Where do you buy your monthly groceries?

Originally Posted by spandhana

Hi Abhi,

Nice u ordered to CT for a change,but make sure to go thru ur checklist and check all the items r good or not(esp veg).If any no,return to them immediately and deduct that amount.

Hey, if possible, do try to bring some choclate pills for indigestion.will enjoy.


Cheers,
Spandhana

Dear Spandana
So nice of you for giving the tips. I will do it.

I will bring the pills for indigestion and I think sarada will be standing with a big stone on her doorstep to put on my head.

Hey Abhi,

Dont fear.She will be dropping a huge bulk of parathas on ur head instead of a stone.

Cheers,
Spandhana

Hi Vijee
true as u say all the prices do hav gone up infact likea rocket.n frm yday the indian stores hav run out of stock of indian ponni rice.n the lady was telling tht the same will b with urad dal too.
if tht is the case then v will hav to ask Sarada for noodles n manchuris rather than parathas.n this is for sure tht Sarada will b waiting either with parathas or the block.
so ladies lets b prepd with a gd hand gloves n jogging shoes to flea(just kidding Sarada)

raji

Originally Posted by AbhiSing

Hi raji,

Not only the rice price has gone up almost all the groceries prices has gone up. Imagine, the price of 1Litre gingelly oil is S$ 8. 20, while 3 months ago, it was 4.50 only and 3 weeks ago, it was 6.50.

However, i have not stocked up rice for fear of small bugs, that will spoil the rice when we store it for long time.
How about you? (I think we shud start a seperate threat for the increased prices)

Hey everyone,
Long time didn't visit our own Singi thread. Yes the prices have gone up like anything. But one good thing is gold price seems to come down(almost $40.70) as of today. Invariably I buy groceries from Mustafa and veggies from Pasir Panjang whole sale market. I always buy BIG packet of onions and potatoes as they r just $4.00 or so. If I need any indian veggies, I buy them from Tekka area.
If anyone is very particular about urid dall for iddli, I always buy Jangiri ulundu from Selvi brand. Usually it can be bought from their shop near andhra curry. This ulundu seems to be much better than any other brand. Catch u all later.
lilly

hiya,

i tend to buy from Aachi shop, with 2 kids and going to shopping is a pain. Though i do sometimes when i really have to. I find the achi shop okay as they deliver to my place. Only thing i hate is, they come very late, if you stay in condo, they normally have some issues after the 9pm time frame.

Dinesh.

Originally Posted by Lilly07

Hey everyone,
Long time didn't visit our own Singi thread. Yes the prices have gone up like anything. But one good thing is gold price seems to come down(almost $40.70) as of today. Invariably I buy groceries from Mustafa and veggies from Pasir Panjang whole sale market. I always buy BIG packet of onions and potatoes as they r just $4.00 or so. If I need any indian veggies, I buy them from Tekka area.
If anyone is very particular about urid dall for iddli, I always buy Jangiri ulundu from Selvi brand. Usually it can be bought from their shop near andhra curry. This ulundu seems to be much better than any other brand. Catch u all later.
lilly

Hi Lilly,
You are welcome here anytime!
Yes gold prices are coming down , still waiting to come down below $40.
Whole sale markets, you can get goods for reasonable price. Lucky for you that you can go there.

Originally Posted by dbirlase

hiya,

i tend to buy from Aachi shop, with 2 kids and going to shopping is a pain. Though i do sometimes when i really have to. I find the achi shop okay as they deliver to my place. Only thing i hate is, they come very late, if you stay in condo, they normally have some issues after the 9pm time frame.

Dinesh.

Hi
Welcome to IL and this thread.
Yes some of them deliver late nights and it is trouble some because of that.

Originally Posted by spandhana

Hi Abhi,

Nice u ordered to CT for a change,but make sure to go thru ur checklist and check all the items r good or not(esp veg).If any no,return to them immediately and deduct that amount.

Hey, if possible, do try to bring some choclate pills for indigestion.will enjoy.


Cheers,
Spandhana

Dear SingIlites,

I ordered on a saturday from chennai trading and they said that they will deliver it the following monday. Monday came and went but no deliveries. I called them by tuesday afternoon and got the reply that they will deliver it that evening (without apologies). On wednesday afternoon I called them again since I ordered all the veggies also from them for that week. This time also they replied that they are trying?!! to send as it is raining?!!!(As if it is Andhaman Islands and they need to send it by boat from one place to another. You all know Sing being a tiny island will take 1 hour the maximum even from one end to the other end.) And this is 2 days after their promised delivery date and they dont have the word sorry in their vocabulary list. Then my DH called them around 8.00 pm to ask them abt it. The same lady who answered told that she will get back whether they will deliver that day. And...you all guessed right! she didnt get back at all! Then by 11.20 pm, the delivery man called me asking whther I wanted them to come as they were in Tampines and will take some time to reach my place. I had enough of them by that time and told him tnot to come to my place and I would speak to their shop in the morning.

Here is the hilarious part of my pathetic story!.. Morning came and I called the shop and explained to the man what happened and told him that I would like to cancel the order. The man listened to me and finally had the audacity to answer me..OK madam! and then put down the phone...!( You may ask me what is hilarious about it...It is me who the laughing stock among my dear friends ..who else?!)

Either they are dumbheaded or want to close their business soon..I dont know, if they dont change their attitude and this type of behaviour, God knows what will happen to that name Chennai Trading!!!

Hi Vijee
for a moment i was just dumbstruck after reading ur post.do such things happen here too bcoz as u said its such a small island tht they can deliver the gds within short time n inspite of tht this behaviour frm them,,,,,,,................

raji

Hi Abhi,

I hadn't really imagined that u will go thru such a worse(more than bad) incident.First of all, i am feeling guilty bcoz its me who referred u that CT with caution .
let me apologize to u at this juncture.Even i had a bad experience with them so many times but not as worse as urs.I wonder what these people r up to?

Thank godddd,atleast ur money is not a waste.
heyy,cheer up! dont worry that ur running out of groceries,sure,sarada will come up with parathas atleast now.(just kidding)

once again sorry abhi

cheers,
spandhana