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QSR UNIT TO REFURBISH 45 KEDAI AYAMAS

QSR Brands unit to spend RM5m refurbishi­ng 45 outlets over 2 years

- FARAH ADILLA KUALA LUMPUR bt@mediaprima.com.my

QSR Brands (M) Holdings Bhd’s unit, Kara Holdings Sdn Bhd, plans to spend RM5 million to refurbish 45 Kedai Ayamas nationwide over two years.

Kara Holdings executive director Calvin Ang said the company was also planning to introduce a new store concept by the third quarter of the year.

“We will i ntroduce a new store concept as Ayamas has been in the market for 30 years now.

“There is a lot of competitio­n now and it is time we look at the new concept so as to remain competitiv­e,” he said after the launch of the Golden Sesame Roaster and the Mutiara Johor Corp’s cookbook, here, yesterday.

Kara Holdings is the manager of Kedai Ayamas.

QSR Brands managing director Datuk Mohamed Azahari Kamil said the company was spending RM100 million to refurbish KFC outlets nationwide, on top of the RM100 million investment for new stores.

Last week, it was reported that QSR Brands planned to open more than 35 KFC outlets nation- wide this year with investment­s of more than RM100 million.

Azahari said it would spend between RM3 million and RM4 million on each outlet.

“We have the financial and operation capacity, as well as the commitment of our shareholde­rs to expand our business this year, in line with the country’s strong economic growth.

“We see the economic fundamenta­ls growing well this year and we want to make sure that we are able to develop all our restaurant­s,” he said.

 ?? PIC BY ROSELA ISMAIL ?? (From left) QSR Brands (M) Holdings Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Merrill Christophe­r Pereyra, Kara Holdings executive director Calvin Ang, Mutiara Johor Corp chairman Datin Noor Laila Yahaya and QSR Brands managing director Datuk Mohamed Azahari...
PIC BY ROSELA ISMAIL (From left) QSR Brands (M) Holdings Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Merrill Christophe­r Pereyra, Kara Holdings executive director Calvin Ang, Mutiara Johor Corp chairman Datin Noor Laila Yahaya and QSR Brands managing director Datuk Mohamed Azahari...

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