PETALING JAYA: With shop rental prices going through the roof, some business owners have decided to forgo the four walls and venture into the “meals on wheels” business.Malaysian Food Truck Association chairman Datuk Mohamad Zaini Md Taha said a second-hand truck head with a built-in kitchen would cost around RM30,000, less than one-third the RM100,000 initial cost of starting business in a shoplot.
Keeping it going: Food truck operator Amirul Fazdli Raduan taking an order from a customer at Jalan Tasik Permaisuri 1 in Kuala Lumpur. AZMAN GHANI/The Star
PETALING JAYA: Food business owners in the Klang Valley anticipate slower business during the movement control order but they are optimistic that things will improve soon.
As the MCO entered its second day yesterday, burger vendor Muhammad Basir Abu Bakar, 41, said his business had slowed down by about 50% but he feels it will improve.
“While people prefer to cook at home during the MCO, they eventually will want something different, ” he said.
He added that he operates from his home in Taman Impian Ehsan, Balakong.