If you keep up with world news, then it probably has come to your radar that the Philippines is having an onion shortage. This means that prices are really high in that location, as the demand for the bulb is high.
One company has decided to turn the onion into a currency for their own store, even for just one day. The Philippines’ Japan Home Centre (JHC) chose to accept onions for their in-store items on February 4th. This was part of their “pay with onions” promo, in which the establishment accepted one bulb of the vegetable in exchange for a product.
There are restrictions, of course! First, customers could only avail of select in-store items in exchange. Second, they could only purchase three items. Third, this promo was only held in a specific branch. According to JHC, the onions they’ve collected will be used for a community pantry.
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