Since last August 20-year old Chit Su Ma worked as a cashier at the fast-food chain Marry Brown. Though she enjoyed the cooking, cleaning and customer service aspects of the job, she was also impressed by the food delivery riders who came to deliver most of their orders throughout the day. Being more of an […]
Colonel Sanders comes to town
July 1, 2015 by
US chain KFC opened its first outlet in Burma’s commercial capital Rangoon on Tuesday, becoming the first major Western fast-food chain to establish a foothold in the once-isolated country. Its first outlet is on Bogyoke Aung San Road in central Rangoon and can seat up to 240 people. “It has been our dream for a […]
Myanmar smells fast food success as KFC heads for Yangon
November 11, 2014 by
YANGON — There is something in the air around Myanmar’s developing restaurant industry. It smells a lot like standard fried chicken, but this time it is seasoned with a liberal dash of high-end optimism. In a significant development for the country’s nascent fast food sector, Yum! Brands of the U.S. recently announced that its KFC […]
Myanmar Is Ripe to Be Marketing’s New Frontier
June 22, 2013 by
A dusty street vendor taps on the taxi window. He’s not peddling flowers along the thoroughfare in Myanmar’s business capital of Yangon. He’s touting homemade copies of the country’s foreign-investment law and import-export regulations. Myanmar is open for business. After two decades of isolating sanctions, this Southeast Asian country represents one of the few places […]
US fast food chains trailing in Myanmar
April 3, 2013 by
Singapore’s Chewy Junior already has several outlets in prime locations in Yangon. Korea’s Lotteria & BBQ Chicken are just opening their first few outlets in Yangon in April. Malaysia’s Mary Brown announced that they will open 20 restaurants in the next 5 years in Myanmar. What is missing are the US fast food giants like […]
