Catering Solutions taps strengths of both sides of Causeway

Singapore

SINGAPORE institutional caterer Catering Solutions has been tapping the strengths of both sides of the Causeway to optimise its operations and to enter new markets.

The sister company of Indian restaurant Gayatri has moved some of its processes to Johor Bahru (JB), Malaysia, as part of its cost-cutting measures, to internationalise and to complement its operations in Singapore.

The move to set up a central kitchen in the small town of Gelang Patah just across the Tuas Second Link in 2014 has led to cost savings of about 15-20 per cent, says its co-director S Mahenthiran. His father Shanmugam and brother Vikineswaran are the other directors.

The catering company, which provides 15,000 meals daily for 5,000 foreign shipyard workers in Tuas, has seen its volume grow and was finding it hard to cope with rising …