OldTown Berhad ( doing business as OldTown White Coffee; ; ) is Malaysia's largest halal-certified kopi tiam restaurant chain. The company also manufactures and sells instant beverage products and mixes. It operates over 200 café outlets located throughout Malaysia and other countries in the region, such as Singapore,

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, and has plans to expand into Vietnam, South Korea and Bangladesh. Established in 1999 in

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, the company was taken over by Jacobs Douwe Egberts Holdings Asia NL BV in 2017.

History

The company was established in 1999 in

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. In 2005, the company expanded into the food service sector with the opening of a chain of café outlets based on the traditional Ipoh coffee shop setting and ambience under the brand name "OldTown White Coffee". The company is publicly listed on Bursa Malaysia on the main board. In 2017, OldTown Berhad, was taken over by Jacobs Douwe Egberts Holdings Asia NL BV (JDE), a Dutch beverage company, following an offer valued at RM1.47 billion.

Domestic market

In 2013, OldTown has 200 stores in Malaysia. The group achieved the 200th outlet in a period of 7 years.

Overseas expansion

Ipoh White Coffee, Old Town Kopitiam in Australia

Singapore

As of 2015, there are 10 OldTown White Coffee outlets in Singapore. These outlets are certified halal by the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS).

Indonesia

Currently OldTown has 16 outlets in Indonesia in areas such as Java and

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Australia

OldTown planned to open 40 outlets in

in 10 years. In August 2015, Australia's first OldTown outlet was opened at Elizabeth St in Melbourne, but later closed in 2017.

China

As of 2015, OldTown has four café outlets in China.

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