Adorably Hip Veggie Stall At Bus Interchange Sells Cheap, Fresh 5 For $5.50 Veg

The Circuit Breaker made home cooks out of many people, and prepping your own meals inevitably involves grocery shopping. 8days.sg came across a pop-up veggie stall called The Village at Jurong East bus interchange, which opened on November 18.

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It looks like a farmers’ market

The adorably hip shop is decked out to resemble a rustic farmers’ market stall, and sells a variety of veggies. Customers are handed a little wooden crate for their veg while they browse.
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5 for $5.50 veggies

Shopping at this stall is fairly straightforward; pick any five veggies of your choice for a flat $5.50. But you have to be judicious in your choosing to snag good deals.
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Veggies packed in a chic transparent plastic bag

While most of the veggies are cheaper than at the supermarkets and wet markets (for instance, a whole wong bok, or yellow corn cobs sold as a pair, here will cost you only $1.10 each, where it would cost twice or thrice as much at the supermarket), other items like a bag of three potatoes are less value-for-money. According to the stall staff, the veggies are mostly imported from Cameron Highlands, where The Village’s Singapore-based parent company, CCL Impex, has its own farm.
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But you only have till this Sunday to shop at this specific stall

Alas, the stall’s last day of operation is tomorrow (Dec 5). A rep for The Village tells us the closure is due to the relocation of Jurong East bus interchange — it’s shifting across the road to a spot next to JCube mall on Dec 6.

The rep adds that The Village has decided not to move its stall to the new interchange due to a higher rental rate and location consideration. But it is currently looking for a suitable spot in Jurong to reopen.
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Two other full-fledged retail stores to shop at

Other than the Jurong East stall, the company also has two other full-fledged brick-and-mortar shops in Ang Mo Kio and Serangoon. They both offer the same 5 for $5.50 veggie promo, and are also snazzily decorated to look like a chic market in London. They also sell more atas veggies like kale imported from Australia.

There is an e-commerce store too, which has free next-day delivery for orders above $10. Other than individual veggie items like kang kong, yam, asparagus, ice plant and kale, the e-shop also sells veggie bundles like the Joy Bundle ($9.90), which comes with 12 types of veggies like xiao bai cai, cai xin, potato, lady’s finger, shallots, garlic and ginger.

Meanwhile, here’s what you can get at the Jurong East stall.

Photo: CCL Impex's Facebook
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White Corn, $2 each

This is the only item not under the 5 for $5.50 deal, but it’s still worth our dough. “Very fresh, you can eat it raw one,” boasts the stall uncle as he merrily chomps on one to show us. We bought and steamed one at home to try, and it’s indeed very, very sweet and much crunchier than the typical yellow corn. Good lobang.

And below are the veggies under the 5 for $5.50 promotion:
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Yellow corn, limited to one unit per customer
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Lady’s finger, celery & lettuce
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Chinese cabbage and wong bok
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Kai lan & baby xiao bai cai
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Carrot, white onion, garlic & potato
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Old cucumber & bittergourd
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Snow peas & red chillies
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Capsicum & Chinese long bean
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Brinjal
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Locations & opening hours

The Village by CCL, three outlets including:
·       Jurong East bus interchange, open daily 9am-7pm.
·       #01-340B, Blk 301 Serangoon Ave 2, S550301, open daily 8am-8pm.
·       #01-2591, Blk 709 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, S560709, open daily 9am-9pm.
E-commerce store at www.cclimpex.com.sg.

PHOTOS: YIP JIEYING