Chinese New Year Is Here
Chinese New Year is finally upon us, and we are ready to begin our annual binge eating of delicacies like scrumptious pineapple tarts and crispy love letters – but what happens when you run low on supplies?
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Supermarkets Open
Whether you need to restock your arsenal of CNY goodies or take a breather from your inquisitive relatives, you will find a warm (or rather, cold) welcome at our local supermarkets, as many of them will be open during the festive period.
To help you out, we’ve compiled a guide to the operating hours of supermarkets over the CNY period.
FairPrice
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24 Hours
These FairPrice outlets will be open 24 hours throughout the festive period.
- Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1 (Block 215)
- Bedok North Street 4 (Block 89)
- Bishan Street 24 (Block 279)
- Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 (Block 280)
- Bukit Batok West Avenue 8 (Block 166)
- Chai Chee Avenue (Block 29B)
- Clementi Avenue 2 (Block 352)
- Geylang Lorong 38 (No. 612)
- Hougang Avenue 4 (Block 682)
- Jalan Kayu (Block 447A)
- Jalan Tiga (Block 41)
- Jurong East Street 31 (Block 345)
- Jurong West Street 41 (Block 498)
- Lengkong Tiga (Block 110)
- New Upper Changi Road (Block 57)
- Sembawang Way (Block 355)
- Sengkang East Avenue (Block 279)
- Siglap New Market
- Tampines Street 11 (Block 138)
- Teban Gardens Road (Block 37)
- Telok Blangah Street 32 (Block 78A)
- Yishun Ring Road (Block 239)
- Yishun Ring Road (Block 414)
Jan 27 (CNY Eve)
Outlets at:
- Punggol Drive (Block 612) will operate from 7am-11pm.
- Changi Terminal 3 will operate from 7am-11pm.
All remaining stores will open till 5pm, except for the 24-hour ones.
Jan 28 (CNY Day 1)
Outlets at:
- Punggol Drive (Block 612) will operate from 7am-11pm.
- Changi Airport Terminal 3 will operate from 7am-5pm.
All remaining stores will be closed, except for the 24-hour ones.
Jan 29 (CNY Day 2)
Normal operating hours will resume on Jan 29 for all branches, but these will remain closed:
- ITE Ang Mo Kio
- Square 2
- 100 AM
- Scotts Square
- Bukit Panjang Market
For more information, you can visit the FairPrice website here.
Giant
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Giant supermarkets will largely open at its usual hours, but for a few minor changes at these outlets:
Jan 27
- The Grandstand, 8am-11pm
- Pioneer Mall, 7am-11pm
- Sembawang Shopping Centre, 8am-11pm
Jan 29
- Sembawang Shopping Centre, 9am-11pm
Jan 27-29
- Geylang East 118, 6am-2pm
- Tampines Mart, 7am-12am
- Jalan Kuras, 7am-12am
- Tanjong Katong Complex, 6am-12am
For the full list of opening and closing timings of Giant supermarkets, you can refer to this.
Sheng Siong
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Jan 27
All Sheng Siong stores will operate till 4pm except this one, which will be closed:
- Penjuru Walk
Jan 28-29
16 stores will be open from 8am-6pm:
- Bukit Batok
- Bedok Central 209
- Upper Boon Keng
- Clementi 720
- Chin Swee 52
- Elias Mall
- Geylang 301
- Yishun Junction Nine
- Jurong SuperBowl
- Segar
- Serangoon North
- Teban Gardens
- Tampines Central
- Tanglin Halt
- Woodlands Industrial Park E7
- Yishun 845
See Sheng Siong’s CNY opening hours here.
Cold Storage
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24 Hours
These outlets will be open 24 hours from Jan 27-29.
- Aperia
- Cluny Court
- Holland
- Jelita
- Rail Mall
- Nex
- Siglap Village
Jan 27
Most outlets will be open from 8am-7pm, barring these:
- Bugis Junction, 9am-6pm
- Havelock II, 10am-6pm
- Marina Bay Sands, 9am-11.30pm
- Takashimaya, 10am-5.30pm
- UE Square, 8am-6pm
- VivoCity, 9am-10pm
- Hill View Market Place, 8am-8pm
- Katong Market Place, 9am-7pm
- Jasons Ion, 10am-8pm
- Jasons Orchard, 8am-10.30pm
- Jasons Quayside, 8am-8pm
Jan 28
Most outlets will be open from 10am-9pm except the following:
- Marina Bay Sands, 9am-11.30pm
- Novena, 10am-7pm
- NUS Kent Vale, 10am-7pm
- United Square, 10am-7pm
- Vivo City, 9am-10pm
- Hill View Market Place, 10am-11pm
- Katong Market Place, 9am-9pm
- Tanglin Market Place, 9am-10pm
- Jasons ION, 10am-7pm
- Jasons Orchard, 8am-10.30pm
- Jasons Quayside, 8am-8pm
- Havelock II, closed
- Takashimaya, closed
Jan 29
Most stores will resume normal operating hours, except for these:
- Alocassia, 10am-10pm
- Chancery Court, 9am-10pm
- Clementi Arcade, 9am-10pm
- Compass One, 9am-10pm
- Greenwood, 8am-10pm
- Guthrie House, 8am-10pm
- Marina Bay Sands, 9am-11pm
- Novena, 10am-7pm
- NUS Kent Vale, 10am-7pm
- Orchard Hotel, 8am-10pm
- Sime Darby, 9am-10pm
- Star Vista, 9am-11pm
- UE Square, 8.30am-10pm
- United Square, 10am-7pm
- Vivo City, 9am-10pm
- West Coast Plaza, 9am-10pm
- Hill View Market Place, 9am-11pm
- Katong Market Place, 9am-10pm
- Raffles Market Place, 8am-11pm
- Tanglin Market Place, 9am-10pm
- James ION, 10am-10.30pm
- James Orchard, 8am-10.30pm
- James Quayside, 8am-8pm
- Havelock II, closed
- Takashimaya, closed
The full list of opening hours for Cold Storage outlets can be found here.
Happy Chinese New Year
Now you won’t have to worry about running out of CNY goodies any more, as you can visit a nearby supermarket to replenish your stocks.
Wishing everyone a blessed and happy Chinese New Year.
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