Another coffee shop announces price increase

Yet another notice of priice hikes at a coffee shop has resurfaced, leading to much unhappiness among netizens.

The notice, shared on several Facebook pages and in chat groups on Tuesday (Mar 15) reads: “1/3/22 Price adjustment”.

Though it did not say how what the “price adjustment” would amount to, the notice added: “Should you feel unhappy, please vote wisely in the next GE”.

Several netizens have posted photos online of notices from coffee shops announcing impending price hikes.

In one  photo shared with the Complaint Singapore group on Facebook, a coffee shop announced that there would be a flat 10-cent price increase for all the drinks it serves and that the price hike was effective Feb 3.

Netizen Andrew Yap who shared that photo wrote: “Just saw this notice at a coffee shop. Not sure the increase will apply to hawker centres also. Can someone enlighten me. Thanks”.

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ICYMI: Coffee shops announce price increases without waiting for GST hike

Similarly, Leader of the Opposition and Workers’ Party (WP) Chief Pritam Singh wrote in a social media post on Thursday (Mar 3) about how prices have already begun to increase despite the GST hike only scheduled for next year.

In a Facebook post, Mr Singh shared a photo of an announcement at a food stall that read: “Dear Customers due to inflation, from 4 Feb 22, we will increase all items by $0.50”. The announcement read that a takeaway container would also cost S$0.30 more.

Rising prices are “already happening. And the low-income, middle-income and retiree households will be hit the hardest. Inflation and rising prices will eventually ease, but no one should hold their breath that prices will fall when inflation eases”, Mr Singh wrote.