Charoen Pokphand, a Thailand-based group that owns the Five Star Chicken quick-service chain of restaurants, will invest $500 million in its India division in an effort to double its annual revenue reports GlobalMeatNews. Sanjeev Pant the vice president of India operations explained that 30% of the 500 million will be funded by the company and the rest of it will be raised through banks loans.
Charoen Pokphand hopes to increase the Five Star Chicken restaurants’ current annual revenues of $14 million to $70 million with this investment.
The company is also in the process of doubling its poultry feed capacity to 300,000 tons a month in the next five years. They plan to attain this target by adding new factories in the states of West Bengal, Punjab, Maharashtra and Haryana.
Last updated: December 26th, 2025
