, and everyone for himself I blame social media for adding fear. Back in 2003 there was only Friendster and no one talk about SARS, only talk about dating 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 3 hours ago, ManOfTheHour said: I blame social media for adding fear. Back in 2003 there was only Friendster and no one talk about SARS, only talk about dating social media is young ppl (below 25) turf.they are the first to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 6 hours ago, The_King said: i wonder what happen. it was not like this during SARS. it like 2 people dont believe each other The past 3days already showed tat the ppl dun trust the powers despite so much preaching not to mass buy... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) 5 hours ago, ManOfTheHour said: I blame social media for adding fear. Back in 2003 there was only Friendster and no one talk about SARS, only talk about dating Social media is jz the weapon... It's the fear monger who used it... The powers used it as well but the ppl went into primal mode and tink abt survival first which is the character of every sb70 Edited February 9, 2020 by XianGe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 2 hours ago, The_King said: social media is young ppl (below 25) turf.they are the first to know. Nowadays 30s/40s also very into social media... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 33 minutes ago, XianGe said: Nowadays 30s/40s also very into social media... well i am not the one that buy a trolley of noodles and at least 20kg of rice those 30/40 should have critical thinking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stemcell Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 LOL $50 worth of veg.... don't surprise got people stock up that much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted February 9, 2020 Share Posted February 9, 2020 28 minutes ago, The_King said: well i am not the one that buy a trolley of noodles and at least 20kg of rice those 30/40 should have critical thinking Still got plenty sb70 who dun tink tat much 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted February 9, 2020 Author Share Posted February 9, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, XianGe said: Still got plenty sb70 who dun tink tat much they only need to stock up when big country go war with another big country Edited February 9, 2020 by The_King 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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