Banquet, a halal foodcourt operator that set an impressive standard for tasty, affordable local favourites like Hainanese chicken rice and rice noodles when it first launched in 2000, seems to have closed down all its outlets.
According to the Straits Times, the homegrown chain started out with an impressive 46 outlets, but the “number dwindled to just five outlets by June this year”.
The local Singapore daily also reports that Banquet outlets in Harbourfront, Jurong Point and VivoCity have been taken over by Kopitiam, while NTUC Foodfare is preparing to move into the space in Clifford Centre. The outlet in IMM is now managed by Teck Kee.
The outlets, now run by new sets of management, continue to serve halal food.
Rumour has it Banquet’s expansion was too much for the company to manage and rising rent caused it to suffer.
Photo: Hubpages
Source: Straits Times
