A Malaysian couple has significantly increased their income by selling fresh, homemade food through a vending machine, bypassing traditional food service models.
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This Malaysian couple have quadrupled
their income by selling fresh homemade
food. They don't run a restaurant or a
food stall. They dish out their food
>> The food isn't machine-made or frozen.
37year-old Amin Afifi and his wife cook
each menu fresh for lunch and supper.
Each batch takes about 3 hours to prepare.
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>> Once ready, the food is packed
immediately. Within the hour, it's in
the vending machine. The couple don't
When the lunch rush is over, it's time
to stock up. Amen cuts cost by
personally buying supplies from
wholesalers each day. He estimates that
saves him up to 40%. [Music]
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He then repeats the cycle, cooking again
for the evening delivery. It's a long
day with more than 9 hours of work 7
days a week. Sales peak for supper. His
vending machine sits right outside a
university dorm.
Amen tracks sales, stock, and product
performance via an app linked to his machine.
machine.
The items are priced from 1 ringgit for
a bottle of water to 5 ringgot for
cooked food like Nasi Lama. That's about
30% cheaper than nearby alternatives.
Amin sells about 120 packets each day.
That's four times what he used to earn
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So he signed up for a government support
scheme to help the financial
independence of lower inome households.
He was expecting help to get a shop
space. Instead, he was allocated a
The government scheme covers the cost of
renting the vending machine about 800
ringgit a month for 2 years. also
covered electricity and maintenance.
Amen has to pay for what he stocks,
which comes up to about 6,000 ringit a
month. But it isn't always smooth
sailing. During the university holidays,
There's an even bigger challenge on the
horizon. Amen's 2-year government
support is ending soon. He says he will
continue this business. He's prepared to
pay for the machine's rental,
electricity, and maintenance, although
he's not sure how much that will eat
into profits yet. He's also thinking
about scaling up maybe catering or
another machine. But no matter what lies
ahead, being a vending machine boss has
confident. [Music]
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