Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, February 4) – For just one day, Japan Home Centre’s Panay Avenue branch in Quezon City will accept onions as payment for select items.
“[We] will accept an onion in exchange for your chosen product. Every customer has a limit of 3 item purchases only,” Japan Home Centre said in a Facebook post.
The wholesaler is holding its “Pay with Sibuyas [Onions]” project today (Feb. 4). Only its branch located at 84 Panay Avenue is participating.
One onion is equivalent to one item from the store, with each customer limited to three onions for three items. Onions of any size and color will be accepted as payment for select items, the store explained.
Japan Home Centre is known for offering most of its products at ₱88.
All of the onions collected during the initiative will be donated to their local community pantry, Japan Home Centre disclosed.
Because of the Covid-19 crisis, community pantries where citizens could donate essential goods to those in need spawned throughout the country.
The “Pay With Sibuyas” project was launched amid spiked onion prices. In December, onions were valued at around ₱800 per kilogram, although this has since dropped.
According to the Department of Agriculture’s price monitoring as of Feb. 3, local red onions cost ₱250 to ₱310 per kilo, imported red onions cost ₱160 to ₱260, local white onions cost ₱150 to ₱260, and imported white onions cost ₱160 to ₱200.
