KFC is the largest fast-food chain in Malaysia and Brunei, serving world famous Original Recipe fried chicken which contains secret blend of 11 herbs and spices. Apart from serving finger-licking good food, we continuously aim for high quality and are committed to ensure food safety by stringent control to maintain our standards.
Our Products
We cook our products well above the minimum temperature recommended by WHO. We have developed standard procedure that would minimize risk of cross contamination between raw and ready-to-eat products.
We provide information on the nutritional values of KFC products to assist our customers in planning a wholesome and balanced meal. For frying all of our products, we use non-hydrogenated palm oil that contains insignificant amount of trans fat and it is 100% cholesterol free.We have a team of food technologists constantly experimenting with new flavors and creative concepts to provide more value, choices and healthy options for our customers. Apart from introducing international products into our market, we have also developed some popular local flavors designed to enable our customers to enjoy an exciting dining experience.
Quality control begins from the supply of all the raw materials. We conduct an annual supplier audit, namely the STAR Audit, which is a YUM proprietary programme, similar in many ways to the ISO approach. The STAR Audit comprises two versions; the Food Safety and the Quality Systems Audits. The STAR Audit is either conducted by a third party international auditing company appointed by YUM or our very own team of professional food technologists from the KFC Quality Assurance Department.
Supplier Quality
The results are reported to and reviewed by our regional franchisor for continuous improvement. Suppliers’ performances are constantly monitored through regular submission of quality reports. In addition, our food technologists also conduct quarterly QA evaluations on our in-house suppliers.We use top quality raw materials from reputable suppliers such as Nestle, UBF, Kerry Ingredients, LambWeston, Simplot, McCain and Jomalina, as well as from our in-house suppliers such as Ayamas, Region Food, KFC Bakery and KFC Commissary.
Our chicken supplier Ayamas is monitored closely by Department of Veterinary Service and has obtained the VHM (Veterinary Health Mark) Logo. It is also an ISO 9001 certified company. All Ayamas chickens are slaughtered by personnel certified by Jabatan Agama Islam Selangor to ensure Halal procedures are met.
Restaurant Quality
The main attributes for KFC restaurant excellence are CHAMPS.C - Cleanliness
H - Hospitality
A - Accuracy
M - Maintenance
P - Product Quality
S - Speed of Service
We have a field service team of QA personnel (also known as CHAMPS Recognition Specialist) to conduct regular evaluations in every KFC restaurants throughout the country. The evaluation covers all aspects of CHAMPS including the cleanliness and sanitation of the premises and equipment, personal hygiene, hospitality/friendliness in service, accuracy in the serving order, good maintenance, product quality standards and speed of service.
Above all, we follow strict temperature control and shelf life to ensure the food served to our customers is fresh and safe.
We have a Mystery Customer Program known as CHAMPSCHECK which evaluates customers experience in our KFC restaurants. We have appointed a reputable surveillance company to check against the CHAMPS concept. Every restaurant is subjected to a visit by a Mystery Customer and the dine-in / take-away experience is evaluated and scored. KFC sets a minimum standard of 90% as passing score for this evaluation. Feedbacks taken from this evaluation is used and studied for continuous improvement in our restaurants.
KFC HACCP ProgrammeWe have also established a Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Programme for KFC restaurants. HACCP is a management system for the assurance of food safety. The process includes identifying, evaluating and controlling hazards i.e. physical, biological and chemical to ensure food safety. It is applied from receiving of raw materials at our restaurant until serving to our customers. KFC KLCC has been audited and certified by a reputable certification body since 2005. All the established Critical Control Points (CCPs) are now included in our Daily Operations Checklist which is used by all the KFC restaurants in the country.
Sanitation / Personal Hygiene
Our daily operations manual clearly highlights each step of the sanitation procedure to ensure strict compliance to the KFC requirement. Each staff has to undergo the Food Handler’s Course conducted internally by KFC which is recognized by the Ministry of Health.
We have implemented a handwashing procedure to ensure each staff washes his/her hands at least once every hour and whenever necessary. The procedures include wetting hands first, then rubbing the hands together, fingers between fingers, around the wrist and up to the elbow with liquid antibacterial handsoap, for 30 seconds. Then the hands are rinsed with clean water under the hands-free tap, and dried with single-use paper towels.
No bare hands are allowed to touch any finished products. Instead, we constantly stress on the importance of using disposable gloves, sanitized scoops or tongs.
All our restaurant teams including managers are immunized against Typhoid upon employment.
Pest Control
Due to the encouraging conditions in the tropical climate, pest control is indeed a challenge. However, we relentlessly continue to maintain our standards and have engaged reputable pest control companies to assist us in this matter.
The trained service teams conduct regular inspections which include night treatment after operation hours and also provide follow-up checks during operation hours whenever needed, in every restaurant. There is a detailed checklist to ensure that no steps are missed. All pesticides are approved by Pesticide Board and have Material Safety Data Sheet on file for staff reference. Each pest control company will present periodic trend reports of pest activity to the management for corrective actions and remedy.
The total cost for all the services nationwide is approximately half a million ringgit annually.