File 11 : I want cheap food...

Previously, the price for a plate of rice at Section 2 Shah Alam was RM 0.50 per plate... Now, they had increased the price to RM 1.00.

My mum used to open a nasi lemak stall and now she runs a secondary school canteen. No... it does not matter what my mum works as... What I want to tell you is how things have changed rapidly since early this year. This is a good information for all of you, especially to those who rarely [or NEVER] goes to a market before [hypermarket included.. ;p].

When my mum runs the nasi lemak stall, the price of rice that she used was around RM 16 to RM 17 for the packet of 10kg [SST 5%]. RM 18 was considered costly then for a nasi lemak seller like my mum. RM 20+ was crazy. But now, the cheapest price for a 10 kg SST 5% is around RM 26 - RM 27. For RM 18, you could only get an SST 15% 10 kg packet. Yet, people still want cheap prices for food.

Teachers in the school sometimes complaint about the price. They said that it should be cheaper. But they do not understand the suffering of the canteen runner nor any food seller in this country. Perhaps they are people who depend on their maid to go to the market thus make them unaware of the price hike? Well, who knows... ;)

The thing is, WE ARE HAVING FOOD CRISIS RIGHT NOW!!!! No more cheap foods.. I think one day, MC Ds will be for the elite classes and lower classes will only go to, what, KLG? Warung Setarbak?