Country Chicken ventures into India

Australia's quick service restaurant chain Country Chicken forays into India through a tie-up with the Chennai based Star Quick Service Restaurants Pvt Ltd. Rama Krishna, CEO, Star Quick Service Restaurants (Star QSR), says, "Country Chicken will appoint master franchisees for different regions and these master franchisees will in turn appoint franchisees to set up outlets in the country." “However, Country Chicken along with Star QSR will invest and set up centralised kitchens in various places depending upon the number of outlets in and around that region,” he added. These centralised kitchens (processing plants) will supply processed chicken and pizza range with all ingredients to ensure standardised product quality across outlets. Country Chicken intends to invest Rs 200 crore to put up 300 stores in the country, 80 percent of which will be in the ‘express' format.