Looking for a bargain? Buy ugly fruit and vegetables

Customers browsing the IMperfect Fellas fruit offerings at FairPrice Xtra at Ang Mo Kio Hub. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
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SINGAPORE – You might be looking for ripe bananas for a cake, apples and oranges for juicing, or lady’s fingers for fish curry. At FairPrice supermarkets, you will likely find what you need – and at a bargain.

The chain, which has 159 stores islandwide, offers bags of blemished but perfectly edible fruit and vegetables under its IMperfect Fellas programme.

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