Staff Reporter :
Crony Group has set up a ‘Fair Price Shop’ in their factory premises which will sell daily commodities at discounted rates for 10,000 factory workers.
The Cotton Group, the parent company of Belgian buyer B&C collection, and Apon Wellbeing Ltd have entered into a contract with Crony Group to ensure a 25 percent discounted grocery basket, consisting of rice, oil, lentils, salt and noodles.
Apon Wellbeing Ltd has also guaranteed regular customers health insurance worth Tk 20,000 and a 5-10 per cent discount on other goods. The discounted grocery basket price is Tk 743, compared to a market price equivalent of Tk 991.
Neela Hosna Ara, Chairperson of the Crony Group and BGMEA Director, Murielle Degeest, Managing Director of Cotton Group and Yasir Arafat Apon, Head of Growth of Wellbeing Ltd inked the MoU at Crony Group premises. Crony Group Managing Director A H Aslam Sunny and Tom Tailor Country Manager, Fikreta Kicki Tutic were also present on the occasion.
“The shop aligns with the company’s mission of empowering our greatest asset, our workers. I would like to thank The Cotton Group for their generous donation of $20,000 as a subsidy for essential groceries and Apon Wellbeing Ltd who will operate the store and provide health insurance to workers,” said Neela Hosna Ara.