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Offering budget meals has not affected the takings, say stall owners

Star Anise Vietnamese Street Delights offers a plate of "Viet Style Popcorn Chicken Fried Rice" for $3.50 as its budget meal option.

Star Anise Vietnamese Street Delights in Woodlands sells Viet-style popcorn chicken fried rice at $3.50 as its budget meal option.

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At Star Anise Vietnamese Street Delights in Woodlands, Ms Nguyen Thi Thu Hong sells family-friendly favourites such as sliced beef noodle soup, stir-fried lemongrass beef with vermicelli and grilled chicken baguette.

When the management of Food Paradise, a coffee shop at Block 182 Woodlands Street 13, told her that her stall

needed to have a budget option

among her offerings, she lowered the price of her Viet-style popcorn chicken fried rice from $7 to $3.50.

Offering budget meals has not affected the takings, say stall owners

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