08 February 2010 - BERNAMA

KUALA TERENGGANU: McDonald’s Malaysia, the operator of McDonald’s fast-food chain, has targeted to open 30 more branches nationwide within the next three years.

Senior director Chan Chee Chin said the new branches would be located outside the Klang Valley.

“Within the period concerned, we will be opening more branches in areas like Alor Setar, Langkawi and Teluk Intan to avoid branches being concentrated in a single area like the Klang Valley,” he said.

He was speaking to reporters after the opening of the first McDonald’s drive-in outlet in Kuala Terengganu by State Rural Development, Entrepreneurs and Cooperatives Committee chairman Datuk Mohamed Awang Tera.

McDonald’s currently has 194 outlets nationwide, with 21 of them being managed by 10 franchise holders. — Bernama