No shit. Now we can check groceries prices on Ministry for Consumer Affairs' website (see here). It seems the ministry sent some people out to survey the price. A quick check shows that, however, only limited places are covered. Which means probably the area of your house are not covered. My house however, is covered, so i got to know which hypermarket (meaning Carrefour, Jusco, Tesco etc, not Ah Chong Groceries) is having the lowest price. Hehehe.. the limited coverage however is a good start towards spending my tax money a bit wisely.
However, as I was about to shout here that finally someone in the ministry got it right, the Malay Mail reported yesterday that the according to the price surveyed, some same Hypermarket in different states have different price for the same item. The next day, some hypermarkets retorted saying the Ministry got it wrong. Carrefour and Tesco said their prices are the same throughout Peninsular Malaysia while Giant maintain the differences are normal (aiyo, you know lar..those logistic cost, purchasing cost etc).
When contacted, the Minister, Sharir admitted that the differences may be due to human error. He asked for more partcipation from the hypermarkets.
Aiyo, Tesco and Carrefour, if the website really got it wrong, just go tell them where...Is it so hard?
Anyway, the move was a good one. Now we can go online and check before deciding which hypermarket to go. Especially when aroung my house has around 5 or 6 of them, which are, let me count, Jusco, Carrefour, Mydin, Tesco, Giant, Parkson (does it count?), Cold Storage...man i lost count.
Why does this post looks like something i would post in amethyst boy says...? Dunno, maybe i just wanted my friends who are not looking there to know about this. Afterall good news should be shared right?
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1 comment:
u make me feels that u r like those ah sam o aunty who go market to buy grocerries~!
it's hard to believe a guy who will write such a post and concern about this matter~!!
haha~ (^.*)
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