A group of friends spent $1,000 buying out a Bedok minimart’s stock so its elderly owner could go home early, but the 65-year-old decided to join them in distributing the food to residents.
Jay, a 24-year-old entrepreneur, shared the good deed in a TikTok video on Oct 29, saying that they wanted to buy out a minimart aunty’s stock and distribute the goods to “charity”.
Speaking to Stomp, Jay explained that the stall owner, whom he refers to as Aunty Allyson, operates Miao Yin Organic & Vegetarian Mart located at 16 Bedok South Road.
According to him, the 65-year-old has been running the vegetarian frozen food business for around two years, partly to support her brother, who runs a stall selling vegetarian dried goods next to hers.
Hoping to help Allyson out, Jay and four friends visited her stall on Oct 25, and offered to buy out her stock.
When they made the offer, Jay said Allyson was initially “speechless” before becoming “really excited”.
Spends $1,000 on food and supplies
The group spent $1,000 on three cartons of food and supplies, chatting with Allyson before distributing them together.
During their conversation, Allyson shared that she had been a vegetarian for 18 years, mainly due to her Buddhist belief in not taking lives.
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