Mandatory Unit Pricing for Essential Food Items in Supermarket and Grocery Store Chains

Mr Leon Perera asked the Minister for Trade and Industry whether the Ministry will consider implementing mandatory unit pricing for necessary food items in supermarket and grocery store chains to promote price transparency and as a check against shrinkflation.

The Price Kaki app, developed by the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE), allows consumers to compare the prices of items sold at supermarkets. On 1 January 2023, CASE introduced a unit pricing feature on Price Kaki, with the aim of covering over 6,000 items by this year. This feature helps consumers to more easily compare the prices of products with different package sizes and across different brands. This will provide insights on the feasibility and net benefits of unit pricing in Singapore, which we will study carefully, together with CASE.