180 more coffee shops to offer budget meals by end-July and accept CDC vouchers
Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry Low Yen Ling (left), joined by Senior Minister of State for National Development Sim Ann, pasting decals on a stall at a coffee shop run by private chain operator Chang Cheng. ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY
Anjali Raguraman
Correspondent
Updated
Jul 01, 2024, 10:59 PM
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SINGAPORE - Around 180 coffee shops will start offering budget meals by end-July under a scheme to provide Singaporeans with more affordable food options, more than doubling the pool of participating coffee shops to 330.
These newest participants of
the budget meal scheme will also start accepting CDC vouchers progressively from July 1, said the Ministry of National Development and Housing Board.
The 180 coffee shops are run by nine private chain operators: Badaling, Broadway, De Tian, Chang Cheng, FoodFare Kopitiam, Kimly, Kim San Leng, Koufu and Select. They comprise 60 rental HDB coffee shops that will voluntarily offer budget meals ahead of their lease renewal, as well as 120 privately owned coffee shops