0:04 This Malaysian couple have quadrupled
0:07 their income by selling fresh homemade
0:10 food. They don't run a restaurant or a
0:13 food stall. They dish out their food
0:25 >> The food isn't machine-made or frozen.
0:28 37year-old Amin Afifi and his wife cook
0:32 each menu fresh for lunch and supper.
0:35 Each batch takes about 3 hours to prepare.
0:50 Uh me.
0:52 >> Once ready, the food is packed
0:55 immediately. Within the hour, it's in
0:57 the vending machine. The couple don't
1:14 When the lunch rush is over, it's time
1:17 to stock up. Amen cuts cost by
1:19 personally buying supplies from
1:22 wholesalers each day. He estimates that
1:26 saves him up to 40%. [Music]
1:27 [Music]
1:30 He then repeats the cycle, cooking again
1:33 for the evening delivery. It's a long
1:36 day with more than 9 hours of work 7
1:40 days a week. Sales peak for supper. His
1:43 vending machine sits right outside a
1:45 university dorm.
2:22 Amen tracks sales, stock, and product
2:25 performance via an app linked to his machine.
2:27 machine.
2:30 The items are priced from 1 ringgit for
2:32 a bottle of water to 5 ringgot for
2:35 cooked food like Nasi Lama. That's about
2:39 30% cheaper than nearby alternatives.
2:43 Amin sells about 120 packets each day.
3:12 That's four times what he used to earn
3:33 [Music]
3:36 So he signed up for a government support
3:38 scheme to help the financial
3:41 independence of lower inome households.
3:43 He was expecting help to get a shop
3:46 space. Instead, he was allocated a
4:11 The government scheme covers the cost of
4:14 renting the vending machine about 800
4:17 ringgit a month for 2 years. also
4:20 covered electricity and maintenance.
4:23 Amen has to pay for what he stocks,
4:26 which comes up to about 6,000 ringit a
4:29 month. But it isn't always smooth
4:32 sailing. During the university holidays,
4:56 There's an even bigger challenge on the
4:58 horizon. Amen's 2-year government
5:02 support is ending soon. He says he will
5:04 continue this business. He's prepared to
5:06 pay for the machine's rental,
5:09 electricity, and maintenance, although
5:12 he's not sure how much that will eat
5:14 into profits yet. He's also thinking
5:17 about scaling up maybe catering or
5:20 another machine. But no matter what lies
5:22 ahead, being a vending machine boss has
5:35 confident. [Music]
