Fast Food Indonesia (FAST), operator of Kentucky Fried Chicken outlets, plans to open up to 50 new KFC stores in 2018. Currently, the company owns 608 KFC outlets across the bigger cities of Indonesia. Hendra Yuniarto, General Manager of Marketing at KFC Indonesia, said the company will focus on the expansion of its network in the smaller cities outside the island of Java. FAST plans to invest between Rp2-5 billion in each new KFC outlet that is to be established in 2018.