At a hypermarket near the Senayan cloverleaf area, Maria mixed with dozens of other visitors. The adroit hand of the 28-year-old lady selected Fuji apples from the refrigerator. Having chosen her fresh produce, she grabbed again her handcart and pushed it along the shipshape hallways.

Not long after, her handcart was filled with items like baby milk, diapers, soaps, toothpaste, various utensils and even a Belgian-made carpet. “The grocery sto