Friday, July 20, 2007

KFC to open nine more outlets this year

KFC to open nine more outlets this year
By Ivan Loh
Friday July 20, 2007


CAMERON HIGHLANDS: KFC Holdings (M) Bhd (KFCH) is expected to spend RM6.3mil (US$1.8mil) to set up nine new Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets by end of the year.

The locations however have not been determined yet, KFCH chairman Tan Sri Muhammad Ali Hashim said at the opening of its outlet here in Brinchang on Friday.

The company's long-term target is to have 500 outlets nationwide.

The Brinchang outlet, the first on the highland and the 377th outlet in Malaysia, cost about RM750,000 to set up.

It is also the company's 19th outlet to be opened this year.

"KFC is now quite well established in the big towns and cities in the country, and we intend to extend our services to serve more customers in smaller towns," said Muhammad Ali. -- The StarBiz.


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