Farming and plantation wanted are those able to fulfilling high standard and quality also as sustainable as they could in supplying the productions for restaurants and hotels in Bali.

“It is not difficult for the agricultural produces to emerge fast food restaurant in Bali as long as they fulfill the standard and quality and suits the requirement,” said I Made Gunada, the owner of PT Wiguna Makmur at Bedugul Tabanan Regency of Bali.

He said that the agricultural produces such as lettuce, bean, carrot and varied of gherkin cucumber harvested from his plantation has been able to emerge into McDonald fast food restaurant in Bali.

”We had supplied fast food restaurant since October 1994 until today,” said this economic scholar farmer from Udayana University.

He said that in order to supply food into that restaurant is not an easy task to be done at first place due to the strict selection for fulfilling high standard and quality.

”We have to fulfill some conditions besides supplied it regularly according to the consumer needs,” said Gunada.

He also assessed that it needs 3.75 hectare land in Bedugul then we could supplied the order. On that land is planted varied of plants need by that fast food restaurant spread in seven locations of Denpasar, Kuta, Sanur and Nusa Dua.

”What we supplied more into that restaurant is lettuce and gherkin which has been under process and ready to cook. Every deliver is for about 100 kilogram,” he said.

Gunada also said that goods delivery into McDonald’s could be three until four times a week.

“We do this delivery according to the order. If that restaurant visitor keeps raising then order come into our place automatically will raise also,” he said.

Besides to fulfill the outlet in Bali, Gunada also supplied several outlets in Java Island that is in Jakarta, Malang and Bandung.

”I have agricultural land also in Bali, that is at Pujon malang for about 2.5 hectare, 4.5 hectare at Pengalengan and at Lembang Bandung for 5 Ha,” he said.

News by Antara Bali