Unmanned, 24-hour Cheers convenience stores to be rolled out in SAF camps

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Unmanned, 24-hour Cheers convenience stores to be rolled out in SAF camps
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13 such autonomous stores will be opened across nearly a quarter of all SAF camps by end-2024.

Before entering an unmanned Cheers store, customers will have to scan their Fairprice Group app’s Pay/Earn QR code, or tap their debit or credit card, at the store gantry.

These stores will provide servicemen with easy access to some daily essentials, and a wide variety of food and beverages that are “compliant to the whole-of-government healthier food and beverage policy”, said FPG.In the unmanned stores, customers can walk in, grab the items they need and walk out without having to whip out their phone, credit card or cash to make payment.

The customers’ virtual baskets are updated accordingly and their digital accounts are automatically and securely charged within 10 seconds of them exiting the store. National servicemen who are Link members can also use Linkpoints to offset their purchases by paying with the FPG app.

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