When I first came to Sabah 8 years ago, there was no "Giant' in Sabah. Giant just made it's appearance in sabah 2-3 years ago with a storm. They bought over most if not all local supermarket chains (Likas Mart, Bestmart etc). They also grabbed all other new licences for hypermarkets ( Citymall, 1 Borneo, Tops etc). they have eliminated most competitions and as a result they monopolised most if not all supermarkets in Sabah. They have plenty of competetions in Peninsular Malaysia from other major hpermarkets like Carre- four, Tesco, Jusco etc but in Sabah it's virtually none.
I've noticed price of goods has increased dramatically since they took over compared to previous ones, not to mention the quality of goods sold here. Most of the fresh veggies are not fresh at all esp the mushrooms and bean curds. Some are sold even beyond the expiry dates.It is not only in smaller Giant supermarkets but also in it's hypermarkets. If you have been to their store in Indah Permai you will be greeted with smell of rotten flesh from dried fish right at at the entrance. Will things change for better? The monopoly need to be broken. Will other hypermarketers take the challenge? I don't know. I guess people of sabah got to live with this for the time being.
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