MALAYSIA'S JOM MAKAN OUTLET MAKES AN IMPACT IN LONDON

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 (Bernama) -- Malaysian restaurant, JOM Makan, has
opened its second outlet in the United Kingdom in just over a year of its
operation there.

Jom Makan means ‘Let’s Go Eat’ & that simple statement is the very ethos
behind this modern Malaysian eatery that delivers fresh food straight to your
table, with quick service that will barely leave you with time to say - let’s go
eat!


Managing director, Mohammad Zuhri Abdullah said the aim is to open a total
of five outlets in the United Kingdom by 2012.

The investment for the second outlet is 750,000 pounds sterling (RM4.2
million), bringing the total investment for both to 1.9 million
pounds sterling (RM10.7 million).

The new outlet is also projected to have RM4.5 million sales in its first
year of operations and RM6.8 million for the subsequent year.

"JOM Makan has created an impact in London by catering to
1,400 customers weekly, of which 85 per cent are British locals," Zuhri said in
a statement, Monday.

JOM Makan is a Malaysian franchise based in London and initiated under the
Malaysia Kitchen Project.

-- BERNAMA