S’pore Imported Twice the Amount of Canned Food As People Stockpile More Food for Circuit Breaker

Canned food is great.

Want something nice but not able to cook as well as your mum, which you won’t see for the next few months?

Open up a can of braised meat.

Want something to go along with your plain porridge? Picked cabbage and peanuts are the way to go.

Want some meat with your sandwiches? Tuna, it is.

Turns out, I’m not the only one thinking that way as the Singapore Food Agency (SFA) revealed their statistics for canned food imports.

S’pore Imported Twice the Amount of Canned Food As People Stockpile More Food for Circuit Breaker

According to a Straits Times report on 8 June, about 4,700 tonnes of canned seafood was important into Singapore between April and 28 May 2020.

In 2019 over the same period, it was 2,000 tonnes and a year before, it was 1,500 tonnes.

Imports of canned meat have also increased.

2,600 tonnes were imported over the circuit breaker period.

It was 1,300 tonnes last year over the same period and 800 tonnes the previous year.

Sharp Increase Expected

Professor William Chen of National Technological University (NTU) says that this sharp increase is expected.

After all, he pointed out, canned food can last longer than fresh seafood or meat. They also do not require to be kept in refrigeration.

Not only is it great for increasing the national stockpile, households who has “limited refrigeration space” can also stock up on more food with canned ones.

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Stocking Up On Canned Food To Avoid Going Out Too Much

While many people were reported in the media for breaking CB rules, there are just as many who goes the extra mile to make sure they obey as much as possible.

Yes, really.

Or, at least that’s what some of them are saying.

A 49-year-old sales executive says that she only does grocery shopping once every two weeks. Once their fresh foodstuff is all eaten, the family will switch to canned luncheon meat and sardines.

Another lady said that she stocks up on luncheon meat, soup and instant noodles so she doesn’t have to go out as often.

There are also a few who says they buy canned food to “spice up their diets”.

“We buy canned food like black beans and preserved fish, which we add to simple dishes, and for a change. Good for plain porridge and breakfast.”

Purchase Limits in Supermarkets Eased As People Aren’t Starting Minimarts at Home Anymore

On 4 June 2020, a FairPrice spokesman said that shopping habits have returned to normal since implementing the purchase limit.

Which is why FairPrice has adjusted the purchase limits for essential items such as rice, noodles and cooking oil.

This includes toilet paper (limits increased to four packs), Instant noodles (increased from two to three packs) and canned product (increased from six to ten).

It’s not just FairPrice doing this.

Cold Storage and Giant supermarkets have also had their purchase limits relaxed.

Even the Sheng Siong supermarket chain has relaxed purchase limits for certain categories of essential items.

Stay Safe At Supermarkets

Still, if there is one thing supermarkets have, its crowds of people.

This quickly transforms the area into a coronavirus party house.

This might be common sense but please stay at home if you’re sick to not risk infecting others.

Don’t let our two months of hard work go to waste, okay?