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MARRYBROWN FRIED CHICKEN SDN. BHD. Ringkasan Eksekutif Marrybrown Restaurant is a Malaysia based fast food chain. Restoran Marrybrown merupakan rangkaian makanan segera yang berpangkalan di Malaysia. Established in 1981, they now have over 400 outlets serving Fried Chicken, Burgers, Seafood, Rice Base Products, Noodles, Porridge, Finger Foods, Desserts and Beverages. In 1980s Marrybrown became the first local fast food chain to franchise its business system in Malaysia. This was followed by many others who started to making it big in Malaysia franchise business. Mula beroperasi sekitar tahun 1981, kini mempunyai lebih 400 cawangan yang menyajikan Ayam Goreng, Burger, Makanan Laut, produk berasaskan Nasi, Mee, Bubur, Jejari, Manisan dan Minuman. Pada tahun 1980an, Marrybrown menjadi perintis rangkaian makanan segera tempatan yang memperkenalkan sistem francais di Malaysia. Sistem ini menjadi ikutan bagi syarikat- syarikat lain untuk mengembangkan perniagaan mereka secara francais di Malaysia Misi Menjadi jenama syarikat restaurant kebangsaan dan antarabangsa paling dikagumi melalui kuasa rakyat dan kebudayaan. Maklumat Perniagaan Alamat No. 3 & 5, Jalan Dewani 3, Kawasan Perindustrial Dewani, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor Laman Sesawang www.marrybrown.com.my Maklumat-maklumat lain Sijil Halal: Ya Pengesahan Pengeksport Halal: Tiada

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MARRYBROWN FRIED CHICKEN SDN. BHD.

Ringkasan Eksekutif

Marrybrown Restaurant is a Malaysia based fast food chain.

Restoran Marrybrown merupakan rangkaian makanan segera yang berpangkalan di Malaysia.

Established in 1981, they now have over 400 outlets serving Fried Chicken, Burgers, Seafood, Rice Base

Products, Noodles, Porridge, Finger Foods, Desserts and Beverages. In 1980s Marrybrown became the first

local fast food chain to franchise its business system in Malaysia. This was followed by many others who started

to making it big in Malaysia franchise business.

Mula beroperasi sekitar tahun 1981, kini mempunyai lebih 400 cawangan yang menyajikan Ayam Goreng,

Burger, Makanan Laut, produk berasaskan Nasi, Mee, Bubur, Jejari, Manisan dan Minuman. Pada tahun

1980an, Marrybrown menjadi perintis rangkaian makanan segera tempatan yang memperkenalkan sistem

francais di Malaysia. Sistem ini menjadi ikutan bagi syarikat-syarikat lain untuk mengembangkan perniagaan

mereka secara francais di Malaysia

Misi

Menjadi jenama syarikat restaurant kebangsaan dan antarabangsa paling dikagumi

melalui kuasa rakyat dan kebudayaan.

Maklumat Perniagaan

Alamat

No. 3 & 5, Jalan Dewani 3, Kawasan Perindustrial Dewani, 81100 Johor Bahru, Johor

Laman Sesawang

www.marrybrown.com.my

Maklumat-maklumat lain

Sijil Halal: Ya

Pengesahan Pengeksport Halal: Tiada

Jenis Perniagaan: Pengeluar

Tahun Pendaftaran Perniagaan: 1981

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Jumlah Pekerja: Tiada Maklumat

Jumlah Jualan Tahunan: Tiada Maklumat

Peratus Eksport: Tiada Maklumat

Keahlian Premium Pengeksport Halal: Ahli Platinum Pengeksport Halal

Lembaga Persijilan Halal: Sijil Halal Malaysia

Sasaran Pasaran: Seluruh dunia

Produk:

Ayam goreng

Burger

Makanan laut

Produk berasaskan nasi

Mee

Bubur

Jejari

Manisan

Minuman

Persijilan Syarikat: Diperakui Halal

Anugerah dan Pencapaian:

Malaysia International Homegrown Franchise of the Year

Malaysia Franchise of the Year

First Malaysian fast food franchise

Most Promising Franchise of the Year

Pioneer Member of the Malaysia Franchise Association

Brandlaureate Award 2007 - Food & Beverage, Fast Food

Franchise Of the Year 2013 (Malaysia)

Franchisor Of the year 2013 (Malaysia)

International Franchisor of the Year 2013 (Malaysia)

Franchise of The Year 2000 to 2005 (Malaysia)

Most Promising Franchisor 2009 (India)

Best Sales Growth Award 2010 (Dubai)

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Kronologi:

1981 1986

1989 1992

1994 1995

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1996 1997

1998 1999

2000 2001

2002 2003

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2006 2008

2009 2010

2011 2012

2013 2014

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1.0 Latar Belakang

Marrybrown merupakan syarikat yang diusahakan dan kepunyaan rakyat Malaysia. Bermula pada

tahun 1981, Marrybrown merupakan rangkaian makanan segera tempatan terbesar yang melebarkan

sayap ke luar negara. Marrybrown terdapat di pelbagai negara dan melebihi 400 cawangan di

Malaysia, Dubai, Qatar, India, China, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Bahrain, Indonesia, Tanzania,

Syria, Iran, Thailand, Maldives, Myanmar, Brunei dan akan dating Singapura. Marrybrown

telah memenangi beberapa anugerah dan berkembang menjadi organisasi rangkaian makanan

segera global dan terkenal.

Marrybrown adalah sebuah restoran francais yang memerlukan modal yang tinggi untuk menjalankan

perniagaan. Marrybrown dilihat sama seperti McDonald’s dan perusahaan francais yang lain di mana

mereka mengeluarkan produk makanan ringan yang mempunyai kualiti dan kelainan rasa yang

berbeza. Keunikan tersendiri produk yang dihasilkan mempunyai perbezaan di antara Marrybrown

dan francais restoran makanan segera yang lain.

Di Johor, Marrybrown telah membuka beberapa buah cawangan di seluruh negeri. Salah satunya di

Pasir Gudang, Johor. Pembukaan cawangan Marrybrown di Pasir Gudang dikatakan memberi impak

yang sangat berbeza apabila beberapa francais dibuka di kawasan lain. Ini kerana, Pasir Gudang

merupakan sebuah kawasan yang sedang pesat membangun di samping kawasan industri dan

kawasan perumahan. Selain itu, pembukaan Marrybrown di Pasir Gudang juga amat strategik kerana

terdapat banyak sumber bahan mentah dan pemasaran produk Marrybrown sangat meluas.

Marrybrown, selaku pemasar perlu mengesan perubahan budaya bagi mencari produk baru yang

mungkin diingini oleh pengguna pada hari ini. Perubahan kepada keadaan yang tidak formal

memberi kesan kepada permintaan yang lebih terhadap makanan segera yang lebih ringkas dan

mudah didapati. Pemasar perlu memahami budaya dalam setiap pemasaran dan menyesuaikan

strategi-strategi pemasaran mereka. Marrybrown sentiasa mencari peluang untuk mengesan

perubahan budaya untuk mencari produk keluaran terbaru untuk menepati citarasa pengguna.

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2.0 Francais

Ismail Said adalah pemilik restoran Marrybrown di Pasir Gudang dan menjadi pengurus besar

Marrybrown di Johor. Beliau berpengalaman menceburkan diri dalam bidang industri makanan

selama 24 tahun lebih-lebih lagi dalam restoran makanan segera. Justeru, pengalaman beliau

amat banyak dan telah melalui pahit manis dan jatuh bangun dunia perniagaan. Nama Syarikat

yang didirikan beliau ialah Cherish Gold yang terletak di Marrybrown Restaurant, Taman Air Biru,

Pasir Gudang, Johor.

Syarikat tersebut telah beroperasi lebih daripada dua tahun. Sebelum ini Ismail bekerja dengan

sebuah syarikat francais di mana syarikat tersebut memberi peluang kepada pekerjanya untuk

membuka perusahaan francais. Peluang ini digunakan untuk membuka restoran makanan segera

Marrybrown pertamanya di Pasir Gudang. Dalam masa memikirkan untuk membuka francais

yang pertama, Ismail kerap kali patah semangat kerana memikirkan risiko perniagaan francais

amat tinggi seperti muflis. Namun sokongan dan dorongan yang diterima daripada kawan-kawan

dan keluarga menjadikan beliau lebih kental dan memastikan perniagaan itu tetap akan berjaya.

Pengurusan restoran dibantu oleh anak sulungnya Saifuddin, bekas pelajar Sekolah Menengah

Teknik Perdagangan, Johor.

Modal untuk membuka syarikat ini ialah melalui pinjaman Perbadanan Nasional Berhad (PNS).

Selain itu, ahli keluarga beliau turut menyumbang modal bagi mengukuhkan modal permulaan

perniagaan itu.

3.0 Impak Sosioekonomi

Setiap perniagaan yang dijalankan pasti akan menghasilkan impak sosioekonomi kepada

pengusaha, masyarakat setempat dan lebih-lebih lagi kepada kedai-kedai di sekitar. Model

perniagaan Marrybrown telah mewujudkan peluang pekerjaan kepada masyarakat setempat yang

ingin mendapatkan pekerjaan sepenuh masa atau kerja sambilan. Kebanyakan pekerja yang

bekerja di Marrybrown ialah pekerja sambilan yang terdiri daripada pelajar-pelajar yang sedang

menunggu cuti semester, ingin meneruskan pelajaran dan mencari duit saku tambahan. 

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Dalam hal ini, Marrybrown tidak mengalami sebarang masalah untuk mencari pekerja kerana

ramai yang mahu bekerja di Marrybrown. Dengan tenaga kerja yang cukup, Marrybrown dapat

melaksanakan aktiviti pengeluaran produk dengan lebih pantas dan efektif. Selain itu, produktiviti

Marrybrown dapat ditingkatkan dan menjana lebih banyak wang pelaburan untuk aktiviti dan

kempen promosi yang berterusan.

Kejayaan Marrybrown membuka cawangan di seluruh negara memberi kesan kepada

perkembangan sosioekonomi negara. Antaranya ialah permintaan bahan-bahan mentah daripada

pengedar tempatan seperti Ayamas merupakan rantaian yang panjang dengan mendapatkan

bekalan daripada ladang tempatan. Perjanjian kontrak bagi bekalan yang berterusan dapat

menjamin pekerjaan kepada penduduk tempatan untuk menikmati limpahan ekonomi negara.

Melalui promosi yang diatur oleh pengurusan pemasaran Marrybrown, orang ramai dapat

mengetahui tentang kewujudan restoran ini dan jenis makanan yang disediakan. Selain merasai

keenakan resepi-resepi ini, mereka dapat melihat perbezaan konsep dan tema yang

diperkenalkan oleh Marrybrown dari semasa ke semasa. Dalam kajian ini, kekuatan dan

kelemahan perniagaan yang diusahakan ahli fracais telah dianalisis dan dibandingkan.

Menurut kajian yang dijalankan oleh pihak Marrybrown, pelanggan utama mereka terdiri daripada

kanak-kanak yang mengajak ibu bapa mereka untuk menikmati hidangan yang enak di restoran

itu. Pengaruh kanak-kanak dalam proses pembelian barangan makanan terbukti amat tinggi bagi

meningkatkan penjualan produk. Ahli keluarga mempunyai pengaruh yang kuat ke atas pilihan

keluarga khususnya kanak-kanak. Tumpuan ke atas peranan dan pengaruh suami isteri dan

kanak-kanak dalam pembelian makanan segera membantu meningkatkan populariti Marrybrown

sebagai pilihan keluarga.

6.0 Potensi Masa Hadapan

Marrybrown mempunyai potensi besar menjadi pilihan orang ramai. Namun, kehadiran

Marrybrown di sesetengah kawasan kurang dirasai memandangkan promosi yang sangat lemah.

Bagi mengatasi perkara ini, aktiviti pemasaran berbentuk iklan di media elektronik dan media

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sosial perlu digiatkan supaya maklumat tentang keenakan resepi Marrybrown dapat disebarkan.

Bagi mengetahui selera orang ramai, kajian tentang produk makanan perlu sentiasa dilakukan.

Cara ini dapat membantu Marrybrown mencipta resepi yang memenuhi selera orang ramai.

Kaedah ini boleh memastikan pelanggan tidak jemu untuk datang ke Marrybrown dan mengambil

set makanan yang sama setiap masa. Selain itu, kualiti dan ramuan makanan juga wajar

diperbaharui untuk menambahkan rasa sambil mengekalkan cita rasa pengunjung Marrybrown. 

MARRYBROWN, winner of numerous domestic and international franchise industry

awards, is proudly Malaysian-owned and has over 30 years of franchise experience

under its belt.

MARRYBROWN, merupakan syarikat milik rakyat Malaysia yang menerima pelbagai

anugerah industri francais tempatan dan antarabangsa; menjadikan pengalaman

lebih 30 tahun sebagai asas kekuatan dalam bidang francais.

The homegrown fast food chain is currently the world’s largest Halal Quick Service

Restaurant (QSR) brand originating from Asia. MARRYBROWN has a strong

international presence with outlets operating in Malaysia, China, Indonesia, India, Sri

Lanka, Maldives, Africa, the Middle East and Myanmar.

Rangkaian makanan segera tempatan ini merupakan Restoran Perkhidmatan

Segera Halal (QSR) terbesar dunia yang berasal dari Asia. Marrybrown mempunyai

kedudukan antarabangsa yang kukuh dengan cawangan yang beroperasi di

Malaysia, China, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Afrika, Timur Tengah dan

Myanmar.

The halal menu features a wide variety of tasty meals including Crispy Chicken,

Delicious Satay Burger, Nasi Marrybrown, Speciality Wrap, Fish ‘n’ Chips, Mi Kari,

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Chicken Porridge, finger foods, salads, fun fries and a range of hot and cold

beverages and desserts – the only one of its kind in town and really “ something

different “ for everyone.

Marrybrown menyediakan menu halal yang merangkumi pelbagai jenis makanan

yang lazat termasuk Crispy Chicken, Delicious Burger Satay, Nasi Marrybrown,

Speciality Wrap, Fish 'n' Chips, Mi Kari, Bubur Ayam, Jejari Ayam, Salad, Kentang

Goreng, pencuci mulut dan pelbagai minuman panas dan sejuk dan - satu-satunya

seumpamanya di bandar dan "ada kelainannya" untuk semua orang.

Marrybrown, was founded in 1981, as a restaurant company that operates and

franchises Marrybrown restaurants, through 15 countries throughout Asia, Middle

East, and Africa.

Marrybrown is among the nation’s leading fast-food chains, with more than 130

quick-serving restaurants in Malaysia and more than 350 international restaurants.

As the first major fast-food chain to develop and expand the concept of “Something

Different”experiences. Marrybrown has always emphasized on halal products

serving millions of guests world-wide.

As a winner of numerous awards, Marrybrown is fast expanding internationally

ensuring that Marrybrown becomes a global food service organization and a

worldwide brand.

Marrybrown pioneered a number of firsts in the quick-serve industry. It was the first

major fast-food chain that introduced menu items that are now staples on most fast-

food menu boards, including Rice based products, Chicken Porridge, Sate burger

and Curry Kari.

Today, Marrybrown offers a broad selection of distinctive, innovative products

targeted at the fast-food consumer. Chicken represents the core of the menu,

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including the signature Lucky Plate, Chicken Porridge, Nasi Marrybrown the 100%

Black Pepper Chicken-A-Licious. And, because value is important to fast-food

customers, the company also offers value-priced products on “All-Time snacks,”

including muffins, burgers.

Our company vision is “To be a national restaurant company of most admired brand

– through the power of our people and our culture”.

Our core values and mission are simple:

Passion for our brand

Food Quality and Safety

Continuous Improvement and Innovation

Care & Respect and Personal Accountability

Excellence in Customer Service

High Standards in Personnel Growth and Development through Consistent Training

Excellence through High Q.S.C.V

Marrybrown chain prospering after many trials and tribulations

STORY AND PHOTOS BY ZAZALI MUSA 

[email protected]

THIRTY-one years ago, Lawrence Liew and Nancy Chan had dreams of investing in

a fast food business but found it difficult to secure a loan for the purpose.

Bank officials were quite sarcastic as they flipped through the couple’s business

proposal and refused to approve a loan as they believed the plan was not feasible.

Even the suppliers the couple approached doubted the viability of their plan and

were only willing to supply goods on a cash-on-delivery basis.

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Proud owner: Chan at the

research and development kitchen where food tasting is conducted and new dishes

and existing dishes are created, developed and further improved.

To make matters worse, owners of shoplots were reluctant to lease their premises to

the pair.

Today, the couple are laughing all the way to the bank.

“Back then, we were treated like second-class citizens, they didn’t even look at you,”

Marrybrown Sdn Bhd co-founder and managing director Chan told The Star.

Local delight: The Nasi Marrybrown.

Now, banks are knocking on their doors while mall operators and landlords are

courting them to lease their units.

She said, in the past, the sceptics were brutal with their remarks.

“I can still remember their words until today, ‘You can open a shop today and close

tomorrow’,” said Liew.

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They have proven them wrong as Marrybrown is now flooded with requests from

Malaysian and foreign investors wanting to take up the franchise.

Humble beginnings

Back in 1981, the couple took a gamble and started their business with capital of

RM120,000 from their life savings and contributions from family members and close

friends.

They opened Marrybrown’s first restaurant serving burgers and fried chicken at a

small rented shoplot along Jalan Wong Ah Fook in downtown Johor Baru.

Chan said when they started their fast-food business, Kentucky Fried Chicken, a US-

based quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain offering fried chicken, was already a

household name in Malaysia.

Chan said their venture into the QSR business at the time, was like David fighting

Goliath.

Hot stuff: Marrybrown Crispy Chicken.

With no business experience, they slogged day and night to build their business.

“The first five years were the toughest for us as we had to work hard to prove to our

critics that we were going to make it,” she said.

The company has grown over the years from a small rented shoplot to its own

premises in Taman Pelangi.

Two months ago, the new RM6mil corporate headquarters in the Dewani industrial

estate was opened.

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Nurse turned entrepreneur

Chan, 56, left her job as a nurse and started the business at the age of 25 with her

husband who is seven years her senior.

The former student of Sultan Ibrahim Girls School Johor Baru, completed her

Malaysian Certificate Examinations and worked as a nurse for six years.

Hard work is not new to her as she had helped supplement her family’s income from

the age of 16 by giving English tuition after school and on weekends.

Chan remembered the money she earned from giving tuition was not much but it

taught her to be more prudent in managing her finances.

Proud achievement: The

wall potraying Marrybrown’s history from 1981.

The down-to-earth businesswoman said, although today she might have money to

spend lavishly, she does not see the need to be extravagant.

Coming from a poor family, she missed out on a university education despite being

one of the top students in school and opted for nursing instead. “Being a nurse

helped me a lot in my business.

“As a nurse you have to have patience and be compassionate towards your patients

and the same goes in running a business,” she said.

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A truly Malaysian brand, Marrybrown is now the largest home-grown QSR chain with

over 300 restaurants in Malaysia, Azerbaijan, China, Bahrain, India, Indonesia, Iran,

Kuwait, Maldives, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania and the United

Arab Emirates.

Twenty per cent of its restaurants in Malaysia are company-owned while 80% are

franchised, while its overseas outlets are developed by its master franchisees.

The local and overseas restaurants are located at shopping malls, hypermarkets,

theme parks, hospitals, universities, airports and neighbourhood estates.

When asked how she came up with the brand Marrybrown, Chan said the name

popped into her mind when she decided to start the fast-food business.

“It is simple to pronounce, easy to remember and has an international appeal, as

shown when we market the brand overseas,” said Chan. She said it was important in

the fast food business to adopt a name that was easy to pronounce.

Liew said most of the international fast food brands had three-syllable names such

as Burger King, KFC and McDonalds, and so does Marrybrown.

The brand is so successful and the Government has decided to include it under the

Malaysian Kitchen Programme to encourage Malaysians to open restaurants

overseas.

Franchise model works

The couple realised that franchising was the way for them to expand their business

locally and internationally, but back in 1986 it was something new in Malaysia and

Singapore.

They looked at several franchising models from the US, UK and Japan and adopted

the best to suit their business concept.

The company started its franchising system in 1986 for Malaysia and in 1992 in

China, the first country outside Malaysia to adopt the Marrybrown business.

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Marrybrown’s franchising fee is priced at RM100,000 per outlet in Malaysia and the

fee differs for international franchisees depending on the country’s population size

and market prospects for QSRs.

It was also the first international fast food restaurant to open in Tanzania and

Maldives and the first Malaysian fast-food operator to open in Urumqi, in China’s

autonomous Xinjiang region.

Again, in the early days of franchising, they were turned down by locals when they

proposed the system as many did not have confidence in the couple.

But this has not hampered them from working even harder. Today, the majority of its

franchised outlets in the country are owned by the same franchise holders.

“Among the words uttered by them were how on earth can a local company like ours

compete with the big boys from the US,” recalled Chan.

Stand out from the rest

“We had to be different. Instead of fried chicken and burgers, we also offer local

favourites such as nasi goreng, nasi lemak, rice porridge and satay,” she said.

Chan said the Malaysian dishes are not only the main attractions among its local

customers, but also popular at its overseas shops.

She said even her competitors in the QSR business from the US started copying the

business model, to include rice dishes and other local foods on the menu list at their

restaurants in Malaysia.

Chan said apart from promoting Malaysian dishes at its overseas stores, the

company’s franchised businesses also offer local dishes from the respective

countries in which they operate.

Going forward, she said the Middle East is the most promising for the franchising

business, aside from emerging economies in Asean, China and India.

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Chan said being a local brand serving halal food is a bonus especially with the

master franchisees in the Middle East.

She added that for years, customers in these Middle Eastern countries only knew of

fast-food products and brands from Europe and the US.

“Feedback from our master franchisees there shows they are more comfortable

dealing with Malaysian companies as we are trustworthy and reliable,” said Chan.

She said the next market for Marrybrown is the African continent as many big boys in

the fast-food business are not keen to go there.

Chan said having set foot in Tanzania, the company sees the long-term growth

prospects in African countries as tremendous.

“To us, the African continent is like a diamond in the rough waiting to be cut and

polished for the shine and sparkle to emerge,” she said.

PENGENDALI restoran makanan segera tempatan MarryBrown Sdn Bhd

(Marrybrown) mengukuhkan jenamanya di peringkat antarabangsa kerana bakal

menembusi pasaran Singapura menjelang pertengahan tahun ini.

Pengarah Urusan Kumpulannya, Datin Nancy Liew berkata, Singapura menjadi 

pasaran terbaharunya susulan permintaan menggalakkan dari negara itu  selepas

menembusi pasaran Brunei dan Thailand, tahun lalu.

“Marrybrown yang beroperasi sejak 33 tahun lalu mempunyai lebih 350 cawangan di

Malaysia dan di 17 negara yang mana hampir 80 peratus dikendalikan secara

francais.

“Kami akan teruskan pengembangan rangkaian Marrybrown secara agresif tahun ini

dengan melihat persekitaran perniagaan khususnya francais,” katanya selepas

pelancaran Marrybrown Fortune Burger  sempena Tahun Baharu Cina, di Johor

Bahru, semalam.

Promosi berlangsung hingga  22 Mac ini.

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Dalam pada itu, Nancy berkata, pihaknya merancang membuka 30 lagi cawangan

baharu tahun ini khususnya di pantai timur, Sabah dan Sarawak.

“Bagi pembukaan setiap cawangan baru pada peringkat domestik, ia akan

membabitkan pelaburan antara RM600,000 dan RM800,000.

“Kos berkenaan adalah merangkumi kos yuran francaisi, pengubahsuaian, latihan

serta pemasaran,” katanya.

Tarikh : 12/2/2015

Sumber : Sinar Harian

Malaysian fast-food chain Marrybrown, known for its halal fried chicken,

burgers and finger food, has opened its first restaurant in Myanmar on June

28. The Yangon store will kick off an expansion of Marrybrown in Myanmar to

16 outlets in 5 years, the company’s business development manager Joshua

Liew was quoted as saying by Malaysia’s The Star newspaper.

Marrybrown is now the first foreign fast-food chain operating in Myanmar:

Other chains, namely McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken, are still

exploring a roll-out in Myanmar. US-coffee house chain Starbucks also has

Myanmar on its radar.

However, apart from some local brands, the fast-food segment in Myanmar

remains still largely untapped. Economist cite high property rents and a still

weak purchasing power of locals as the main issues.

Meanwhile, Marrybrown said it wants to expand its presence in southern

Thailand and also venture into Jordan and Turkey. Currently and apart from

Malaysia and Thailand, it operates restaurants in China, Indonesia, India, Sri

Lanka, Maldives, Tanzania, the UAE, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, Iran, Syria, Saudi

Arabia and Azerbaijan. Altogether, the chain has over 350 outlets.