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Hongkongers pack major supermarkets amid ‘price war’ on eve of Mother’s Day

ParknShop and Wellcome offer 12 per cent discounts for purchases above HK$168, while HKTVmall offers up to 15 per cent off for physical store customers

3-MIN READ3-MIN ListenConnor MycroftPublished: 5:06pm, 9 May 2026Hongkongers packed the aisles of supermarkets with carts full of daily necessities as the city’s major grocery chains engaged in what some were calling a “price war” ahead of Mother’s Day.

Hong Kong’s two major supermarket chains, CK Hutchison Holdings-backed ParknShop and Jardine Matheson’s Wellcome, each offered 12 per cent off everything in their stores for those who bought a certain amount of goods on Saturday.

HKTVmall, the city’s popular online shopping platform, entered the fray and offered an even bigger discount – up to 15 per cent off – for those who shopped at one of its physical stores, as well as for home delivery and self-pickup.

At a Wellcome store in Sheung Wan, 50-year-old civil servant Ricky Ngai was seen with a shopping trolley filled with a dozen cans of Campbell’s soup.

Aside from the overall 12 per cent discount on purchases over HK$168 (US$21.50), the shop was also giving away free baked beans, chicken broth, and Indomie instant noodles to customers who bought six cans of soup.

“I bought 12 so I could get two of the free gifts,” he said with a big smile.

Read original at South China Morning Post

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