KFC opens first outlet in Cameron Highlands

KFC opens first outlet in Cameron Highlands
By Ivan Loh
Saturday July 21, 2007

CAMERON HIGHLANDS: KFC chain of restaurants owner-operator KFC Holdings (M) Bhd (KFCH) expects to spend RM6.3mil to set up nine new outlets by year-end, chairman Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim said.

However, the location of the nine outlets had yet to be decided although the company’s long-term target was to have 500 outlets, he said at the opening of a KFC restaurant in Brinchang yesterday.

On the Brinchang outlet, which is the first on the highland and the company’s 377th outlet in the country, Muhammad Ali said the 4,181 sq ft outlet had a seating capacity of 162.

The branch, costing some RM750,000, is also the company’s 19th outlet to be opened this year.

Muhammad Ali also announced that KFCH posted revenue of RM402.8mil in the first quarter ended March 31, 14.1% higher than that for the first quarter of 2006.

KFCH is the franchisee for KFC in Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei, with a total of 460 outlets in the three countries. -- The StarBiz.