One practice that gained traction during COVID-19 and continues to grow today is online shopping. Beyond clothes or other miscellaneous items, more of us now rely on online shopping for our daily groceries.
It offers the convenience of having heavy items delivered to our doorstep, saves time from queuing at physical stores, and helps us shop more efficiently by reducing impulsive buys and enabling easy price comparisons.
While some retailers & platform providers offer free delivery with a minimum purchase order, most charge affordable delivery fees.
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Here are 10 online groceries platform for us and our families to use so that we no longer need to queue for toilet paper.
| Minimum Order For Free Delivery | Delivery fee | Service fee | |
| Amazon Fresh | $60 (For Amazon Prime Members) | $4.99 – $8.99 | N.A |
| Cold Storage | $80 | $7 | N.A |
| FairPrice | $59 | $5 | $3.99 |
| Fresh Stop | $70 | $10 | N.A. |
| GrabMart | $60 | From $3 | $0.40 |
| Grocery Owl | $40 | $7 | N.A |
| pandamart | $15 | From $2 | $0.60 |
| RedMart | $60 | $1.99 | N.A |
| Sheng Siong Online | $100 | $6 | $1.99 |
| Shopee Supermarket | $75 | $1.99 – $14.99 | N.A |
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#1 Amazon Fresh
The largest e-commerce platform in the world, Amazon landed on our shores back in 2017. Known for their efficiencies in logistics, Amazon Fresh offers either a 1-hour or 2-hour scheduled delivery option to all users. Currently, Amazon Prime members enjoy free 2-hour scheduled delivery for orders above $60, while non-members would need to pay $4.99.
Amazon Fresh delivers orders between 7am and 12am throughout the week. However, depending on your postal code, you might either have an even-hour 2-hour delivery slots (ie, 4–6pm) or odd-hour-2-hour slots (ie: 9-11am).
Minimum Order For Free Delivery: $60 (For Amazon Prime Members)
Delivery fee for below minimum order: $4.99 – $8.99 (For Non-Prime Members)
Service fee: $0
Subscription (Amazon Prime):$4.99/month or $49.90/year. A delivery fee of between $7.99 – $8.99 if the groceries order amount is less than $60.
#2 Cold Storage
Established in Singapore in 1903, Cold Storage is a household name known for its quality and premium products. Compared to other supermarket retailers, Cold Storage was the first supermarket to launch an online groceries platform back in 1997.
If we are in the mood of treating ourselves, there are many premium options available such as Wagyu beef and fresh cheese. Additionally, Dairy Farm (the parent company) has rolled out an affordable and quality house brand for many of the essential products under the brand Meadows. A popular item among shoppers is the Meadows Potato chips, which you can get your hands on conveniently by ordering online.
Delivery is carried out in a 3-hour time slot (ie: 1000-1300) subject to availability.
Minimum Order For Free Delivery: $80
Delivery fee for below minimum order: $7
Service fee: Not Applicable (N.A)
Subscription: Not Applicable (N.A)
#3 Fairprice
Singapore’s largest supermarket retailer, NTUC FairPrice comprises of FairPrice supermarkets, FairPrice Finest, FairPrice Xtra, FairPrice Xpress and Cheers convenience stores. Staying competitive, Fairprice revamped its online platform back in 2018 to provide a better experience for users.
For NTUC Plus! Membership users, link your Plus! Membership to your FairPrice account and continue to earn or redeem LinkPoints. All Plus! members will be able to earn 0.5 LinkPoints per $1 spend made online, with no minimum spend requirement.
Delivery timeslots, which can be booked up to 4 working days from the order date is subject to availability. The designated delivery timeslots are based on a 2-hour time slot(ie: 8-10am).
Minimum Order For Free Delivery: $59
Delivery fee for below minimum order: $5 for orders below $59 and$26.75 when the order has more than 600 items
Service fee: $3.99
Subscription (Digital Club): $9.99/month (waives service and earns 1.0 LinkPoints per $1 spend)
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#4 Fresh Stop
Shop for wet market items online at Fresh Stop Singapore. Entering the e-commerce groceries platform in 2021, Fresh Stop offers a wide range of fresh groceries from local wet markets. As wet markets usually close by 1pm, Fresh Stop keeps items fresh by packing on the day of delivery and storing it in Styrofoam boxes with ice packs during transit.
They deliver all orders made from Tuesday to Sunday, 11am to 6pm, and charge a flat delivery fee of $10 for orders below $70, while it’s free for orders above it.
Minimum Order For Free Delivery: $70
Delivery fee for below minimum order: $10
Service fee: Not Applicable (N.A)
Subscription: Not Applicable (N.A)
#5 GrabMart
Get everyday goods like supermarket items, health and beauty products, over-the-counter pharmacy supplies, and even fresh flower bouquets delivered to your door with GrabMart. Get your items as early as 8am and as late as 2am.
GrabMart delivers convenience items on-demand. Choose to get your orders delivered within the hour or schedule a delivery at your convenience. The minimum order amount differs based on the store, your location, and time of order. You will see the amount listed on the store’s page or at the checkout page before placing an order. A small order fee only applies to orders less than the minimum order amount of the store. There is also a platform fee of $0.40.
Minimum Order For Free Delivery: Not Applicable (N.A)
Delivery fee: From $3 onwards (depends on the store, location and time of order)
Service fee: $0.40 (Platform fee)
Subscription: $4.99 (GrabUnlimited)
#6 Grocery Owl
Grocery Owl is an e-commerce platform powered by Lam Soon Singapore, the people who brought you household brands like Knife Cooking Oil, UFC Refresh and Velvet, Zip dishwashing liquid, etc.
Delivery services will be available from Mondays to Saturdays, excluding Sundays and Public Holidays.
Minimum Order For Free Delivery: $40
Delivery fee: $7
Service fee: Not Applicable (N.A)
Subscription: Not Applicable (N.A)
#7 pandamart
pandamart stores a massive selection of everyone’s favourite brands, from Nestle to Colgate, from shampoo and cosmetics to snacks and fresh produce, ready to deliver in just 20 minutes. There’s no middleman, meaning foodpanda shop riders are always ready and waiting to deliver your shopping.
To order groceries online with foodpanda, just tap in your address and go to the “Shops” tab on the top of the listing. Then proceed as usual: browse through your favourite shops or go straight to pandamart, choose your products and go to the checkout.
Most shops have a minimum order value of $5.00 and many offer free delivery. You can place an order for less than the minimum order value and cover the difference during the checkout. You can always check this when placing your order. There is also a small order fee where you’ll have to pay the difference if you don’t reach the minimum order, and a platform fee of $0.60
Minimum Order For Free Delivery: $15
Delivery fee: From $2 depending on the distance
Service fee: Not Applicable (N.A)
Subscription: Not Applicable (N.A)
#8 RedMart
Founded in 2011, RedMart was one of the pioneers in Singapore as a purely online groceries platform. Acquired by Lazada in 2016, it has since relaunched on Lazada platform in 2019. With over 100,000 listed products, RedMart aims to offer competitive prices against conventional supermarket retailers.
As delivery timeslots are based on availability, try booking the delivery a few days ahead. Users can choose between one of three delivery options: (1) 6-hour scheduled delivery; (2) 2-hour scheduled delivery; (3) express delivery.
Minimum Order For Free Delivery: $60 (6-hour slot) or $150 (2-hour slot)
Delivery fee for orders below minimum spend: $1.99 (6-hour slot) / $3.99 (2-hour slot) / $5.99 (express delivery)
Service fee: Not Applicable (N.A)
Subscription: Lazada has suspended the LiveUp programme.
#9 Sheng Siong Online
From a small provision shop in Ang Mo Kio, Sheng Siong is now one of the major supermarket retailers in Singapore. In 2014, Sheng Siong launched its online platform – All For You, now renamed to Sheng Siong Online which delivers islandwide.
As delivery timeslots are based on availability, orders must be placed at least 24 hours before the expected day of delivery. The designated delivery timeslots are between 9am to 10pm daily.
Minimum Order For Free Delivery: $100 (*$69 – Valid till 31 July 2025)
Delivery fee: $6
Service fee: $1.99
Subscription: Not Applicable (N.A)
#10 Shopee Supermarket
Shopee Supermarket was recently launched in April 2021. Currently, there are over 20,000 product offerings from groceries to daily essentials on the platform. You can expect delivery on the next working day (excluding Sundays & public holidays) as long as the payment is made by 2pm. However, you’ll not be able to select your preferred timeslot for delivery.
Minimum Order For Free Delivery: $75
Delivery fee: $1.99 – $14.99 (depending on order weight)
Service fee: Not Applicable (N.A)
Subscription: Not Applicable (N.A)
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This article was originally published on 30 May 2021 and updated with new information. Additional reporting by Sharon Zhong.
