RESTAURANT operators and other food sellers are ready to support the Menu Rahmah meal plan – introduced by the unity government to ease the poor’s burdens – even if it means reduced revenue for them. 

They told The Malaysian Insight that under the programme, they would have to sell the meals at a controlled price – set at RM5 per meal – which could mean absorbing the costs of ingredients and labour. 

They said they were willing to do so in order to help the rakyat, especially the B40 group. 

The Menu Rahmah initiative was launched by Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister Salahuddin Ayub last week. Under the scheme, meals would be priced at RM5 per serving at nearly 15,000 food outlets nationwide. – February 8, 2023.