Bread and Dough

Bread is the staple food of the westerners. Today it is near staple for many and have launched a couple of old names into million dollars enterprises.



Ah Koon Coffee Stall have the beginning at Telok Ayer in the 1930s. Started off with 3 shareholders, but soon became a one man operation helmed by Loi Ah Koon.
Presently it leads the bread war with 31 outlets island wide and each stall can generate $50,000 each month. How much is that in cuppas and toasts ?



Killiney Kopitiam started in the 1950s and today have 19 outlets. It was known by a chinese name until 1993 when an investor (not a family member) bought over the shop and management and rename it Killiney Kopitiam.



Toast Box, an offshoot of Breadtalk, is the new kid on the roti block and is operating 20 outlets.
The group, comprising Food Republic and Din Tai Fung has annual sales turnover of over $200 million. Now that is the dough story.