Store Value Card for Food

Last week, we decided to pop by at Jurong Point. We seldom head over there because most of the time that mall is always packed with people. But it is a very good place for shopping because of the variety of retail and food. We love the foodstalls at the Kopitiam food court too. It has always been difficult to find seating places there. One has to wait for a while during peak period.

What I like about the Kopitiam concept usually is that they use a store value card for purchase. That really made things easier. Instead of digging for cash or coins, all we need is just to give them the card and they will deduct the value from our card. It's been about 2 years Kopitiam uses this concept. Initially many people did not accept this form of payment and felt that they had to pay so much upfront to top up the card. But if you are a regular, you can upgrade your initial pink card after using more than $10 and get a blue card that offers you a discount of 10% for every purchase at Kopitiam. This store value card can be used on all Kopitiam outlets.

I read that this store value option was actually done in a pilot phase in some schools before Kopitiam. In fact, our transportation EZlink card can be used in some food outlets like McDonalds fast food outlets. So other than using it for your Bus and MRT ride, you can use it to buy your McDonalds meals. If only they would consolidate all the card together.. because in Singapore I feel that going cashless is fine but there are just too many cards to carry!