Taken from Bernama.com dated March 14, 2009...
PETALING JAYA, March 14 (Bernama) -- Hypermarket operator Carrefour Malaysia is keen to expand its business and is currently awaiting approvals from the authorities on its applications to open up five more outlets in the country.
"We have submitted a lot and today we are waiting for at least five more licences, but we have no response yet from the government," Carrefour Malaysia-Singapore Managing Director Shafie Shamsuddin told Bernama.
Shafie said Carrefour was looking to open some outlets in the northern states, namely Penang and Perak if given the approval.
He noted that among the foreign hypermarket operators, Carrefour was the smallest as it has been unable to get approvals for many of the outlets that it had applied for.
On its foreign workers status, Shafie said Carrefour had no plans to renew the contract for its existing foreign workers.
Currently, Carrefour employs 350 Indonesians and Bangladeshi in its hypermarkets nationwide and the number will be reduced gradually.
"In the last three months, we have employed 600 Malaysian workers. We are going to grow our business," he told a media conference earlier today on its "Stretch The Ringgit" Campaign.
Carrefour currently has 4,000 workers in its 17 branches nationwide.
Among the essential items on its reduced price list are milk, rice, noodles, bread and cooking oil.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
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