Consumer Council

The “Macao Price Information Platform” consists of four main functions: “Supermarket Price Information Platform”, “Market Price Information Platform”, “Fuel Price Information Platform” and “Certified Shop”. Consumers may check the latest price information on the Platform including price data of over 100 products collected from 44 local supermarkets, daily market price and daily average price of fresh food delivered by Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), as well as the latest price info on fuel products. Consumers may also check the analyzed data curated by the Council via “Smart Choice”, “Rankings of products with price differences of over 50%” and “Rankings for Supermarkets with Lowest Prices”. Moreover, consumers can get easy access to the location and contact details of over 1,000 “Certified Shops” on the Platform’s “Certified Shop” area.

For the manifestation of good business practices of “Adherents”, a mechanism termed “Certified Shop” was established in 2001. “Adherents” with good business record, abide by laws and “Code of Practice” (if applicable) in the past year with a passing grade in the Council’s annual assessment will be awarded the “Certified Shop” emblem for the next year. To further promote “Certified Shop”, the “Certified Shop” app developed by the Macao SAR Government Consumer Council includes the following functions:   Scan your code Users may scan the QR code available at any shop bearing the emblem of “Certified Shop” in Macao. Information of that “Certified Shop” will be available after scanning is complete.   Nearby “Certified Shop” Users may look up “Certified Shop” and search for the most popular “Certified Shop” near his location, search area and shop category can both be refined for searching information of a specific “Certified Shop”.   Category search Users may choose their interested category and a list of “Certified Shop” under that category will be listed with the relevant information and scores.   My favourite “Certified Shop” can be added to “My favourite” for easy navigation.   Moreover, the latest information of “Certified Shop” will be sent through PUSH NOTIFICATION.

For consumers’ easy access to real-time prices of various kinds of fuel in Macao as well as the latest discount information, the “Macao Fuel Prices Information Platform” app developed by Macao SAR Government Consumer Council includes two separate functions:   Petrol calculator Includes prices of all fuel products available at petrol stations in Macao and the latest information on discounts. After calculation, consumers will be able to decide which station to go, and in what kind of payment they should use in order to get petrol at the lowest price.   Household LPG calculator Includes prices of all kinds of household LPG available at all Macao retailers and the latest information on discounts. After calculation, consumers will be able to get the lowest price after discount.