{"id":39777,"date":"2026-03-28T01:17:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=39777"},"modified":"2026-03-28T01:17:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T17:17:46","slug":"deep-dive-singapores-restaurant-closures-why-is-it-closing-time-for-some-in-the-fb-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=39777","title":{"rendered":"Deep Dive &#8211; Singapore&#8217;s restaurant closures: Why is it closing time for some in the F&#038;B scene?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Running a business in Singapore is no easy feat, especially in the fiercely competitive F&amp;B scene. For every outlet that closes, another quickly steps in. But does this constant churn signal a thriving industry or does it point to a growing challenge for local entrepreneurs competing against well-funded foreign players? In this week\u2019s Deep Dive, Steven Chia speaks with co-founder of The Black Hole Group Mustaffa Kamal and restaurant industry watcher Debbie Yong to unpack what it really takes for F&amp;B establishments to stay relevant and profitable in one of the toughest dining landscapes around.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/listen\/deep-dive\/singapores-restaurant-closures-why-it-closing-time-some-in-fb-scene-6017486\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Running a business in Singapore is no easy feat, especially in the fiercely competitive F&amp;B scene. For every outlet that closes, another quickly steps in&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}