Groceries are one of the few expenses that don’t go away. Rent, transport, utilities, food. All these sit at the base of every monthly budget, regardless of how carefully you manage discretionary spending. If there’s a way to reduce that number without changing where you shop or what you buy, it’s worth knowing about, and Atome+ rewards lets you do exactly that. Points collected through your regular purchases on Atome can be converted into vouchers redeemable at supermarket partners including FairPrice, Cold Storage, Dairy Farm, Redmart, and Giant.
Why Groceries Are the Right Place to Look for Savings
Most budgeting advice focuses on discretionary spending, because that’s the category people feel they have the most control over. Cut back on eating out, skip the impulse buy, delay the upgrade. Groceries rarely get the same attention, largely because they feel fixed — everyone has to eat, the weekly shop happens whether or not you’re trying to save money that month, and there’s a limit to how much you can trim without it affecting quality of life.
That’s exactly what makes groceries a good target for a system like Atome+. You’re not being asked to spend less or shop differently. You’re being asked to redirect value you’re already generating through purchases you were making anyway, toward a cost that never disappears from the budget. It’s one of the few savings mechanisms that doesn’t ask anything of you beyond a small amount of attention.
Earn: Collect points through your regular purchases
Atome+ points are collected through purchases made via Atome at participating brands, so you don’t need to change your shopping habits or seek out specific brands to earn. If you’re already using Atome for fashion, beauty, lifestyle, or electronics purchases, points are building up in the background.
The habit worth building is consolidating your spending through Atome where participating brands already overlap with what you were going to buy. Not every brand is a partner, but enough are that making the checkout choice consciously over time adds up to a meaningful points balance.
Over a few months, the difference between someone who does this consistently and someone who doesn’t isn’t dramatic on any single purchase. It’s cumulative. A points balance built from a dozen small, ordinary purchases across a few months looks very different from one built from a single large purchase, and it’s the former, not the latter, that most people are actually in a position to accumulate.
Check: Monitor your points balance in the app
The Atome app shows your current points balance in the Atome+ Rewards section. Do check it regularly as the points have a one year validity period, and knowing your balance before it expires is significantly more useful than finding out after.
The rewards section also shows available vouchers and any current redemption offers. Review it before any planned purchase, not just grocery trips. A voucher you didn’t know about can reduce a transaction you were already going to make. Set a reminder to check the app once a fortnight. It takes under a minute and prevents the common situation where points accumulate and then expire without being used.
Redeem: Convert your points to grocery vouchers
Once you have sufficient points, the conversion to grocery vouchers is done within the Atome+ Rewards section in the app. Choose the partners and vouchers you want to redeem, and confirm the redemption. The voucher is added to your account ready to apply at checkout.
The choice of supermarket partner matters depending on where you actually shop. FairPrice is the most widely available option across Singapore and covers the broadest range of everyday items. Cold Storage carries a premium range and is more relevant for households that shop there regularly. Redmart is the best option for online grocery delivery. Giant and Dairy Farm cover additional ground for households that use those chains as a primary weekly shop. Redeem for the partner that matches your real grocery habits and the voucher will make a real reduction on your next bill.
Save: Apply vouchers and lower your monthly outgoings
A grocery voucher earned through Atome+ purchases reduces the cash you spend on food for the week. The reduction is real, even if modest per transaction. Across a month, multiple redemptions at the same partner add up to a meaningful offset.
The more useful frame for this isn’t saving on groceries as a standalone goal. It’s a reallocation. You were spending on fashion, beauty, or home products through Atome anyway. The points generated through those purchases now offset an unavoidable recurring cost. The total you spend doesn’t necessarily change, what changes is that part of your discretionary spend recovers a non-discretionary one. That’s how rewards programmes deliver real value rather than just the appearance of it.
The grocery partners and where each one fits
FairPrice is the most practical option for the majority of Singapore households. As the country’s largest supermarket chain, it’s accessible island-wide and covers everything from fresh produce to household essentials. Vouchers here go the furthest for weekly staple shopping.
Cold Storage suits households that regularly buy quality proteins, specialty ingredients, or imported products. If your weekly list includes items that aren’t available at FairPrice, this is where the voucher earns its keep. Redmart is the better option for online-first households: if you’re already ordering groceries for delivery, Redmart vouchers reduce that spend directly.
Giant and Dairy Farm offer further flexibility for households that use those chains as a primary or secondary option. Having vouchers across multiple partners means you’re not restricted to one supermarket for the savings to apply.
Getting more from Atome+ in July
After each purchase through Atome, check your points balance and note when you’re within range of a meaningful grocery voucher redemption. Plan your redemption around a week when your grocery bill is higher than usual, a family gathering, a large weekly shop, or a specific stocking-up moment.
Plan your redemption around a week when your grocery bill is higher than usual: a family gathering, a large weekly shop, or a specific stocking-up moment. Timing the redemption to a naturally larger bill means the voucher offsets more in absolute terms than spreading the same points thinly across several smaller trips.
Earn Atome+ points on your regular purchases, check the Atome+ Rewards section in the app regularly, and redeem for grocery vouchers at FairPrice, Cold Storage, Redmart, Giant, or Dairy Farm. Download the Atome app to get started.
