Before the tampines Giant was opened, i always visit the one that is nearer to my house, and it was located at the sembawang shopping centre.
I always bought things from Giant due to its cheap and big variety of things. :D
Furthermore, they also conducted lucky draw frequently !
I always bought foods like Apples ( always seem so fresH ) ,
breads ( they made the bread themselves !) and is only $ 1 !!!! Even the wholemeal bread is only $1.20 .
They also sell sushi, cookies, clothing, meat, .....etc . TOO MUCH FOR ME TO mention.....
However, when the sembawang shopping centre closed down ....i seldom visit Tampines giant ! Because i knew i will bought a lot a lot of staff and SUFFER ! LOL
Like the Gigantic "GIANT " even though i never fail to see the long queue in every counter.
Like their things but not their staff as some of them can be quite "snobby".
OVerall , giant shopping centre is my second choice of shopping in term of distance but the FIRST in value and the variety of things they sell.
I went down to Giant (Tampines) recently to purchase red wine for christmas and the variety was great! I was almost seeing "stars" & abit confused by the great variety of brands available at the wine corner.
The staff tried to be helpful but they too have limited knowledge about red wine so I bought a few different brands with fruity flavours.
Then when I moved down towards the sushi counter, it was really interesting to see that they have sushi, sashimi, pickled items & fresh food but the sushi doesn't look fresh. They looks like they've been mass-produced & not well-made. Although the pricing doesn't seemed expensive but the ingredients used don't look fresh.
I bought a handroll sushi with avocado & those orangey fish roes even tho' the avocado had brown spots on it. Also bought a mix sushi set & a tray of salmon sashimi and sat at the waiting area outside the cashier counters to eat. The handroll tasted ok but the fish roes were very fishy in taste, the seaweed for the mix sushi were soggy, salmon sashimi wasn't as fresh becox there's a very fishy smell even when I added wasabi & soya sauce.
The Giant Supermarket's products are mostly from Malaysia as all of use know Giant was originated from Malaysia. Some of the items are a few cents more expensive than NTUC. But they do have products which are imported from Malaysia which are more cheaper.
Giant Tampines is just besides IKEA so its quite convenient to shop at this supermarket after you have done your shopping at IKEA or COURTS.
With this super big supermarket situated in the east, it greatly benefited those residing at the east. One thing I don't like about Giant is their foodcourt is very small. Even if shoppers want to dine there also hard.
But I do admit their food court has a wide variety of food.
Some even placed their shopping trolley along the walkway just in front of the foodcourt making people hard to walk because the escalator to exit from the supermarket is near to the food court area.
The toilet even worst. Super duper crowded. I guess they should expand their toilets by installing more cubicles.
Hi Everyone! I've got a mix of both positives & areas that I'm not so agreeable about with Giant Megamart @ Tampines too.
But on the whole, I would love to give them some lee-way as all others with a retail chain becox it's challenging to operate large-scale operations even in a small country like Singapore :)
Thus far, apart from the PRC national staff deployed @ the DVD/ video counter (not sure if she's still there), the other staff/ promoters whom I've dealt with @ Giant were very polite & helpful. Sometimes, it does take them quite a while to search or find out & provide customers (like myself) an answer but I do see them putting in an effort to work things out with us.
The cashier counter Q-s are always very long during peak periods, regardless of whichever supermkt U visit in general. I do agree that the PRC cashiers can't converse in English but I was satisfied with their service becox they R polite even when there's a long Q.
One complaint I didn't like is the open-concept of fresh meat, fish - it was a turn-off where hygiene is concerned. People sneezing on them & handling them after picking their noses! Urgh! So I don't buy from that section.
I won't comment much on their pricing as I am not those details type of person.
There are two pros point which make me go there and shop for my grocerries.
1) They open till 12am in the night, for those who work till late and need to get some last minute shopping for next day, this is very convenient as Fair Price closed at 10pm.
2) Free Carpark!!
But I don't like their cashier que.. is way too long during the weekend evening. And some of their cashier from China can't even speak simple english. There's once, this cashier speak Mandarin all the way to a Indian customer all the way, and is funny to see that Indian aunty ponder with tonnes of question mark for that moments! Maybe they thought all ppl in SG can understand Mandarin include our Malay and Indian friends.
I went to pick up my Christmas Turkey and sushi from this outlet, thinking that it is nearer to home. But I regreted.
I didn't want to spend $ on taxi, since I chose Giant for the fact that its turkey and sushi is cheap. But I didn't thought that they would give me such a badly designed cupboard container for the turkey: the handle got torn due to the pressure and I had to hug the whole container like a baby. And the side also gave way, causing my sausage-shaped turkey filling pack to roll and fall onto the floor. And the free bus was so crowded that my hands nearly break from "carrying the baby". Plus a tray of sushi on top. Luckily an auntie asked her "baby" (a 5 year old boy) to give way to my "baby". Else I can't imagine how I survive the bus ride.
Thinking back, I don't understand why would they want to have a Giant there? I know a lot of people drive to Giant for their big groceries shopping, but I don't find a lot of things cheaper than NTUC. And why did the others without cars, also go all the way to bring back such heavy groceries (like me) other than for the real-cheap turkey and sushi?
And I promise myself not to get conned into going there again. Unless I get a car, else I rather not go to Giant in the long-queue bus rides.
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Before the tampines Giant was opened, i always visit the one that is nearer to my house, and it was located at the sembawang shopping centre.
I always bought things from Giant due to its cheap and big variety of things. :D
Furthermore, they also conducted lucky draw frequently !
I always bought foods like Apples ( always seem so fresH ) ,
breads ( they made the bread themselves !) and is only $ 1 !!!! Even the wholemeal bread is only $1.20 .
They also sell sushi, cookies, clothing, meat, .....etc . TOO MUCH FOR ME TO mention.....
However, when the sembawang shopping centre closed down ....i seldom visit Tampines giant ! Because i knew i will bought a lot a lot of staff and SUFFER ! LOL
Like the Gigantic "GIANT " even though i never fail to see the long queue in every counter.
Like their things but not their staff as some of them can be quite "snobby".
OVerall , giant shopping centre is my second choice of shopping in term of distance but the FIRST in value and the variety of things they sell.
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I went down to Giant (Tampines) recently to purchase red wine for christmas and the variety was great! I was almost seeing "stars" & abit confused by the great variety of brands available at the wine corner.
The staff tried to be helpful but they too have limited knowledge about red wine so I bought a few different brands with fruity flavours.
Then when I moved down towards the sushi counter, it was really interesting to see that they have sushi, sashimi, pickled items & fresh food but the sushi doesn't look fresh. They looks like they've been mass-produced & not well-made. Although the pricing doesn't seemed expensive but the ingredients used don't look fresh.
I bought a handroll sushi with avocado & those orangey fish roes even tho' the avocado had brown spots on it. Also bought a mix sushi set & a tray of salmon sashimi and sat at the waiting area outside the cashier counters to eat. The handroll tasted ok but the fish roes were very fishy in taste, the seaweed for the mix sushi were soggy, salmon sashimi wasn't as fresh becox there's a very fishy smell even when I added wasabi & soya sauce.
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The Giant Supermarket's products are mostly from Malaysia as all of use know Giant was originated from Malaysia. Some of the items are a few cents more expensive than NTUC. But they do have products which are imported from Malaysia which are more cheaper.
Giant Tampines is just besides IKEA so its quite convenient to shop at this supermarket after you have done your shopping at IKEA or COURTS.
With this super big supermarket situated in the east, it greatly benefited those residing at the east. One thing I don't like about Giant is their foodcourt is very small. Even if shoppers want to dine there also hard.
But I do admit their food court has a wide variety of food.
Some even placed their shopping trolley along the walkway just in front of the foodcourt making people hard to walk because the escalator to exit from the supermarket is near to the food court area.
The toilet even worst. Super duper crowded. I guess they should expand their toilets by installing more cubicles.
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Hi Everyone! I've got a mix of both positives & areas that I'm not so agreeable about with Giant Megamart @ Tampines too.
But on the whole, I would love to give them some lee-way as all others with a retail chain becox it's challenging to operate large-scale operations even in a small country like Singapore :)
Thus far, apart from the PRC national staff deployed @ the DVD/ video counter (not sure if she's still there), the other staff/ promoters whom I've dealt with @ Giant were very polite & helpful. Sometimes, it does take them quite a while to search or find out & provide customers (like myself) an answer but I do see them putting in an effort to work things out with us.
The cashier counter Q-s are always very long during peak periods, regardless of whichever supermkt U visit in general. I do agree that the PRC cashiers can't converse in English but I was satisfied with their service becox they R polite even when there's a long Q.
One complaint I didn't like is the open-concept of fresh meat, fish - it was a turn-off where hygiene is concerned. People sneezing on them & handling them after picking their noses! Urgh! So I don't buy from that section.
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I won't comment much on their pricing as I am not those details type of person.
There are two pros point which make me go there and shop for my grocerries.
1) They open till 12am in the night, for those who work till late and need to get some last minute shopping for next day, this is very convenient as Fair Price closed at 10pm.
2) Free Carpark!!
But I don't like their cashier que.. is way too long during the weekend evening. And some of their cashier from China can't even speak simple english. There's once, this cashier speak Mandarin all the way to a Indian customer all the way, and is funny to see that Indian aunty ponder with tonnes of question mark for that moments! Maybe they thought all ppl in SG can understand Mandarin include our Malay and Indian friends.
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I went to pick up my Christmas Turkey and sushi from this outlet, thinking that it is nearer to home. But I regreted.
I didn't want to spend $ on taxi, since I chose Giant for the fact that its turkey and sushi is cheap. But I didn't thought that they would give me such a badly designed cupboard container for the turkey: the handle got torn due to the pressure and I had to hug the whole container like a baby. And the side also gave way, causing my sausage-shaped turkey filling pack to roll and fall onto the floor. And the free bus was so crowded that my hands nearly break from "carrying the baby". Plus a tray of sushi on top. Luckily an auntie asked her "baby" (a 5 year old boy) to give way to my "baby". Else I can't imagine how I survive the bus ride.
Thinking back, I don't understand why would they want to have a Giant there? I know a lot of people drive to Giant for their big groceries shopping, but I don't find a lot of things cheaper than NTUC. And why did the others without cars, also go all the way to bring back such heavy groceries (like me) other than for the real-cheap turkey and sushi?
And I promise myself not to get conned into going there again. Unless I get a car, else I rather not go to Giant in the long-queue bus rides.
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