The world’s largest chicken restaurant, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC), is to source its chicken from local poultry farms in Saudi Arabia.
The partnership agreement, signed recently between KFC and leading poultry companies and suppliers in Saudi Arabia, entails the daily supply of fresh chicken from local farms to over 200 KFC outlets in the kingdom.
The accord is also expected to further strengthen KFC’s long standing commitment to Saudi Arabia. KFC restaurants have reportedly been serving fried chicken to more than 55,000 customers in the kingdom every day since 1975.
Some of the leading Saudi food brands involved in the supply of chicken meat, including Al-Watania Poultry, the largest poultry establishment in the Middle East, Almarai, the leading multi-food company with its premium poultry brand, Alyoum, as well as Tanmiah Food Group, one of the oldest poultry businesses in the country, are part of the agreement with KFC.said.
Speaking on the agreement, the Regional Managing Director of KFC, Sabir Sami, said: “We are proud to empower local farmers in contributing to a brighter and more stable future for the nation, and in doing so, support the kingdom’s growth, job creation and economic diversification objectives.”
