Choices, choices but not really
Freedom requires that government keep the channels of competition and opportunity open, prevent monopolies, economic abuse and domination. — Herbert Hoover, 31st US President OUR grocery stores seem to have an abundance of all types of foods, skincare, and cosmetics, from seemingly hundreds of different brands. Lucky us? Well, it might scare you a little […]
Grocery store destroyed in early morning blaze
BINTULU: A 59-year-old grocery store owner managed to escape to safety in the nick of time as fire engulfed the shop at Kampung Penan Muslim along Jalan Bintulu-Miri, here this morning. The blaze occurred at 1.20 am. A spokesman for the Fire and Rescue Department (Bomba) said firemen from the Bintulu station were promptly deployed […]
From raw data to real insights
“The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.” – Adam Smith, 1723 – 1790, Scottish economist WHEN it comes to supermarket shopping, I have been implementing a strategy for the past decade: I consistently visit a variety of […]
Six months’ jail for breaking into grocery store
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here sentenced a 39-year-old man to six months in jail for breaking into a grocery store and stole items worth RM3,020 at Jalan Rock two years ago. The accused, Roland pleaded guilty to a charge framed under Section 457 of the Penal Code before Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali. Syarifah […]
Showing genital to female cashier, man fined RM4,000
KUCHING: A 32-year-old man was fined RM4,000 or sentenced to six months jail term for showing his genitals to a female cashier at a grocery store last September. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Hafiz, 32 from Kampung Sri Arjuna after pleading guilty to one charge under Section 509 of the Penal Code. According […]
New grocery store adds shopping option
MUKAH: A newly opened grocery store here has provided an additional option for customers to go shopping. Located at the Mukah New Township, it offers among other things, essential goods and frozen food items, plus bottled and canned drinks. New Sarawak Tribune discovered that the prices of goods at the new shopping outlet are competitive. […]
