You can still get a meal for less than $2.50 in many places

SINGAPOREANS can still get a proper meal at $2.50 or less at a large number of outdoor eateries, even as global prices of staple foods continue to rise.
Fragrant rice prices, for example, have doubled since September last year, while meat and cooking oil now cost a lot more.
But price checks of 388 stalls at 132 eateries carried out by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) over a two-week period last month showed that 60 per cent of five popular dishes - chicken nasi briyani, chicken rice, fishball noodles, plain roti prata and mixed rice (with two vegetables and one meat) showed that 60 per cent of them cost $2.50 and below.
Case released the results of its first cooked food price survey on Friday.
Conducted by 20 mystery diners - including Case officers and volunteers - between May 21 and June 6, the survey did not consider the quality or quantity of the samples.
The result: Of the 388 food stalls, 240 or 60 per cent of them had dishes for $2.50 and below.
And at 13 stalls, one can get a meal for less than $2.
Said Case's vise-president Lim Biow Chuan: 'We received a lot of feedback from Singaporeans about the increase in food prices. As a consumer association, our intention is to make the information available to the public in a transparent manner.'
'And as a consumer, now you know there are options available to you. And that you can find a store that suits your budget.'

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