The Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food outlet will be located between the Rubis and Shell Service Stations at the corner of Eping Avenue and Vlissingen Road, hen it re-establishes here soon.
Stabroek News was reliably informed that the Beharry Group has secured the corner lot, just two doors south of the location of a former KFC outlet, and construction is expected to start soon.
The property is currently fenced with white pickets and last week saw persons being mobilized for site works.
Sources say the group plans to open soon at six locations across the country.
The company is currently advertising for staff and has asked interested persons to submit applications to their 139 Charlotte Street, Lacytown office.
The deadline for applications is April 22nd
In August 2013, the KFC outlet near Stabroek Square and the KFC and Pizza Hut outlets on Vlissengen Road were forced to close for “maintenance” after regional representatives of Yum! Brands, the company that is responsible for both KFC and Pizza Hut brands, had visited and found poor hygiene practices.
The franchise was then held by Friendship Hotel & Restaurant Holdings Limited headed by businessman Deo Singh.
Later that year, the Guyana Revenue Authority had also announced that it had instituted wind-up proceedings against Friendship Hotel & Restaurant Holdings over large outstanding taxes.
Friendship Hotel & Restaurant Holdings Limited is a sister company of DIDCO Trading Company Limited, which on its website said Singh, with his vision, was able to secure the KFC franchise. The first KFC outlet opened its doors in Guyana on April 26, 1994 at the busy downtown location at Stabroek.
The other outlets and the Pizza Hut had followed soon after.
In December, the Pizza Hut franchise returned to Guyana under new management, the Corium Group, and its first location at Camp and Regent streets was launched.
