Hawkers

New workshops help aspiring hawkers find winning business recipes

‘Hawkerpreneur’ workshops provide training in menu planning, cost control and branding

A chef fries pigeons in hot oil near Beiyuan Grand Hotel in Beijing, China, Aug 11, 2025. Beiyuan is among at least 15 high-end hotels nationwide hawking food outside in recent weeks, according to their social media and Chinese news sites.

Chinese hotels turn to hawking food as guests tighten belts

[SINGAPORE] Every evening, staff at Beiyuan Grand Hotel in Beijing set up street stalls selling freshly-cooked gourmet dishes trying to make up for falling revenue indoors as Chinese consumers and fir...

Tan Kim Siong, founder and chairman of Fei Siong Group (left), with Jedrick Tan, chief strategy officer of Fei Siong, at the Popeyes Singapore outlet in Somerset.

With franchising experience from Popeyes, Fei Siong Group takes Encik Tan to Indonesia

The homegrown F&B group is seeking investors for growth-stage capital and mulling a future IPO

Participating merchants will display the PayLah! Scan to Pay sticker and have to be SGQR code-enabled.

DBS returns with weekly S$3 cashback at hawker stalls, heartland shops

This is part of the bank’s year-long benefits for SG60, which first launched in March

The government will allocate up to S$1 billion over the next 20 to 30 years to upgrade ageing hawker centres and to build new centres.
SINGAPORE BUDGET 2025

Budget 2025: Hawkers, arts to get more support in 2025; S$100 credits for ActiveSG members

Citizens are also encouraged to participate in sports with family and friends through ActiveSG credits

Unlike larger business groups or private equity, which often prioritise integration and profit, ETA acquirers are vested in the cultural fit and strategic vision of the business.
PERSPECTIVE

Transforming opportunities: Why ETA is key for Singapore’s next-gen enterpreneurs

Particularly for legacy businesses grappling with succession issues, Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) helps ensure continuity, not just in operations but also ethos

For decades, street stalls and hawkers have been banned or tightly regulated in many Chinese cities, with authorities seeing them as unsightly.

Hawkers back on China’s streets as economic recovery teeters

WANG Chunxiang pushes a cart around busy areas of Shanghai, playing cat and mouse with the authorities as she tries to sell pastries. The jobs she could get do not pay enough for her to make ends meet...

Brothers Ang Eng Guan (left) and Ang Eng Hwa set up fruits stall Soon Lee Heng (SLH) Fresh Fruits Trading in 2014.

Heartland shops get a visual makeover 

SINCE August 2021, more than 200 heartland stores have gotten help to refresh their layouts under Heartland Enterprise Centre Singapore (HECS) and Enterprise Singapore’s Visual Merchandising programme...

Shoppers participating in a hawker-themed game show organised as part of this year's Heartlands Festival.

Helping HDB businesses get crowds and go digital

The annual Heartlands Festival brings a buzz to neighbourhood shops

Soon Li Coffee Stall in Tiong Bahru market displaying the SGQR code for quick, cashless payments. Stalls like this are on board the subsidised meals programme by DBS/POSB.
TAKING HEART

DBS to subsidise 5 million hawker meals amid rising food prices

DBS/POSB announced on Wednesday (Feb 1) that it will subsidise five million meals at hawker centres over the next 12 months, as food prices continue to rise amid inflationary pressures.