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Fast food invasion looms in Yangon

By Tim McLaughlin | Monday, 01 April 2013 - Myanmar Times

Debt clearances, exchange rate reform and the abolition of Foreign Exchange Certificates may have observers excited about Myanmar’s economic reforms but on the streets of Yangon it is the arrival of foreign brands that is drawing the most attention.

Photo: Thiri/The Myanmar Times

Last month a picture of a supposed Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) outlet had social media buzzing with speculation that Colonel Sanders had found himself a new home on Nawaday Road in Dagon township.

In the March 22 issue of The Myanmar Times, Yum! Brands, which owns the KFC name as well as Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and WingStreet, dispelled the rumour that it was building a restaurant already, but did say it was hiring staff in Myanmar for its “newest KFC Team”.

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