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  • Old Chang Kee Is Now Open in London’s Covent Garden

    Old Chang Kee Is Now Open in London’s Covent Garden

    Singaporean food brand Old Chang Kee has opened its first British outpost – in London’s Covent Garden.

    Old Chang Kee has more than 100 outlets across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Australia. It made its first curry puff in 1956 and now sells more than 1.5 million of them a month worldwide. When Old Chang Kee ran a pop-up in Kentish Town in northwest London last year, its curry puffs sold out in four hours.

    The brand’s entrance to Britain is a JV between the chain and Sandra Leong, a Singaporean who has been living in London for seven years.

    Menu highlights include the signature curry puff, curry potato puff, and creamy chicken and mushroom puff. Seasonal favourites include the Singapore chilli-crab puff and black-pepper tuna puff. There is also Singapore chicken curry, a mixed-vegetable curry and nasi lemak as well as laksa.

    “The curry puff is Singapore’s version of the Cornish pasty,” says Leong, who is director of Old Chang Kee UK.

    In conjunction with the official opening of Old Chang Kee in London, the brand has launched a six-day Curry’O promotion in Singapore from today.

  • Revenue rises 10 per cent for Old Chang Kee

    Revenue rises 10 per cent for Old Chang Kee

    Food brand Old Chang Kee’s first-quarter group revenue rose 10.7 per cent year on year to about S$20.6 million (US$15.1 million).

    Revenue from retail outlets has similar growth, up by about $2 million, attributed mainly to the contribution of new outlets and higher sales at existing stores, partially offset by absence of revenue from outlets closed temporarily because of mall revamps.

    Old Chang Kee’s signature curry puffs were still the major contributor to its revenue, accounting for about 33.6 per cent of the total, edging up from about 33.2 per cent for the same quarter last year.

    Profit before tax dropped by 20.8 per cent from about $1.2 million in the first quarter last year to about $914,000.

    The group is integrating its factory in Iskandar Malaysia and is expanding its two Singapore plants with the aim of broadening its product range and increasing production efficiency to grow its business both locally and regionally.

    “As the labour shortage situation in the F&B sector shows no signs of abatement, labour costs are expected to continue trending upward while general consumer sentiment remains cautious,” says executive chairman Han Keen Juan.

    He says the group will continue to explore ways to improve efficiency and profit margins. This will include strengthening its brand positioning, product offerings and process flow, “and tapping on the strong support of government agencies whenever possible”.

    As at June 30, the group ran 89 outlets in Singapore, down from 85 stores 12 months earlier. There are also three overseas stores, in Australia, Indonesia and Malaysia.

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  • Old Chang Kee expansion to UK

    Old Chang Kee expansion to UK

    Singapore F&B chain Old Chang Kee is forming a JV in the UK so it can expand and build its brand there, primarily in London.

    With Singapore company 13 Wonders, which is mainly involved in the general wholesale trade and food retail, it is forming Old Chang Kee UK (OCK UK), which will be a direct subsidiary of Old Chang Kee. Its initial paid-up share capital of £500,000 (US$608,400) comprises 500,000 shares.

    Under the agreement, Old Chang Kee and 13 Wonders will hold 60 and 40 per cent respectively of the shareholding interest in OCK UK, which will run food retail outlets as well as manufacture, distribute and trade food products in the UK.

    Old Chang Kee started in 1956 in a stall in a coffee shop near the former Rex Cinema in Mackenzie Road, attracting people from all over Singapore with its curry puff. The brand was bought in 1986 by Han Keen Juan who evolved it into a fast-food chain with its own production factory. Old Chang Kee now markets its range of snack products, including its signature curry puffs, through kiosks and retail outlets at petrol stations and shopping malls.

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  • Singapore Changi announces latest retail and F&B openings

    Singapore Changi announces latest retail and F&B openings

    Singapore Changi Airport has announced a number of new store openings across its terminals.

    In the transit areas, Electronics by Sprint-Cass and childrens’ clothing retailer BloomB have commenced operations in Terminal 1.

    The transit retail area in Terminal 3 offers a range of stores, with Ermenegildo Zegna the latest addition

    In Terminal 2, ramen emporium Ippudo Express, local quick bite outlet Old Chang Kee and American footwear brand Converse have opened.

    Italian luxury fashion house Ermenegildo Zegna has opened its first Changi store in Terminal 3. It offers a range of men’s clothing and accessories.

    The airport also noted that Travelex Money Changer now operates six 24-hour money changing outlets across all three terminals.

    In the public areas, Peach Garden Chinese Dining has opened in Terminal 2 (Level 3), serving classic Chinese dishes and dim sum in a contemporary style. Snacks store Umeya is now operating an island kiosk at Terminal 3 (Basement 2).

    The airport handled 5.18 million passengers in July, a +5.9% year-on-year increase. Aircraft movements were +4.7% higher at 30,790 landings and takeoffs.

    All of Changi’s top five country markets achieved growth of at least +5% during the month. Passenger traffic between Singapore and China rose +13.4% to over half a million movements. Among Changi’s top ten city destinations, Denpasar (+13.1%) and Melbourne (+20.6%) recorded the strongest growth.

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