HCMC – Big C supermarket chain has registered to join the price stabilization program in HCMC with pork and a number of goods bearing its own brands available on shelves.
By Minh Tam - The Saigon Times Daily
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| A staff member inspects eBon ham products at a Big C workshop. The French-invested supermarket has registered to put these products under the city’s price stabilization program - Photo: Minh Tam |
HCMC – Big C supermarket chain has registered to join the price stabilization program in HCMC with pork and a number of goods bearing its own brands available on shelves.
According to Le Ngoc Dao, deputy director of the city’s Department of Industry and Trade, Big C has sent its registration form to the department, saying it wants to take part in the program with pork and Wow-labeled products as its own brand at its stores citywide. The French-invested supermarket says it will not receive soft loans which are designed to support participating firms in the program.
At the request of the local government, on Wednesday inspectors in charge of the price stabilization program had a fact-finding trip to the pork and eBon ham processing workshop of Big C to check the products’ quality. After the trip, the inspectors will submit the result to the city’s leaders for the final conclusion.
Duong Thi Quynh Trang, Public Relations manager of Big C, said her supermarket buys pork from D&F Food Processing Factory under Dong Nai Industrial Food Corporation, San Miguel Pure Foods Company (Vietnam) in Binh Duong Province and the supplier Hoang Thy in Dong Nai Province. Besides, the supermarket has commodities bearing its brands produced by other local partners.