Hero's price coding<\/p>\n
This refers to a letter in The Jakarta Post (July 5) about the
\nrecently-introduced pricing system in the Hero supermarket chain.<\/p>\n
The system is confusing and must be withdrawn if Hero wants to
\nkeep its customers. It is time-consuming for customers to make
\ncomparisons of coded tags. And the battle toward price discovery
\nis an uneven one because ten to one Hero comes out the winner
\nwith today's prices higher than yesterday's.<\/p>\n
Is this a move from the supermarket management to make silent
\nand frequent increases?<\/p>\n
Customers should not be "fait accompli-ed" at the cash
\ncounter. I do not understand why Hero is afraid that its prices
\nare too low. They have always been on the higher side. I started
\npatronizing Hero some 20 years ago.<\/p>\n
These past few years I have been going to other supermarkets
\ntoo, not for their prices but because some are better in their
\nlocal fresh products and others are more varied in their imported
\ngoods. If Hero persists in its coding of prices I think it is
\ntime for me to quit Hero altogether.<\/p>\n
Name and address<\/p>\n
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