Some rush to stock up on chicken before float (Poll Inside)

Business as usual: Haikal preparing a customer’s order at the Perling market in Johor Baru.

JOHOR BARU: Some consumers resorted to panic buying chicken in larger quantities even before the subsidies and price controls on poultry were discontinued on Nov 1.

Chicken seller Haikal Rafiee said the birds at his stall at the Perling market here were sold out by about 8am on Tuesday as customers rushed to stock up before the price was floated the next day.