Founder of Singapore’s shuttered Global Halal Hub rises again with new convenience stores
Shortly after he was forced to shutter Singapore's only all halal-certified supermarket that he co-founded, ‘halalpreneur’ Ronnie Faizal Tan begins planning 100 new stores.
Ronnie Faizal Tan claims to have bounced back and intends to open 100 all-halal convenience stores in Singapore by 2020.
The self-styled “halalpreneur” personally lost millions of dollars when his previous venture, Global Halal Hub, was forced to close in August. Now, as a vice-president of Singaporean conglomerate Hao Corp responsible for its Hao Halal Hub retail brand, he says his dream of “bringing food to the ummah” is back on track.
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