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Hawker Struggles With Slow Business in December, Other F&B Operators Share Similar Concerns

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A Singaporean hawker's TikTok video highlighting the unusually slow business during December sparked a wave of empathy from other food and beverage (F&B) owners who are experiencing a similar downturn. While December is typically a busy period for restaurants and food businesses, many hawkers are reporting a decline in customers this year, leaving them worried about the reasons behind this trend.

'Am I doing something wrong?' Hawker puzzled by slow business in December, others share similar sentimentsPHOTO: Instagram/hawkergirl96, Screengrab/TikTokOne would think that many restaurants and food businesses would experience a boom during the holiday season as diners get together for festive meals and gatherings. It's also not uncommon to see snaking queues and longer delivery times at many of these places during the holidays.

"I really hate the month of December," wrote Lim Hwee Yi, a 26-year-old hawker in her TikTok post on Sunday . She is currently working full-time at her parents' porridge business, Botak Cantonese Porridge, which"Business is so slow, it's honestly a little scary," she admitted. Many of them expressed that this December has indeed been slow and they've been facing the same concerns.

But the issue doesn't appear to affect only food-based businesses. Business owners from other industries shared how they too, have also been"For my industry, this December have been the worst December in four years of doing business. Keep going! Jia you (Many netizens also encouraged Hwee Yi to stay positive and push on.

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