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Friends spend $1,000 buying out Bedok minimart's goods for charity; elderly owner volunteers to help out

A group of friends spent $1,000 buying out a Bedok minimart's stock to help its elderly owner call it a day early, but she had other plans - joining them in distributing the food to residents instead.Taking to social media on Friday (Oct 30), one of the friends, who goes by the name Jay Tan, shared the heartwarming gesture, explaining...

AsiaOne Singapore2026-11-01 12:00查看原文 ↗

Friends spend $1,000 buying out Bedok minimart's goods for charity; elderly owner volunteers to help out

Taking to social media on Friday (Oct 30), one of the friends, who goes by the name Jay Tan, shared the heartwarming gesture, explaining that the group had wanted to buy out a minimart aunty's stock and distribute the goods to charity.

In the video , Tan is heard explaining that the items were being bought for charity before approaching the stall owner and handing her cash. He also tells her that she can rest early for the day.

However, he later shared that the owner had expressed interest in joining them to distribute the items to nearby residents.

Speaking to Stomp, Tan, 24, identified the stall owner as Aunty Allyson, 65, who runs Miao Yin Organic & Vegetarian Mart at 16 Bedok South Road.

Hoping to lend her a helping hand, Tan said he and four friends visited her stall on Oct 25 and offered to purchase all her remaining stock.

He said Allyson was initially "speechless" when they made the offer, before becoming "really excited".

'We didn't expect her to take off her apron'

The group spent $1,000 on three cartons of food and supplies, and took some time to chat with Allyson before heading out to distribute the items.

"What stood out to us was how happy running the stall makes her. She loves sharing the benefits of vegetarian food with customers who don't usually eat vegetarian, and she says she also learns a lot about vegetables from her customers in return," said Tan.

"In her words, it's a two-way exchange: she shares with them, and they teach her too."

The group had initially planned to give the food to residents living nearby. However, Allyson surprised them by volunteering to join in the distribution.

"We didn't expect her to take off her apron and say 'I'm coming too'," Tan wrote in the video's caption.

The TikTok video shows Allyson leading the way along a common corridor in an HDB, while Tan pushes a carton of food behind her.

The pair are then seen handing out food to several families, before the encounter ends with Allyson giving Tan a hug.

"Seeing her so excited to hand out food to strangers reminded me that kindness spreads when you give people the chance to be part of it," Tan told Stomp.

AsiaOne has reached out to Jay Tan for more information.

xingying.koh@asiaone.com

一群朋友花了 1000 美元买断了勿洛一家便利店的库存，帮助年迈的店主提前结束营业，但她另有打算——她和朋友们一起把食物分发给居民。

10 月 30 日星期五，其中一位名叫 Jay Tan 的朋友在社交媒体上分享了这一暖心举动，并解释说，他们想买下便利店阿姨的存货，并将这些商品分发给慈善机构。

视频中，可以听到谭解释说这些东西是买来做慈善的，然后他走上前去，把现金交给摊主。他还告诉摊主，她可以早点休息了。

不过，他后来透露，店主表示有兴趣加入他们，将这些物品分发给附近的居民。

24 岁的 Tan 在接受 Stomp 采访时确认，摊主是 65 岁的 Allyson 阿姨，她在勿洛南路 16 号经营着苗茵有机素食超市。

为了帮助她，谭先生说他和四个朋友于 10 月 25 日拜访了她的摊位，并提出购买她剩余的所有货物。

他说，当他们提出这个提议时，艾莉森最初“说不出话来”，之后变得“非常兴奋”。

“我们没想到她会脱掉围裙。”

该小组花费 1000 美元购买了三箱食品和物资，并在出发分发物品之前花了一些时间和艾莉森聊天。

“最让我们印象深刻的是，经营这个摊位让她感到非常快乐。她喜欢与平时不吃素的顾客分享素食的好处，她说她也能从顾客那里学到很多关于蔬菜的知识，”谭说道。