The first supermarket in Vietnam - Saigon 1960s !!!

[BoQ77]

The first supermarket in Vietnam - Nguyen Du supermarket, established in 1967.
Tell me, when your first supermarket created ?

100,000th customer

 

[Aepsilons]

Tell me, when your first supermarket created ?

hmm, a long time ago, lol.

 

[Nan Yang]

The first Supermarket in Kuala Lumpur must be the Campbell Shopping Center opened in 1973.
I even found an old photo.

 

[cnleio]

In Republic of Vietnam ?

 

[BoQ77]

@Cossack25A1 : I believe that Philippines has their first supermarket earlier than Vietnam.

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Cesar B. Azcona

Founder

January 23, 1969. With the need to upgrade the standard of retailing to meet the ever increasing demands of the consumer and introducing reforms in the retail industry, a group of enterprising supermarket operators met to form a movement that will address these concerns. Thus, the then named Philippine Association of Supermarket Operators was conceived. Shortly thereafter in May of 1969, the name was changed to the Philippine Association Of Supermarkets, Inc. (PASI).

The original incorporators were Cesar B. Azcona of the Tropical Hut Foodmart, Honesto Ong of Cherry Foodarama, Teodoro T. Bacani of Bacani’s Supermarket, Virginia S. Syjuco of South Supermarket, William Abayang of SYA Supermarket, Lourdes G. Rodriguez of New Acme Supermarket, Franscisco G. Dinglasan of MIA Supermarket, Hernan Jopson of Jopson’s Supermarket, and Rolando L. Garcia of Garcia’s Grocery.


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This is an old photo of the Fitzpatrick's supermarket at Orchard Road in the 1960s.

How many of us could remember about the modernised supermarket shopping concept in Singapore, the first-ever Cold Storage and Fitzpatrick's (no longer in business in Singapore now)?

Established in 1903, Cold Storage was the child of the Industrial Revolution and Pax Britannica, when Singapore was the “Clapham Junction of the Eastern Seas”. Together with electricity and refrigeration, it allowed European agents of change - the colonial civil servants, merchants, miners, planters, traders - to acclimatise to living in the tropics. It can thus be said that if there were no Cold Storage the modern history of Singapore would probably be quite different.

In its early days, the Company's primary concern was to have a quick and profitable turnover of its imported meats and range of products. Later, Cold Storage shifted from counter-service to self-service, introducing the supermarket to Singapore. Then the Company pioneered the concept of multiple retailing, capitalising on bulk buying and economies of scale. [Excerpt from Cold Storage ].

For the first person experience from my classmate Tan Kim Choon, who contributed his essay on "Supermarket Shopping" published in the Outram Annual 1962 to share with the alumni group discussion on Facebook at "Outram Secondary School Alumni Group" on Facebook.

The supermarket is one of the best places to shop in. We can shop in air-conditioned comfort, in either Fitzpatrick's or the Singapore Cold Storage, the two supermarkets in town. Although things are a little more expensive, people like doing are a little more expensive, people like doing their shopping in a supermarket because it is much easier, and cleaner; the customer is free from annoying attentions of the counter assistants and she can take her own time to make her choice.

One day my aunt took my sister and I to Fitzpatrick's. As soon as we reached the entrance, we stepped on the doormat and the door opened at once. Wow! our eyes nearly popped out at such a variety of goods displayed so attractively. We went in and Aunt took a push-cart to carry all the things we were going to buy. As we walked among the rows of tinned food, Aunt took a tin of cocktail sausages and one of peaches. Next she bought a pound of ham and some other frozen foodstuffs. The she said, "I think we'd better go home, for the longer we stay the more things once. Wow! our eyes nearly popped out at such a variety of goods displayed so attractively. We went in and Aunt took a push-cart to carry all the things Aunt took a push-cart to carry all the things we were going to buy. As we walked among the rows of tinned food, Aunt took a tin of cocktail sausages and one of peaches. Next she bought a pound of ham and some other frozen foodstuffs. The she said, "I think we'd better go home, for the longer we stay the more things we'd be tempted to buy." But my sister and I pleaded with her for a treat.

So she left the things in the care of a shop assistant and brought us up to the restaurant to have a snack. I had club sandwich and a cup of tea, and so did my sister and Aunt. After our snack we went down. Aunt took her purchases from the shop assistant and placed them on the paying counter where she paid for them. Than a peon carried the things to her car and she tipped him for his service. I went home happy because I had enjoyed myself thoroughly at the supermarket.

TAN KIM CHOON
Sec IB, 1962

 

[NarThoD]

Mall Sarinah, The first Mall in Jakarta, started to build in 1963 and finished in 1967. President Obama and her mother are often visiting this mall during his childhood in Jakarta.

In 1970's

in 1960's

In 1990's

McDonald to open in Sarinah, 1991

Bike park, in 1992

Current condition

 

[Cossack25A1]

@Cossack25A1 : I believe that Philippines has their first supermarket earlier than Vietnam.

----------------------------
Cesar B. Azcona

Founder

January 23, 1969. With the need to upgrade the standard of retailing to meet the ever increasing demands of the consumer and introducing reforms in the retail industry, a group of enterprising supermarket operators met to form a movement that will address these concerns. Thus, the then named Philippine Association of Supermarket Operators was conceived. Shortly thereafter in May of 1969, the name was changed to the Philippine Association Of Supermarkets, Inc. (PASI).

The original incorporators were Cesar B. Azcona of the Tropical Hut Foodmart, Honesto Ong of Cherry Foodarama, Teodoro T. Bacani of Bacani’s Supermarket, Virginia S. Syjuco of South Supermarket, William Abayang of SYA Supermarket, Lourdes G. Rodriguez of New Acme Supermarket, Franscisco G. Dinglasan of MIA Supermarket, Hernan Jopson of Jopson’s Supermarket, and Rolando L. Garcia of Garcia’s Grocery.

Possibly, as I am not much aware of supermarket history - there are too many of them here.

 

[Edison Chen]

When did Vietnam 's first McDonald's open?

 

[BoQ77]

When did Vietnam 's first McDonald's open?

KFC is much earlier, McDonald seems to be last year, and not so successful.


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Saigon (now HCMC) before 1975, mostly on the streets were Vespa, Lambretta, Honda Cub/Benly 50, and mopeds such as mobylette and PC50




Happy on a Honda Cub in the 60s


A red cub park on the sidewalk in CBD Saigon


Cub, Benly, Mobylette, Lambretta, Vespa parked in front of Cenral Post Office building.

Honda Benly on the street in front of US Embassy, 1968


Honda Cub, moped, Vespa on the street of Saigon

Saigon 1967

 

[BoQ77]

Taxi service in 1967

 

[BoQ77]

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Sometime before this one

Still in business today

 

[Guynextdoor2]

'Super Market' my @$$. I remember when I reached Ho Chi Minh City and found the @ssholes of the airline had loaded my bags on one side and effectively torn my shoes on one side. It was 8 at night. I had to run out to the nearest shopping mall before it closed and buy a new pair from a completely upmarket place (I think it was called Diamond Plaza. And I PAAAIIIIIIIDDDDDDDD THROugh My NOSSSEEEE. It was either buy that extremely expensive pair or walk in barefoot for my meeting. I still have the pair locked up in a closet....it is too precious to be walked on in normal roads. Guess 20+ years later when I become CEO or something I can use it. Till then I have to come to terms with the TRAUMA of that payout.

 

[BoQ77]

'Super Market' my @$$. I remember when I reached Ho Chi Minh City and found the @ssholes of the airline had loaded my bags on one side and effectively torn my shoes on one side. It was 8 at night. I had to run out to the nearest shopping mall before it closed and buy a new pair from a completely upmarket place (I think it was called Diamond Plaza. And I PAAAIIIIIIIDDDDDDDD THROugh My NOSSSEEEE. It was either buy that extremely expensive pair or walk in barefoot for my meeting. I still have the pair locked up in a closet....it is too precious to be walked on in normal roads. Guess 20+ years later when I become CEO or something I can use it. Till then I have to come to terms with the TRAUMA of that payout.

Let me share your inconvenience that anyone could meet in the life.
Btw, where's you from?
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Street fashion of Saigon residents before 1975, around 1961

 

[YoucanYouup]

my hometown,a sixth-tier city in China
First modern supermarket opened more than 20 years ago