During the early period when the Consumer's Foundation dominated the landscape, all the major newspapers had a reporter specially assigned to the "Consumer's Foundation beat" to capture their latest move at any time. Undoubtedly, this was the principal buttress to the Consumer's Foundations 'widespread fame. After a number of restrictions on periodicals were lifted, the thickness of news publications expanded rapidly.
早從消基會時代，各大報都派有專人「駐守」消基會，隨時捕捉最新動態，無疑是消基會聲名遠播的主要助力。