The Jaya Grocer supermarket chain is managed and controlled by Teng Yew Huat and his son Daniel Teng, 32, who is the Director of Operations. YH Teng was a co-founder together with other Teng family members of TMC (Teng’s Mini-Market Centre) in Bangsar and the Giant hypermarket chain. In 1999 the Teng family sold out the business to Hong Kong based Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited for a bountiful sum.

8 years on YH Teng went back into the grocery business again. This time he started on his own with the first Jaya Grocer supermarket opened in 2007. Within 10 years it had grown to 21 supermarkets with a growing middle class...

The Ong family led by Ong Kim Too, is behind the success of Village Grocer Holdings Sdn Bhd (VGH). Ong and his brothers grew up in a neighbourhood sundry shop in Gombak which his father started in the 1950s. After 4 decades, the family amassed enough savings to start a supermarket called Pasaraya OTK in 1997. Ong Kim Too was working as an engineer in Australia before returning home to Malaysia to help expand the family’s grocery business. Two more outlets were opened in Sentul and Puchong.

In 2004 an opportunity arose to start a supermarket in Bangsar Village, Kuala Lumpur. Ong took the challenge to go upmarket and created a new...

Sushi King is the largest sushi restaurant chain in Malaysia with 100 outlets. Though a homegrown chain in Malaysia, it was founded by Tan Sri Dato Seri Dr Fumihiko Konishi, a Japanese who has made this country his home. He started his first kaiten or conveyor belt sushi outlet in 1995.  This year Sushi King celebrates its 25th Anniversary. Tan Sri Fumihiko is Executive Chairman of Penang based TexChem Resources Bhd which is listed on Bursa Malaysia. TexChem has four business divisions – Restaurants, Industrial, Food and Polymer Engineering.

In 2015  Yoshinoya Holdings Group, one of the top three gyudon or beef bowl fast food...

QSR Brands (M) Holdings Berhad (QSR Brands) is the Master Franchisee of KFC  (USA franchise) restaurants in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and Cambodia. There are over 830 KFC restaurants in the designated territories. QSR Brands is also the Master Franchisee of Pizza Hut (USA franchise) restaurants in Malaysia and Singapore with over 475 restaurants in total. Johor Corporation (JCorp), the State Economic Development Corporation of Johore, is the controlling shareholder of QSR Brands.

Besides restaurant operations, the QSR Brands group is also indirectly involved in poultry processing activities through Ayamas Food Corporation (M) Sdn...

The Master Franchisee for Domino’s (American franchise) in Singapore and Malaysia is Dommal Food Services Sdn Bhd, a company controlled by Dato’ George Ting Yew Tong. His son-in-law, Ba U Shan-Ting, is President of Dommal Food and was CEO of Singapore and Malaysia operations before Deputy President, Shamsul Amree, was elevated to CEO recently.

Dato’ George Ting in the 1980s was Executive Director/President of the Fast Food Division of KFC Holdings Malaysia overseeing the KFC and Pizza Hut brands. After almost two decades of building up KFC  to 300 stores and 100 Pizza Hut outlets, he left in 1997 to run his Shakey’s Pizza chain. In...

Rex Industry Berhad is a leading manufacturer and exporter of halal canned products, frozen food and beverages in Malaysia. Rex is its established trademark. The company has operations in Indonesia through PT Rex Canning, a manufacturer of canned processed seafood principally for export to the USA and European Union. The company is listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia. The Group registered a turnover of RM136.61 million for its financial year ended 30 June 2019 and a pre-tax loss of RM14.3million. Rex Industry was a substantial shareholder (5.61%) in listed biscuit manufacturer, Hwa Tai Industries Berhad (31 March 2019) until it...

London Biscuits Berhad started as a confectionery manufacturer in 1981. The Liew family headed by Dato’ Sri Liew Kuik Hin bought into the company in 1994. Four years later London Biscuits introduced the London Pie Cakes which were individually packaged cakes with cream fillings. Its success led to the introduction of swiss roll cakes. London Biscuits was listed in 2002 on the Second Board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (Bursa Securities Malaysia now) and transferred to the Main Board in late 2003. In 2007 London Biscuits acquired a controlling stake in Khee San Berhad, the largest manufacturer of sweets and candy in Malaysia, famous...

The Tan brothers, Tan Soo Kuok and Tan Lee Kok, who founded Munchy Food Industries Sdn Bhd (Munchy’s) and grew it to become the top biscuit maker in Malaysia cashed out on 8 June 2018 to one of Asia’s leading private equity fund CVC. The amount was not disclosed but a report in The Star daily mentioned a possible sum of RM1.1 billion. The Tan brothers own 70% of Munchy’s while another investor owns 30%. CVC, established in 1981, manages $82.4 billion of assets and has a global network across Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific region. Its Asia IV fund raised $3.495 billion in 2014.

Munchy’s started in a rented factory in 1991...