When he first relocated to Singapore, Speering took up a job at a meat-processing company, where he trained staff on butchery techniques. Last year, he opened his own standalone butchery in Katong Shopping Centre called Outback Butchery.
“We had the shop for a year, but the landlord raised the rent, so we moved out,” said Speering. That was when he decided to try bidding for a wet market stall near his HDB flat in Toa Payoh Lor 8.
While he didn’t manage to snag a stall at Lor 8, he successfully bid for a second-floor unit at the Lor 4 wet market and started operating there one and a half months ago.
“My in-laws live near this stall and it’s also near my kids’ school, so it’s very convenient,” he said. Ann, who works as a project lead in the corporate sector, helps her husband out whenever she has time.