MRT Retail Sdn. Bhd.,

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Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M) (unofficial

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title: 1Malaysia Grocery Stores) is a government-owned chain of convenience stores in

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. It was established as part of the national campaign of

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. Due to declining turnout rates and support from the public, it has closed all locations in 2017.

History

In 2011, the 1Malaysia franchise branched off into a grocery store franchise going by the name Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia (KR1M), with the first store being located at the Kelana Jaya Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) station in

Kelana Jaya Kelana Jaya is a suburb of Petaling Jaya city, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia, comprising sections SS3, SS4, SS5, SS6, and SS7. The Damansara–Puchong Expressway cuts through this neighbourhood. The shopping mall Paradigm Mall is located here ...

. The franchise was aimed at allowing the low income group to obtain cheaper groceries, potentially bringing support to

. In July 2017, the chain began closing down it's stores as the government had terminated the contract with

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, the operator of the 1Malaysia stores, due to alleged goods within the stores were priced higher than the market value.

Public responses to KR1M

There were claims that the groceries sold within the stores were more expensive compared to those sold in other stores like it around Malaysia. This was denied by the former Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism Ismail Sabri. There have been also allegations of poor product quality in its products, namely children's milk powder, fresh milk, condensed milk, sweetened condensed creamer, oyster sauce, fruit jam, canned chicken curry, mango cordial, ghee compounds, peanuts, peanut butter, crispy peanut butter and fish tinned sardines in tomato sauce. In response, the franchise had its products sent out for a periodical laboratory testing.

References

External links

* {{1Malaysia 2011 establishments in Malaysia 1Malaysia Supermarkets of Malaysia