sam chalmersShort spike in sales of Japan food
March 29th 2011 01:42
Demand for Japanese food remains strong in Singapore, with supermarkets like Cold Storage reporting that sales of Japanese products remain stable so far. The supermarket has put up signs stating that the Japanese imports it carries are from unaffected regions of Japan and are tested by the AVA. --ST PHOTOS: DESMOND LIM
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SALES of some Japanese food in Singapore actually increased after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
This is because consumers hoarded products such as rice and baby milk powder, in case those sold later had radio-active contamination, said importers.
Both these items sold out over the past two weeks, they said, but sales of Japanese food went back to normal this week.
A spokesman for Yamakawa Trading, which runs Japanese food store Yamakawa Super, said it sold three months' worth of baby milk powder in 10 days.
Food importer Tanesei Trading said its stocks of 3kg packs of Japanese rice were snapped up in two weeks instead of the usual six.
Its general manager, Mr Steven Lim, said sales of its Japanese food imports increased by between 10 per cent and 15 per cent in the past two weeks.
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SALES of some Japanese food in Singapore actually increased after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis.
This is because consumers hoarded products such as rice and baby milk powder, in case those sold later had radio-active contamination, said importers.
Both these items sold out over the past two weeks, they said, but sales of Japanese food went back to normal this week.
A spokesman for Yamakawa Trading, which runs Japanese food store Yamakawa Super, said it sold three months' worth of baby milk powder in 10 days.
Food importer Tanesei Trading said its stocks of 3kg packs of Japanese rice were snapped up in two weeks instead of the usual six.
Its general manager, Mr Steven Lim, said sales of its Japanese food imports increased by between 10 per cent and 15 per cent in the past two weeks.
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