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Riding out the recession – Johor Bahru Supermarkets

February 9th, 2009 florence.tan

Its all over the news. The economy is not doing well. This has translated into pay freeze, reduced work week or even retrenchments for some. And it is not just companies that are tightening their purses. Households are now spending less by eating in, cutting down on entertainment and deferring purchases.

For Singaporeans who visit Johor Bahru, topping up the petrol tank is not the only cost saving measure. With plenty of supermarkets that offer lower price and house brands, why not consider buying your groceries here? Below, we list the “Big 4″ supermarkets that are making a strong presence in Johor Bahru.

1. Giant Supermarket (Click here for details)
Located at Pelangi Leisure Mall , Giant is just 3km away from the Johor Bahru CIQ. Parking is cheap at only RM1.00/entry.

Pros: Very near to Johor Custom, easy to find parking, presence of a Cinema, Bowling Alley and Arcade which can complement your shopping trip.
Cons: Does not have a wide selection of fresh groceries, store is not well lit, plenty of spoil trolleys and rough roads at Car Park.

2. Jusco (Click here for details)
Located within Aeon Tebrau City, Jusco is the anchor tenant occupying 3 storeys of shopping space.

Pros: Very good selection of fresh groceries, neat and organised layout, and there are other interesting shopping outlets within Aeon Tebrau City that complements your trip.
Cons: Relatively far from the Johor Custom (20 mins away), a little tough to find a parking lot on weekends.

3. Carrefour (Click here for details)
Located along the main road just before Aeon Tebrau City.

Pros: Large and organised shopping area.
Cons: There is nothing else around the immediate vicinity. In addition, a little tough to find a parking lot on weekends.

4. Tesco (Click here for details)
Located right besides Aeon Tebrau City

Pros: Good selection of groceries, ample parking space and plenty of house brands selection. In addition, extended operating hours on Fridays and Saturdays.
Cons: Nothing else around the immediate vicinity.

Our favourite supermarkt is Jusco at Aeon Tebrau City. However, most Singaporeans shop at Giant as it is near to the Johor Bahru CIQ.

Whichever supermarket you choose, do remember to put perishable items like fresh milk and bread in your passenger seat compartment. If you put these items in your car boot on a sweltering hot day and brave an unfortunate jam at the causeway, your milk will turn sour even before you reach home!

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6 Comments Add your own

1. frequentjb traveller | February 9th, 2009 at 10:55 PM

Alternate Giants are available at :-
Tampoi
Southern City
Plentong
2. miweekend | February 10th, 2009 at 9:23 PM

One more Giant has lesser crowd. Along with skudai highway, in front of Taman Impian Emas. This probably the least crowded Giant I have ever been to in JB
3. Eguchi Toshinari | April 6th, 2009 at 4:57 AM

Quote:

” … store is not well lit, plenty of spoil trolleys and rough roads at Car Park.”

I’ve been doing my shopping at the Giant Leisure Mall for quite some times now.

IMO, even though the place is not as bright as a football stadium at night time — ie the interior — it’s not dark or eerie at all. I agree however, that the parking area — the areas surrounding the Giant Leisure Mall’s building — is rather dimmed and dark.

Certain sections of the mall don’t even see much human traffic, especially at night.

Spoiled trolleys are the one thing that infuriates and never fails to get on my nerves though. It is really a challenging feat, to steer the trolley on a straight path! I noticed that his phenomenon has existed since the past few years! Giant MUST DO something to arrest this problem, and make sure that this severe annoyance would stop immediately!

Jusco Tebrau City is not exactly on the same par with either Giant or Tesco, or Carrefour hypermarkets.

The goods at Jusco is much more expensive compared to the hypermarkets — for obvious reasons! (I often chuckle to myself whenever I browse through the “organic foods” section at Jusco.)

While Tesco has been praised of late for its cheap products, the limits imposed on how much of a certain product could be purchased during a single shopping trip has put me and some of the people I know off.

Finally, if the main aims are to purchase groceries, in addition to other non-perishable items (eg detergents), I would recommend the would-be shoppers to go to Carrefour hypermarket.

Just next to Carrefour is the Smart market. Smart offers a wide range of fresh produce, groceries, seafood, fruits, etc at a relatively cheap price.

After you’re done shopping at Carrefour, just walk next door to buy your fresh groceries! Things couldn’t have been any convenient as that!
4. SL | June 15th, 2009 at 5:46 PM

where would be a better supermarket to buy organic products then? any idea how to get to AEON Tebrau City from the customs?

thanks!
5. admin | June 16th, 2009 at 11:23 AM

Hi SL, you can refer to this post here:
http://www.limsimi.com/leisure-entertainment-johor-bahru/johor-bahru-shopping/aeon-tebrau-city-johor-bahru/

Tesco is right besides Aeon Tebrau City so you might want to consider going there for shopping as well. See map here:
http://www.limsimi.com/map-of-tesco-johor-bahru/
6. Fu | July 27th, 2009 at 4:33 PM

stay a night in johor then go back is the best solution.you will have enough time for you to go here and there,jusco,tesco,giant,carrefour….etc.as you wish.