On Dec 30, the company lodged its draft prospectus for a Catalist listing on the Singapore Exchange, joining the growing list of F&B companies. YKGI will be the first primary listing this year if all goes well, following the secondary listing of Comba Telecom Systems on Jan 4.
Yew Kee Duck Rice (formerly known as Yu Kee Duck Rice) is a famous Singaporean brand that started as a push-cart business in the 1950s. Since then, executive chairman Seah Boon Luck, who has taken over from his father, has grown an F&B empire under the name YKGI.
As at Dec 30, 2022, the company runs 44 food outlets under multiple brands, including XO Minced Meat Noodles, My Kampung Chicken Rice, PastaGo and Victoria Bakery. The company manages four food courts and holds the exclusive franchise for all 29 Chicha San Chen bubble tea outlets in Singapore.
