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Grocery shopping made easy with e-wallets

Esther Ng

Malaysians are encouraged to stay home more than ever as the number of Covid-19 cases is escalating to an all-time-high this period. This makes essential errand runs such as getting groceries for your family an experience induced with anxiety and fear. 

So, how can you get your basic needs from the supermarket without compromising the wellbeing of your loved ones and yourself? Yes, the solution is e-wallets. Let’s discuss all the whys and hows behind this answer. 


AEON Wallet 

You can skip the long queues at AEON to ensure your time spent at the outlet is quick and convenient with AEON Wallet, the supermarket’s very own e-wallet powered by by AEON Credit Service Malaysia (ACSM), it is designed to give exclusive rewards, deals and benefits to frequent AEON shoppers. It works similarly to other e-wallets; it comes with a scan and pay feature to seamlessly secure payments in seconds. It keeps users’ funds secured with multi-factor biometric authentication, anti-phishing features and more. AEON Wallet users can earn AEON Member Points to offset their purchases and get the AEON Member Plus Visa Card, a prepaid card for daily usages in Malaysia or overseas to earn double points. It comes with a user-friendly transaction history to help users manage their funds and they easily top-up within the app. 

You can also: 

  • Store multiple credit/debit cards on the app

  • Download it for FREE

  • Receive E-statements via emails after every purchase track your expenses or be notified of authorised payments 

  • AEON Wallet is also applicable to other cards such as AEON Member Plus Visa Card, AEON Platinum Credit Card, AEON BiG Visa Classic Card, AEON BiG Visa Gold Card, New AEON Gold Visa/MasterCard, New AEON Classic Visa/MasterCard, AEON Gold Visa/MasterCard, AEON Classic Visa/MasterCard.


Boost 

Grocery shopping is usually done in bulk purchases, which is why everyone keeps their eyes out on sales and promotions when they’re at the supermarket. Boost is onboard with the idea that grocery purchases are more valuable with savings; Boost users can shake for instant rewards like cashbacks and Boost Coins. Boost online shopping services is also made available for groceries; get your home necessities ordered and delivered within the same day! Some notable merchants available on Boost online shopping are: 

  • HappyFresh 

  • GoShop

  • Jaya Grocer 

  • Watsons


GarbPay 

Get your fridge and other daily essentials restocked with GrabMart via GrabPay balance. GrabMart is an on-demand daily delivery service that ensures users get their orders within 30 minutes. From groceries to household products- GarbMart is an all-in-one function to help users get what they need at the tip of their fingers. You can also place orders from different stores at the same time; GrabMart allows users to order from 4 different outlets at one go. Delivery fees are included and vary upon location. Every GrabMart transaction is also rewarded with GrabRewards Points. Some notable merchants available on GrabMart are:

  • MyNEWS

  • Kiara Supermarket

  • MART by Salad Atelier

  • HeroMarket

  • Alive Organic

  • Jaya Grocer

  • SR Easy Groceries

  • Heritage Market

  • FF Mart 

  • NGO Grocer

  • Farmers Market

  • Seoul Mart


TnG e-wallet 

Get all things fresh with a cashless, quick and reward-redeeming payment schemed. TnG e-wallet offers a variety of special deals for fresh supplies of daily essentials. This Chinese New Year, Tesco and TnG e-wallet have joined forces to provide you an abundance of great deals you do not want to miss! Get RM18 cashback when you pay with TnG e-wallet at participating Tesco outlets ; all you have to do is spend a minimum of RM100 in a single bill and receive the cashback in your account within 3 working days. This promotion is valid now until 28/2/2021.

If that’s not good enough, TnG e-wallet has also partnered with Bawiq, a grocery delivery service that enables users to select fresh groceries to be delivered to their doorstep within 90 minutes. This partnership  enables users to receive RM5 cashback when they spend a minimum of RM30 with the promo code BTOUCH5 and RM10 cashback when they spend a minimum of RM50 with the promo code BTOUCH10 on their TnG e-wallet. Each TnG e-wallet user is able to enjoy this promotion multiple times throughout the partnership period, which is now until 31/3/2021. However, this promotion is only limited to the first 1,000 transactions made during the promotion period. 

TnG e-wallet is also widely accepted in various supermarkets on a regular basi. Here are some notable merchants attached to TnG e-wallet: 

  • AEON BIG

  • BIG Supermarket

  • Billion

  • EconSave

  • Giant

  • Village Grocer

  • MyDIN

  • HeroMarket

  • Pak Grocer

  • The Store

  • Jaya Grocer


PotBoy

PotBoy is not an e-wallet service provider, it is a grocery delivery service app that is partnered with Boost and PayPal, it also includes a variety of other  payment methods. PotBoy sources over 10,000 products directly from grocery suppliers; it sends your groceries to your doorstep with no delivery fee required. You can also exchange your recyclable goods for store credit, which can be used to offset your next purchases. PotBoy users can also make donations to partnered shelter homes via grocery shopping; PotBoy will deliver your donations to selected charities on a bi-weekly basis. 

Benefits of using an e-wallet with PotBoy are:

  • Earn e-wallet points with each transaction 

  • Use your e-wallet points paired with store credits to offset your next transaction 

  • Review PotBoy expenses on your e-wallet transaction history 

Keep your body nourished, kitchen stocked, home appliances in tip-top shape and so much more with digital wallets. If you’re keen to find out what other benefits e-wallets provide, we got you covered here. Still not convinced you need an e-wallet because you’re already achieving similar benefits with a credit card? We’ve discussed the differences between both avenues and why consumers will ultimately reap more benefits with an e-wallet here.