{
  "id": 12301982,
  "title": "Shopper says drink cans from Ang Mo Supermarket rejected by BCRS machine as price tags pasted over barcodes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/shopper-says-drink-cans-from-ang-mo-supermarket-rejected-by-bcrs",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-05T17:42:32.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Mothership",
    "slug": "mothership",
    "url": "https://mothership.sg/2026/10/price-tag-bcrs-fail/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A man took to Reddit to express frustration after attempting to return empty drink cans to a BCRS machine at Ang Mo Supermarket. He claimed that price tags had been pasted over the existing barcodes, which prevented the cans from being processed. The man brought 27 cans from Ang Mo Supermarket to the machine, all of which were rejected. He stated that he would simply throw the cans in the trash due to the inconvenience and the minimal return value. Ang Mo Supermarket's Toa Payoh branch was visited by a reporter from Shin Min Daily News, and they confirmed that they do not place price tags over the barcodes on their cans. However, cans from older stock manufactured before the BCRS implementation were found to have refund barcodes pasted on them. The National Environment Agency (NEA) and BCRS Ltd. have advised Ang Mo Supermarket to remove the stickers from affected cans to enable the BCRS machines to identify and accept the containers.",
  "summary": "The cans' barcodes are required for the machine to detect the container.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}