Breakfast for RM1 in Sabah

The enterprising youths at their stall along Jalan Airport.

SANDAKAN: Two youths here are offering breakfast for just one ringgit.

Jaafar Pame, 28, and Muhammad Abdullah, 30, believed they could still make money despite the low selling price.

They started last October with just RM100 in cash and used the money to make and sell 100 sets of breakfast comprising a chicken or vegetable sandwich with coffee or tea.

They set up shop by the roadside from 6am till 8am along a busy main road, Jalan Airport here.

To draw customers, they put up posters and bunting. Sure enough, they received an encouraging response, particularly from their target group, low income earners.

Even at that price, they can make about RM1,000 profit monthly – not bad for a two-hour effort, from Monday till Saturday.

Jaafar said they also offer side items such as pancakes, mushroom soup and other hot beverages.

“We also take orders such as for mushroom soup and hot drinks around Batu 7 Jalan Airport, and charge only RM1 for delivery.

He said unemployed youths should emulate them and be open to new ways to earn some income as “there are ample opportunities everywhere”.

Meanwhile, one youth in Kota Kinabalu, Mohammed Shaffy Abdul Rashid, 21, has followed in Jaafar and Muhammad’s footsteps, peddling his Breakfast-for-RM1 sets along Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens.

One of his customers, Arif Sani, 28, said that many working people do not have time to eat breakfast.

“This is a cheap and convenient option’ he added.

Source: Bernama | 5 March 2016