PARKnSHOP and Knorr’s volunteer teams joined hands to promote food rescue during the City Food Drive Volunteer Day. At the Food Angel’s Community Centre, they prepared meal boxes and enjoyed fun time with the elders. There was also an outreach team to deliver meal boxes and goodie bags to the underprivileged living in Shamshuipo district.
This year marks the 8th annual City Food Drive hosted by PARKnSHOP Hong Kong, held in partnership with Food Angel, providing meal boxes for people in need. Customers can donate food from 8 essential categories at collection points in all stores while enjoying special offers.
PARKnSHOP Hong Kong’s charity partner YWCA has made a good use of the cash coupons sponsored by PARKnSHOP, sharing the festive joy of Chinese New Year with over 100 elders living in the elderly home by preparing traditional and delicious meals.
In response to company-wide environmental protection and paper waste reduction drive, MoneyBack members can review and download digital receipt in the MoneyBack App after shopping at PARKnSHOP and Watsons Hong Kong physical stores. This will improve member’s consumption habits and advocate the concept of waste reduction by going paperless.
Since its launch in mid-September, the 4-week MoneyBack “Get Rewards Around The Town” 18 District Cross-Merchant Consumer Spending Stimulation Reward Scheme (“the Scheme”) has joined hands with 300 merchants and almost 3,000 stores in 18 districts, continuously bringing fabulous offers to the neighborhoods! The Scheme has drawn overwhelming responses, especially in Shatin district, from almost 600,000 participations in four weeks. Members have also set surprising record, the first customer successfully earned 8 eStamps and redeemed WatsMask on the 1st day of the Scheme, while some members have completed the eStamp journey for a record high of 5 times within a month! MoneyBack is delighted to launch the 2nd wave on 18 November (Wednesday) in bringing more exclusive offers while also initiating members to “Do Good ‧ Share Love” with us – matching donation of WatsMask to the charitable organization Food Angel and solicit members’ support to social enterprises. Let’s keep supporting our neighborhood together!
Following the announcement of Cash Food Coupon to give back to the underprivileged, PARKnSHOP is delighted to roll out the “Cheer Up! Smile & Win Lucky Draw” (the Luck Draw) today, as part of the plan to rebate to the general public in the second tranche of Employment Support Scheme (ESS), which has been accepted by the government. As per government’s request, supermarket chains should give back to the customers without conditions, and it shouldn’t be bundled with any promotional or membership privileges so PARKnSHOP will roll out the Lucky Draw. Without any purchase required, the general public can enter the lucky draw and stand a chance to win HK$100 supermarket vouchers by providing the month and date of birth* and a valid Hong Kong mobile phone number through online or hotline registration from 12 to 18 October 2020, participant name and Hong Kong Identity Card number are not required. To bring more joy to Hong Kong people, on top of the committed $32 million cash vouchers, PARKnSHOP will add 10 Grand Prizes of “1-Minute Free Shopping Spree” and 3,000 “Exclusive-for-You” Product Sets, in addition to the ESS proposal on giving back to customers. Combining the supermarket cash vouchers that will be given out to 320,000 winners, the total value of the lucky draw prizes is over HK$32 Million!
PARKnSHOP has already delivered the Cash Food Coupons to 27 NGO Partners today and all food coupons valued at over HK$40.9 million will be distributed to 204,500 beneficiaries starting from later this week till end-October, in a bid to help the underprivileged including the low-income families, elderly and disabled persons. The food coupon programme has been accepted by the Government as the rebate measure for the underprivileged in the second tranche of the Employee Supporting Scheme.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a tremendous impact on the economy and even the livelihood of the underprivileged. In an effort to give back to the community, PARKnSHOP Hong Kong has distributed food coupons with a total value at over HK$40 million in October through the network of 27 charity partners. The beneficiaries, including the low-income family, elderly and disabled persons, can use the vouchers to redeem daily necessities and food at PARKnSHOP stores. It is estimated that over 204,500 people will be benefited.
Thanks to all charity partners, PARKnSHOP can reach out to the underprivileged and help them get through the difficult times.
Following the announcement of Food Coupon Scheme to give back to the underprivileged, PARKnSHOP Hong Kong is delighted to roll out the “Cheer Up! Smile & Win Lucky Draw” today, as part of the plan to rebate to the general public in the second phase of Employment Support Scheme (ESS), which has been accepted by the government.
The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has brought a tremendous impact on the Hong Kong economy and even the livelihood of the underprivileged. The unemployment rate has soared to 6.1%, while the rate of some industries such as retail, accommodation and food services even hits 14.4%.
