Thursday, 08 October 2026 · Daily Market Intel

Market IntelThu, 08 Oct

KL hawker Meor pays US$9.80 for chicken that cost US$8.10 last month.

Hawker margin · gas ladder · zero-fee QR

Someone's payday
- Meor kept his chicken-chop price, so who pays the extra US$1.70 on every 2 kg of fillet? — The Sun
  Meor Hasrulniza Hashim of Che' Mok Gerai Station in Kuala Lumpur pays over US$9.80 for 2 kg of chicken fillet, up from US$8.10 a month ago, and US$25 to US$37 a day for cooking oil. His prices have not moved.
  Positive-sum angle: Rajeshwary Ramasamy, selling mixed rice nearby, raised a plate by US$0.12 after seven months and says her US$20 daily profit could fall to US$7.40 as diners take smaller portions. The discounted-supply scheme the trade ministry promised on 3 October would reach every stall at once; bulk oil suppliers and poultry farms gain a steadier buyer.
  What's the impact: A Klang Valley hawker should split the menu now: a fixed plate price and a protein line quoted at the week's chicken price, as seafood stalls already do, and sign up for the ministry's discounted-supply scheme the day its list opens. Cooking oil at US$25 to US$37 (RM100 to RM150) a day is the first bulk buy.
Your costs
- Manila suspended the LPG tax, so why is the 11-kg cooking-gas tank US$3.20 dearer? — Philstar
  Republic Gas Corp. is lifting cooking-gas prices by US$0.29 a kilo in three steps, on 3, 10 and 17 October, adding US$3.20 to an 11-kg tank that costs about US$21 after step one. The US$0.05-a-kilo excise suspension vanished in the first step.
  Positive-sum angle: Regasco's Arnel Ty blames a US$65-a-tonne jump in Saudi Aramco's contract price, Dubai crude at US$113 from US$90, and China halting fuel exports in October. A ladder beats a cliff: eateries can reprice weekly, and the Malaysian, Thai and Indonesian suppliers Ty calls dearer gain a second buyer.
  What's the impact: A Manila eatery burning a tank every three days should price the 10 and 17 October steps into this week's menu, and quote catering with a gas line that moves. In Mindanao the tank already costs US$2.40 (P150) more than in Luzon, so a dealer price locked before 17 October matters most there.
The tool
- Bank Indonesia zeroed the QR fee on sales under US$5.60, so which shops still pay 0.7%? — detikJatim
  Since 1 October the merchant fee on QRIS, Indonesia's national QR payment standard, is zero on any sale up to US$5.60 in every merchant category, down from 0.7% for small, medium and large shops. Micro sellers keep 0% up to US$28 and pay 0.3% above that.
  Positive-sum angle: The fee that left the counter with every US$5.60 (Rp100,000) coffee now stays with the shop. The banks that lose it gain a sales ledger cash never produced, and the lenders who underwrite on that ledger follow; Bank Indonesia itself takes no cut of the fee.
  What's the impact: A Jakarta café owner should confirm their merchant category with whoever issued their QR code: filed as small rather than micro, a shop loses the fee-free band between US$5.60 and US$28 a ticket. The unbuilt tool: a one-tap check that flags any fee charged on a sub-US$5.60 sale since 1 October.

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