More Food, Snacks and Drinks for Less with Mastercard

1 min readUpdated Jun 4, 2025May 3, 201911:10 PM

Shopping for your daily needs such as fresh food, snacks and beverages can be turned into fun and rewarding experiences! Pay with your mobile phones or devices and make every trip to the supermarket enjoyable with these exclusive offers and discounts with Mastercard!

Every Saturday and Sunday from April 20 to June 30, 2019, Mastercard cardholders can enjoy a HK$40 instant discount for every single transaction of HK$500 when paying via Apple Pay, Google Pay or Samsung Pay linked with a Mastercard card at Wellcome Supermarket, Market Place by Jasons, 3hreesixty, Oliver’s The Delicatessen, Jasons ．Food & Living and Jasons ichiba.

Spend less and enjoy more when shopping with Mastercard!

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What this means

Mastercard's HK$40 weekend discount for mobile payments at Wellcome Group supermarkets is a shrewd play to capture a larger share of consumer grocery spend. By offering a direct financial incentive via Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay, Mastercard is likely to see increased transaction volume, effectively making its cards the preferred payment method for higher-value weekend shopping baskets. This move directly challenges rival payment providers who have not yet offered such specific, recurring incentives. The risk lies in the promotional period being finite, potentially causing a dip in mobile payment usage once the offer concludes. We should now watch whether other payment networks or supermarket groups announce similar Sunday promotions, or if Mastercard extends this successful trial.

Wei Zhang

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