When Singapore raised its disease outbreak response level from yellow to orange on Feb 7, shoppers flocked to supermarkets island-wide, stockpiling daily essentials such as toilet paper and rice.
FairPrice has been honouring its exemplary strategic partners since 2014, through the FairPrice Partners Excellence Awards event. Among 150 award winners are many homegrown small- and medium-sized enterprises , notes FairPrice Group chief procurement officer Tng Ah Yiam. For the sixth year running, Cheers, FairPrice Foundation and Yeo Hiap Seng pledged $0.20 for each purchase of Yeo’s beverages at Cheers and FairPrice Xpress stores island-wide from Aug 1 to Sept 15, 2019. A total of $20,000 was raised and donated to registered not-for-profit charity organisation TOUCH Community Services.
Says F&N Foods managing director Jennifer See: “It’s been great working with FairPrice, our like-minded, trusted and valued partner. Together, we have forged new frontiers and worked on innovation projects like driving healthier choices. F&N is committed to deepening its partnership with FairPrice, and we look forward to growing the business together.”Making room for growth
There is also strong rapport between FairPrice and international names, such as Nestlé Singapore, which won in three categories — Top Business Partner Award, Top Brand Excellence Award, and Top Supplier Category Award.