Redhill Market has cheapest food in S'pore, noodle stall doesn't even charge for takeaways: Stomper
Does Redhill Market serve the cheapest fare in Singapore?
Stomper James Stamphill certainly thinks so.
He shared photos of affordable eats you can find at the hawker centre, such as $2 Michelin-lauded glutinous rice dumplings and $0.70 soya milk.
James noted that not only does the Hao Hao noodle stall offer fishball mee starting from $3, they also do not charge for takeaways.
He said: "The owner offers free plastic containers for takeaways. I spoke to him and he said he does make a profit, but is returning the kindness to his customers. He added that the plastic containers cost less than $0.10 each and should not be imposed on customers as the selling price of the food itself is already profitable.
"We need more of such ethical hawkers.
"This is unlike many hawkers, who charge rocket high prices on takeaway containers. Some even charge as high as $0.50 and claim that it is all because of the GST hike.
"The reality is that these hawkers are making humongous profits out of the plastic containers. This is really turbo charging."
Interestingly, a Stomper shared similar opinions last month.
Stomper A said she had to fork out $0.30 and $0.50 for non-reusable takeaway containers at two different stalls. She felt that the containers, which were "printed in colour and advertising company names", benefitted the stalls more than consumers.
"I can't help but feel that we are bearing unnecessary costs as consumers. Companies are conveniently pushing costs to us as we all know that colour printing is expensive," Stomper A added.
"I sincerely hope to create awareness about this business practice and question if this is even fair and ethical to consumers."
Do you agree with Stompers James and A?
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