Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia


MRT Retail Sdn. Bhd. doing business as Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia is a government owned chain of convenience stores in Malaysia. It was established as part of the national campaign of 1Malaysia.

History

In 2011, the 1Malaysia franchise was branched off into a grocery store franchise going by the name Kedai Rakyat 1Malaysia, with the first store being located at the Kelana Jaya Line Light Rail Transit station in Kelana Jaya. The franchise was aimed at allowing the low income group to obtain cheaper groceries and lightening their burden besides bringing Malaysians closer to the significance of 1Malaysia.

List of KR1M branches

[Johor]

[Kuala Lumpur]

None

[Putrajaya]

Complaints have been made regarding the claims that the groceries sold in at KR1M were more expensive compared to those sold in hypermarkets around Malaysia. This was however been 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 product line, 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. KR1M has instructed its suppliers to send their products for periodical laboratory testing.