Malaysians find creative ways to cope with rising food prices

For many Malaysians, buying provisions at the supermarket is now a painful, costly affair, given soaring food prices. — Filepic

Last week, retiree Amarawati Subramaniam, 69, sent a message to her usual vegetable supplier for her regular order of a week’s worth of greens. In the past, her weekly bill used to come up to RM40, but Amarawati says her new vegetable bill sent her spiralling.

“The bill came up to RM106 for the week and I was so shocked! I never really used to think about curbing my spending on vegetables, but I told my daughter ‘Oh my God, that is really, really high!’” says Amarawati.