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| In order to support
and complement its core businesses, the QSR Group profits from and
integrated ancillary support system that encompasses sauce manufacturing,
bakery and commissary operations. |
Region Food Industries
In
1994, QSR Brands acquired a controlling interest in Region Food Industries
Sdn Bhd (RFI). Under the group's strong leadership, RFI is now one
of the country's leading sauce manufacturers, producing 12 million
bottles per annum.
Using
state of the art machinery, RFI processes premium quality natural
ingredients into superior quality sauces. It has its own comprehensive
R&D Department which develops new products for an increasingly
sophisticated market.
The RFI plant conforms to international manufacturing standards.
This was further augmented with the ISO 9002 certification awarded
to RFI since 1999. The certification of its standards enabled stronger
penetration into the export market. Currently, RFI products are exported
to UK, USA, France, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong, Mauritius,
Maldives, the Middle East, Brunei and Singapore.
Locally, RFI supplies Life tomato ketchup and Life chili sauce to KFC,
Pizza Hut and other fast-food operators. Its products are also found in most major supermarkets,
hypermarkets and provision stores.
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Commissary
The
Group's commissary is Malaysia's largest vegetable
commissary. The ultra-modern facility was set up in order to
meet the increasing demand from the restaurant chains and to
tap the potentials of the open market.
Currently, it supplies the Group's KFC and Pizza Hut restaurants
chains with coleslaw, salad, vegetables and other types of fresh
products.
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Baker’s
Street
Bakery
– The bakery initially started out as a supporting business
to the KFC restaurant chain manufacturing buns for KFC meals. Its
operations have since expanded beyond a mere supporting role to
the KFC chain.
The
bakery now produces a wide range of cakes and pastries and supplies
Pizza Hut with bakery goods. With its upgraded state-of-the-art
equipment,
it is able to provide versatility and higher production output
to further take advantage of the growing local market.
The bakery division continued to record higher sales with the commissioning
of an automatic bun-line and nationwide supply of buns to KFC restaurants.
Business expanded even further with the supply of garlic bread
to Pizza Hut Singapore from the middle of 2003 and the increase
in open market sales of bakery products. A new automatic seasoning
flour blending and packing plant for Original Recipe and Hot & Spicy
blends for KFC restaurants has also began operations and is set
to contribute substantially to the overall performance of the Group.
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