It’s the most wonderful time of the year, indeed! If you’re not feeling the Christmas spirit yet, just amble down to FairPrice and I guarantee you’ll get in the mood in a hurry. I also encourage you to do your shopping early — not only will you skip the stressful crowds, you’ll also get great perks from Fairprice!
I really like FairPrice’s Christmas theme “Happy Ever After”, and the catalog. Adapting (loosely) the tale of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, shoppers follow the Three Bears on a food journey to their Christmas party.
“The bear family usually ate porridge, but for the party, they prepared a marvelous spread of roast beef, sliced ham, log cakes and much more. Goldilocks, famished from her walk in the forest, was simply delighted!”
Now that’s my kind of fairy tale.
Unless you’re channeling Martha Stewart, it makes sense for us busy women to order our Christmas favourites pre-cooked. After all, we only have that much time to buy and wrap presents too!
FairPrice’s prices are remarkably reasonable. Here are some of my top picks*:
• $38.90 for a 4kg roast turkey with chestnut stuffing and cranberry sauce.
• $59.90 for a 2.2kg bone-in roast leg of lamb, with mustard raisin sauce
• $25.90 for a 1.2kg side of Bavarian roast beef
• $21.90 for a 1.8kg whole honey baked ham
• $74.90 for a combo: turkey (4kg average), honey baked ham (1kg) and a German pock knuckle (1.3kg before cooking).
• Chocolate fudge log cake, 1 kg, $19.80 (there’s also Black Forest Vanilla and Mango Log Cake, $22.80 each).
1. Combo: Turkey, Honey Baked Ham and a German Pork Knuckle, 2. Bone-in Roast Leg of lamb with mustard raisin sauce, 3. Bavarian Roast Beef, 4. Honey Baked Ham, 5.Chocolate Fudge Log Cake
If you’re making a Christmas dinner for a small family, or having guests come in and out throughout the day, you can opt for smaller bites like a sausage platter (1.4kg worth of sausages from German Weisswurt to Polish bratwurst), for $35.90.
Be an early bird and order $150 worth of Christmas items before 14 December and you’ll get a Minchinbury Brut Private Cuvee sparkling wine (750ml) free.
Of course, if you’re serious about the “merry” in “Merry Christmas” then you’ll like the drinks selection as well.
• Piper Heidseick Champagne Brut NV in two sizes: 750ml ($64.90) and 1500ml ($125) or
• Fontana Fredda Asti Spumante (sweet fragrant sparkling too, just not French), $50 for a two-pack.
• Brown Brothers twin pack Cienna (red) and Moscato (white), $37.95. At these prices, entertaining is a pleasure.
The variety is so wide this blog can’t fit it all! To enjoy the huge selection open to all shoppers, head for FairPrice’s larger outlets, such as FP Xtra at Ang Mo Kio Hub which carries the full assortment of festive items.
FairPrice is your one-stop shop for Christmas. There are even gifts for everyone in the family: Power Rangers, Hot Wheels, Barbie bags and toys for the kids; metallic festive cushions (“Love”, “Peace”, “Joy”) at $9.90 each for the home, a new electric oven for Mom or maybe a new set of cookware, L’Oreal Men Expert set for Dad, perhaps. For neighbours, bosses or clients, there are Fairprice’s hampers, always delightful to give and to receive.
And in the true tradition of Fairprice, there are prizes for the whole family. Shop at Fairprice between now and 31 December 2009 and you could win $1000 vouchers (50 winners) up to 18 December. The grand draw is on 8 Jan 2010 and the top prize is $10,000 worth of Fairprice vouchers, with eight more prizes of $5000 vouchers each.
So what’s the happy ever after for the kids? Pick up a copy of this catalog and get your kids to draw the conclusion to Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ story. The best 10 entries win a mystery prize each. Plus, you can incentivise them to come and help you shop — they might just meet a roving Santa at Fairprice!
Visit FairPrice Xtra the hypermarts at:
53 , Ang Mo Kio Ave 3 , #B2-26, Ang Mo Kio Hub ,
SINGAPORE 5699331 , Hougang Street 91 , #02-01, Hougang Point ,
SINGAPORE 53869263 , Jurong West Central 3 , #03-01, Jurong Point ,
SINGAPORE 648331For the full list of FairPrice locations, visit http://www.fairprice.com.sg/
*All Christmas orders must be placed three days in advance via order form at any FairPrice store or at selected Deli Order Counters.
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