NTUC FairPrice
supermarket chain in Singapore
NTUC FairPrice is the largest supermarket chain in Singapore. The company is a co-operative of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC). The group has more than 100 supermarkets across the island, with over 160 outlets of Cheers convenience stores island-wide.
NTUC FairPrice has partnered with ExxonMobil to run several stations with a FairPrice branding at the minimarts at their stations. The supermarket has the slogan "Singapore's very own".
History
In November 1972, NTUC announced its new consumer co-operative named Welcome, which opened in February 1973. On 22 July 1973, Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew opened the first supermarket at Block 192, Toa Payoh Lorong 4, and it was the first of its kind.
On 19 January 1982, NTUC president Peter Vincent and NTUC secretary-general Lim Chee Onn were appointed as a life trustees of Welcome. In May 1982, NTUC announced the merger of Welcome and Singapore Employees Cooperative (SEC). Welcome owned 15 retail outlets, two department stores, and a rice-packing unit, and SEC owned 19 supermarkets, four home appliance showrooms, two self-service coffee shops, and a printing workshop.
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