The system of 800 points of sale under the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Trading Cooperatives (Saigon Co.op) including Co.opmart, Co.opXtra, Co.op Food... has officially entered the peak business season for Tet.

With the theme "Come to Co.op to bring Tet home", Tet goods have filled the shelves of Co.opmart, Co.opXtra, Co.op Food... with rich promotional programs, exciting experiential activities helping purchasing power at points of sale increase by 30 - 40% compared to previous business months.

Imported fruits are confidently purchased by customers at the Co.opmart and Co.opxtra systems - Photo: Saigon Co.op

In order to proactively source supply and ensure stable prices to serve people's consumption needs in the 3 months before, during and after the Lunar New Year 2025, a representative of Saigon Co.op said that the supermarket has proactively developed a plan and organized the implementation of stockpiling goods since mid-2024 with a total reserve output of more than 12,000 tons. Most of the budget is prioritized for 9 groups of market stabilization goods including: rice, sugar, cooking oil, livestock meat, poultry meat, poultry eggs, processed foods, vegetables, fruits, seafood with an increase of 30 - 50% compared to normal months, corresponding to a total value of up to 10,000 billion VND.

The remainder is for other food and non-food items and Tet specialties. In addition to the program to stabilize the market of food, essential food and consumer goods for Tet At Ty 2025.

The Tet promotion program with the theme "Come to Co.op to bring Tet home" takes place continuously for 59 days from December 1, 2024 to January 28, 2025, with 3,500 heavily discounted items to help consumers save money to welcome the new spring.

Customers choose to buy fresh seafood at the Co.opmart system - Photo: Saigon Co.op

Since the beginning of the third quarter, Co.opmart and Co.opXtra have proactively coordinated with manufacturers and suppliers to prepare 2-3 times more goods for sale in the system than usual, especially goods serving Tet such as cakes, jams, candies, ham, sausages, livestock meat, poultry, seafood, vegetables, fruits, banh chung and banh tet...

At the same time, the supermarket also cooperates with partners to increase the frequency of checking the quality of goods, going through 3 inspection steps before reaching customers: at the production site, at the distribution center and quick testing before being placed on supermarket shelves.

Quality control of goods is a key task that Saigon Co.op strictly maintains with a clearly and specifically planned strategy. The indicators that are checked include: antibiotics in seafood, pesticide residues, microbiological indicators, growth stimulants, borax, formalin, bleach, etc. Co.opmart and Co.opXtra pay special attention to items with a short shelf life that often contribute to daily meals.

Saigon Co.op strictly checks fresh food inputs to ensure quality goods reach consumers - Saigon Co.op

Saigon Co.op is one of 8 major distributors in Ho Chi Minh City participating in the program "Controlling the quality of goods in Ho Chi Minh City", abbreviated as "Green Tick of Responsibility". In which, Saigon Co.op signed contracts with 23 suppliers, and at the same time encouraged more suppliers to learn about and participate in the program.

The program aims to orient production through market signals, on the principles of voluntariness, transparency and honesty.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/saigon-co-op-giu-binh-on-gia-tang-cuong-hang-hoa-tet-nguyen-dan-2025-20241228082446894.htm