With the price of consumer goods constantly rising, people may not be able to buy very much at a market with only two baht in their pocket.

But if they go to Amnart Thongsema’s stall on Charoen Krung 85 road, they will get a full bowl of steamed white rice _ enough to fill an empty stomach.

Everywhere people are tightening their belts to cope with the rising costs of consumer goods, but Mr Amnart’s two-baht bowls of rice are helping low-income earners make ends meet.