International Journal of Tourism and Hospitality in Asia Pasific
Vol 2, No 2 (2019): June 2019

High Competence Faced by KFC Malaysia

Sin, Lim Kai (Unknown)
Kee, Daisy Mui Hung (Unknown)
Shin, Shirlin Teoh Keo (Unknown)
Qing, Low Tze (Unknown)
Ying, Ong Jia (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Jun 2019

Abstract

Fried chicken is one of the most favourite food in Malaysia while other types of fast food were also acquainted to attract consumers. The company’s lead in Malaysia’s fast food industry is KFC Holdings (M) Berhad, a subsidiary of QSR Brand (M) Holdings Berhad, attributed to its dominant presence specialises in fried chicken. The research question can be defined as following: How KFC compete and survive among all fast food restaurant in Malaysia? This research aims to understand the high competence issues faced by KFC Malaysia and recommend strategies to solve the problems. Using primary and secondary data, collect responds from Google Form and obtain data via Internet, this study analyses competitions and challenges confronted by KFC Malaysia. In this study, KFC Malaysia faces high competition in fast food industry, poor services from staff and lack of attractive promotion issues. Launch and promote new products based on consumers’ taste, ways to improve service quality of staff and promotional methods to increase sales were suggested to solve these problems. The main competitor of KFC Malaysia currently is McDonald’s. Keywords: KFC Malaysia, fast food industry, high competition, recommendations, improvements, promotions.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJTHAP

Publisher

Subject

Humanities

Description

IJTHAP aims to enhance theoretical development in the field of hospitality and tourism. In order to promote those innovations and fresh ideas, the journal alsso accepts conceptual research, book review, as well as essays of experience belongs to hospitality practitioners. The mission of IJTHAP is to ...