New East Coast GRC food scheme offers discounts, curbs waste

Residents of East Coast GRC can now enjoy more discounts with about 70 merchants when dining, under the East Coast Green Savers initiative launched on Dec 7.

- Andrew Wong

The new programme was launched at Bedok Food Centre by Dr Maliki Osman, Minister in the Prime Minister's Office, who said it is part of the East Coast Plan and had been in the pipeline for six months.

The initiative will see interested constituents receiving a package containing a lunch box or tingkat, a cutlery set and tumbler.

Residents can redeem discounts when they present these items to participating merchants, whom The Sunday Times understands to be mostly food vendors.

This initiative will address both the issue of sustainability in terms of less food waste, and the rising cost of living for residents, Dr Maliki, who is also an MP for East Coast GRC, said at the launch.

Speaking to the media later, he said the idea was that the lunch box would remind residents not to waste food.