Sunlove Abode For Intellectually Infirmed is buying staples like rice, cooking oil and noodles in bulk, then repackaging them in small quantities to sell at cost.

Its prices are about half of those in supermarkets, Sunlove's chairman Wee Lin told The Straits Times.

While other groups hand out free food to the poor, Sunlove is believed to be the first charity in Singapore to offer groceries to the poor at wholesale prices.

Mr Wee said: 'Those surviving on public assistance or living in one-room rental flats have told us they found it very hard to survive as food prices have shot up.

For the full story, read Saturday's edition of The Straits Times