KOTA BHARU, March 30 (Bernama) -- Giant Tunjung Mall opens its doors today boasting 195,000 sq ft in size with 127 retailers under one roof. With this second hypermarket in Kelantan, Giant Tunjung Mall marks another significant growth for GCH Retail Malaysia Sdn Bhd and signifies GCH Retail’s strength as the leading player in Malaysia’s food retail industry.
 
With its new store concept and layout, coupled with 350 parking bays and 57,000 sq ft of hypermarket haven, Giant Tunjung Mall will be the one-stop solution provider for all family needs, able to cater to more than 51,000 households within the area. Designed with the consumers in mind, the mall is equipped with dining outlets, major fast-food chain restaurants as well as a big food court offering a wide of selection of local delicacies. An icing on the cake at the mall, will be the 700 sq ft indoor children playground to delight the shoppers. 
 
Strategically located opposite the UTC building, between Kota Bharu and Pasir Mas, Giant Tunjung is the first hypermarket to serve the surrounding community. The mall will be the catalyst to transform the entire Bandar Baru Tunjung’s up and coming neighborhood into a sought after township that offers a myriad of facilities to the residents.
 
Mr. Pierre Olivier Deplanck, GCH Retail’s Chief Executive Officer said, “We are excited to serve the surrounding community in Tunjung. With the opening of this mall, 700 job opportunities have been created and we have also engaged over 10 local SMEs to become suppliers for Giant Tunjung. This is our way of supporting the local communities in places where we have presence”. 
 
As part of Giant’s CSR, Mr. Deplanck handed over a cheque worth RM50,000.00 to MyKasih Foundation. This fund will be distributed to 50 underprivileged families from around Kota Bharu to enable them to shop for their basic grocery items at Giant on a monthly basis for 12 months. 

Also present at the event was Datuk Siti Nurhaliza who launched her Simplisity brand which will be available at Giant Tunjung Superstore. Datuk Siti and Zarul of Gegarveganza held a meet and greet session with the customers, while children were entertained by the appearance of Rexie the T-Rex. Much to the customers’ delight, there was an array of food sample activities around the superstore for customers to taste new products by Giant’s suppliers. 3000 goodie bags were given away to customers with every purchase of RM50 in one single receipt. 
 
In conjunction with the grand opening of Giant Tunjung Mall, a special contest will run from 30^th March to 30^th April 2017. A single receipt of RM50 worth of purchase will give customers a chance to win RM1,000.00 worth of Giant vouchers. 
 
Source : GCH Retail (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
Corporate Affairs Division  
Tel : 03 5544 8888 Ext: 8555
Email : corporateaffairs@giant.com.my
 
Name : Mohd Nasrulhanis Ruslan
Tel : 03 5544 8888 Ext: 8167 / +6019 242 3602
Email : nasrulhanis@giant.com.my
 
Name : Nurul Fatin Hisham
Tel: 03 5544 8888 Ext: 8236 / +6019 403 6155
Email : nurulfatin@giant.com.my
 
--BERNAMA