BUTTERWORTH: Not too long ago, Nazrul Akmam Noor Hisham was operating a fleet of about 150 rental cars in several states.
These days, he runs a retail shop in Bertam, Kepala Batas, selling premium meats from steaks to lamb and even Boston lobster, oysters and scallops.
The pandemic might have closed that business of his but he saw a new opportunity: demand for premium foodstuffs in Bertam, near the border with Kedah. Another pull factor for him was that food-related businesses were allowed to operate during the movement control order. “Initially, most of our customers ordered online. Few walked in. We got about 20 orders daily, but that was good enough as they bought in large quantities.In George Town, frozen food distributor Warren Tan observed the burgeoning of grocery stores and mini markets, as seen in the four-fold increase in the number of vendors whom he supplies since the lifting of movement restrictions.
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