Rahmah Sales including eggs, oil, and rice aid 600k Johoreans

The government’s Rahmah Sales programme has helped lighten the cost of living of over 600,000 consumers in Johor, with sales exceeding RM13 million.

Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Fuziah Salleh said the programme covered off and on premises sales as well as Rahmah Mobile Sales at 255 locations involving 26 parliamentary and state constituencies.

“The programme encourages more industry players such as supermarkets to… ease the cost of living pressure on the people,” she said in a statement today.

Earlier today, she officially launched a Rahmah Sales programme at Sungai Abong in Muar, Johor, and handed over Rahmah Baskets to the needy there.

The Rahmah Sales programme offers up to 36 types of essential goods comprising dry and wet items such as eggs, cooking oil, flour, sugar, onions, Milo, anchovies, and rice at prices 10 to 30 percent cheaper than the market price.

Fuziah (above) added that the Rahmah Mobile Sales, with the concept of “shop seeking customers”, could be implemented at 575 locations nationwide.

“For Johor, the Rahmah Mobile Sales is conducted at 26 locations,” she said.

As at Aug 18, about 100,000 Rahmah Baskets have been distributed to the poor as a social corporate responsibility without government allocation, she added.

- Bernama