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Obviously I'm not from an elite school but I thought ACS is pretty elite? Why would a 10 cents increase make them feel any pinch at all? ----- Mar 22, 2011 IN THE ST NEWSPAPER TODAY Students feel pinch of rising food cost Tuckshop vendors raising prices, shrinking portions to make up for global price hike By Jessica Lim At Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), some vendors have asked for permission to raise food prices by about 10 cents. The school will grant this on a case-by-case basis, said the school's estate manager Wong Meng Kong. -- ST PHOTO: SAMUEL HE RISING global food prices have hit schools in the gut. Tuckshop vendors, stung like other food retailers by the rising cost of items like rice, oil and flour, are raising their prices, and students are feeling the pinch.
