發佈日期: 2026-05-09 20:11

TVB News

粵

已複製連結

Tomorrow is Mother's Day. Some restaurants anticipate more prudent spending among patrons this year, while there are stepped-up discount campaigns among supermarkets to woo customers.

On the eve of Mother's Day, the flower market in Mong Kok was already bustling with crowds in the afternoon. Children take the opportunity to express appreciation to their mothers.

Many shoppers walked away carrying two bouquets in hand as love and appreciation for mothers know no age. Some say they expect more floral choices the day before Mother's Day.

This man says the prices are about the same as previous years and he bought carnations as usual at about 50 dollars for two bunches.

Some families say their Mother's Day celebrations would stretch across two days. This woman says she will celebrate Mother's Day with her own mother today and celebrate with her mother-in-law tomorrow.

She adds that the bouquets usually cost at least 500 dollars each but now it's just 399 dollars -- which is quite a good deal.

Many opted to dine out to celebrate the day. At a restaurant in Lok Fu, the manager says the Middle East war has ratcheted up transportation costs, forcing them to raise prices by around 3 percent.

But patrons this year appear to be tightening their spending and he expects revenue to drop by around 5 percent.

He says their restaurant was fully booked on Saturday, but on Mother's Day, there were still tables available for reservation. Compared with previous years, tables were fully booked ten days in advance.

Two major supermarket chains also launched discount campaigns, including some 12 percent off upon 150 dollars of purchases.

While the recently released local retail sales value in March rose more than 12 percent year-on-year, the Hong Kong Retail Management Association says it's because the base for comparison from last year was low.

The association's chairwoman Annie Yau Tse says while sales improved during holidays or festivals, the figures often record a dip on regular days, so local retail scenes still need rollouts of discounts and offers to counter the impacts from online shopping and people shopping from the mainland.