Dishonest Sinkies Costing Local Supermarkets $150k A Year In Stolen Baskets And Carts

JohnTan · Jan 12, 2016

SINGAPORE: Despite appeals to shoppers to not take trolley baskets and shopping carts home, they still go missing, according to some local supermarket chains.

A spokesperson with Sheng Siong said on average, the supermarket chain lost about 180 trolley baskets each month in 2015. Cold Storage, which also operates the chain of Giant supermarkets in Singapore, said its Giant outlet in Jurong East lost about 600 trolley baskets last year. It has since made a police report over the losses.

The company said there have been similar cases at other outlets, but the problem tapered off when customers were reminded not to take the baskets away.

Even as supermarkets deal with the issue of trolley baskets going missing, the problem of shopping carts going missing continues. This is despite notices in supermarkets that remind customers that shopping carts are for use within the store or mall, and are not to be trundled away.

FairPrice said that over the past two years, about 1,000 shopping carts go missing from its stores each month. It said it costs S$150,000 a year to recover and repair, or to replace the carts.

Sheng Siong loses about 90 shopping carts a month, and together with the trolley baskets, said that losses come up to S$10,000.

- CH8/dl

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/missing-trolley-baskets/2419900.html?cid=fbsg

jw5 · Jan 12, 2016

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Excuse me, will all those fucking inconsiderate thieves who steal supermarket trolleys, baskets or trolley-baskets, please return them? Thanks. :biggrin:

frenchbriefs · Jan 13, 2016

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i bet most of the shopping carts are stolen by fts or foreign workers looking to sell them to junk yards or recycle into scrap metal....90 percent of sinkies live in hdbs or condos where the hell are we going to keep these shopping carts?

syed putra · Jan 13, 2016

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They should design cheaper carts with satellite tacking.

winnipegjets · Jan 13, 2016

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Alamak, there is a technology that locks up the cart wheels when it is pushed beyond a certain distance from the monitor. Supermarkets are just cheap.

eatshitndie · Jan 13, 2016

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can double up as carts for cardboard collection for leisure and exercise. very productive and healthy.

iamhere · Jan 13, 2016

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JohnTan said:
SINGAPORE: Despite appeals to shoppers to not take trolley baskets and shopping carts home, they still go missing, according to some local supermarket chains.

A spokesperson with Sheng Siong said on average, the supermarket chain lost about 180 trolley baskets each month in 2015. Cold Storage, which also operates the chain of Giant supermarkets in Singapore, said its Giant outlet in Jurong East lost about 600 trolley baskets last year. It has since made a police report over the losses.

The company said there have been similar cases at other outlets, but the problem tapered off when customers were reminded not to take the baskets away.

Even as supermarkets deal with the issue of trolley baskets going missing, the problem of shopping carts going missing continues. This is despite notices in supermarkets that remind customers that shopping carts are for use within the store or mall, and are not to be trundled away.

FairPrice said that over the past two years, about 1,000 shopping carts go missing from its stores each month. It said it costs S$150,000 a year to recover and repair, or to replace the carts.

Sheng Siong loses about 90 shopping carts a month, and together with the trolley baskets, said that losses come up to S$10,000.

- CH8/dl

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/missing-trolley-baskets/2419900.html?cid=fbsg

where in the article did it mention "singaporeans"?

stolen baskets and carts, "rioting", eating and spitting in public transport, calling singapore public transport "stench...", nation having to build bicycle parking at MRT (which makes singapore look more kampong), all these happen when.......

Froggy · Jan 13, 2016

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It's time for sinkies to upgrade

50000 · Jan 13, 2016

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who ask them to remove all the chap hey tiams and mama shops from HDB void decks and force everyone to go shopping at CUNT in the stupid dog-owned mall and we have to use the unreliable LRT/MRT/buses.....

Lizzert · Jan 13, 2016

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Make supermarkets pay COE for their trolleys

Brightkid · Jan 13, 2016

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These mega supermarkets are really cheapskates.

So many other countries's supermarkets already installed wheel cramping devises should the trolleys go beyond short distance from the supermarket, say to carpark or road-side pickup points. Cheap and easy solution and save all the cost of trolley replacements.

What are they complaining about? They can also claim PIC if they had not already exhausted their limit!

tonychat · Jan 13, 2016

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That is why i say stay away from sinkies...whole bunch of fucking losers who screwed by govt painfully.. then vent it on the trolley. Have some balls to throw out the PAP govt lah.

stupid ball-less sinkies.

Hans168 · Jan 13, 2016

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jw5 said:
Excuse me, will all those fucking inconsiderate thieves who steal supermarket trolleys, baskets or trolley-baskets, please return them? Thanks.

I hv seen the f trashes taking them home........... go to condos with lots of ah nehs & you will see the stolen stuff

.......oso PRC & Burmese enclaves!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cerebral · Jan 13, 2016

Fairprice makes abt 1bn a year and Shengsiong 500mn. 150k is peanuts

Cerebral · Jan 13, 2016

50000 said:
who ask them to remove all the chap hey tiams and mama shops from HDB void decks and force everyone to go shopping at CUNT in the stupid dog-owned mall and we have to use the unreliable LRT/MRT/buses.....

Mama shops and provision shops are killed by Fairprice. Back then, when FP prices higher than provision shops, they would send a team down to the provision shop to force their prices up. The when they grew big enough and their collective buying became bigger, they under cut prices. Provision shops also die cock stand.

Leckmichamarsch · Jan 16, 2016

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Cerebral said:
Mama shops and provision shops are killed by Fairprice. Back then, when FP prices higher than provision shops, they would send a team down to the provision shop to force their prices up. The when they grew big enough and their collective buying became bigger, they under cut prices. Provision shops also die cock stand.

much like PAP using taxpayers' money to browbeat WP..............

frenchbriefs · Jan 16, 2016

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Cerebral said:
Mama shops and provision shops are killed by Fairprice. Back then, when FP prices higher than provision shops, they would send a team down to the provision shop to force their prices up. The when they grew big enough and their collective buying became bigger, they under cut prices. Provision shops also die cock stand.

sheng siong also started in the hdb heartlands but they took off,blame it on the provision shops lack of prowess and business acumen and ability to adapt to changing market forces and consumer tastes.

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