Live S'pore-raised seafood on sale at 3 Giant supermarts

Customers at three Giant supermarkets can now buy locally grown live seafood, including tilapia, sea bass, grouper and vannamei prawns.

- Chin Hui Shan

Amid a push to promote local products, live seafood is now available at Giant Tampines Hypermarket, as well as the Giant stores in IMM and Tengah Plantation Plaza.

Consumers can buy tilapia under The Straits Fish brand at $7.90 each and vannamei prawns at $32.90 per kg.

Home-grown vegetables like xiao bai cai and lettuce will also be sold in the three supermarkets as part of the same initiative by the Singapore Agro-Food Enterprises Federation (Safef), which has, along with other organisations, taken on the role of demand and supply aggregator for vegetable and fish products.

Safef is also selling local vegetables under the SG Farmers' Market brand at 38 Cold Storage and Giant stores.

Speaking at the launch of the Safef initiative at Giant Tampines Hypermarket on Aug 19, Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth Baey Yam Keng acknowledged the challenges local farms face but stressed the importance of producing food locally to strengthen food resilience.