Gushing sales of cooking oil before subsidy ends

By RAGANANTHINI VETHASALAM, IYLIA MARSYA ISKANDAR, WANI MUTHIAH and N. TRISHA

Nation
Wednesday, 29 Jun 2022

Hot from the wok: Chang and his son Ghee Kwong frying up pisang goreng in coconut oil at their stall in George Town. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Hypermarkets are seeing better sales for cooking oil just days before the subsidy for the bottled version is removed.

Housewife Zubaidah Ismail, 63, grabbed two packets of 1kg subsidised oil for fear stocks would run out come July 1.

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