Restaurants Of Jamaica

Restaurants of Jamaica (ROJ) was “born” officially on June 18, 1975, when the Myers family opened the first KFC restaurant at 170 Old Hope Road, Kingston 6, on licence from Hueblein International.

Since that time, Restaurants of Jamaica has grown to become the franchisee for both KFC and Pizza Hut – licenced to do so by YUM!, the current international franchisor. As at March 2009, there were 32 KFC restaurants operating in 11 Jamaican parishes: Kingston, St. Andrew, St. Catherine, Portland, Clarendon, Manchester, St. Elizabeth, St. Ann, St. Mary, St. James and Westmoreland. Five Pizza Hut restaurants were also in operation in four of those parishes.

ROJ has been built on a solid foundation, which sees us:

1. Always providing high-quality products at reasonable cost.

2. Using all-Jamaican inputs, except for KFC’s secret seasonings, in our restaurants.

3. Developing our human resources so that team members choose to remain with us and to support our growth.

4. Being a good corporate citizen – supporting both national and community projects.

The result is a successful business which provides rewards for customers, employees and the organization’s owners, as well as for a range of projects – especially those which support development of Jamaica’s children. In fact, ROJ invests millions of dollars each year on youth-related programmes, including the edutainment product The KFC Quiz Show, the ISSA/KFC Schoolboys’ Basketball Competitions and the JLS/KFC Homework Centre and Reading Room.

Restaurants of Jamaica has a strong, quality-driven team culture; each member is committed to delivering the quality products, value and services that keep our customers coming back.