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Arkib Kopi Targets More Than RM1 Million in Revenue This Year
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Arkib Kopi Targets More Than RM1 Million in Revenue This Year

From Utusan Malaysia · () Malay

Translated from Malay and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Arkib Kopi expects to surpass RM1 million in revenue this year after earning about RM700,000 to RM800,000 last year.
  • The Cheras-based company now divides revenue roughly evenly between wholesale and retail operations.
  • It plans to strengthen its Malaysian operations before expanding abroad, with a proposed Tokyo outlet delayed by three to four years.

Arkib Kopi has grown from a home-based coffee hobby into a roasting business and cafe operator, and now expects to exceed RM1 million in revenue this year.

The Malaysian company recorded about RM700,000 to RM800,000 in revenue last year. Managing director Mohamed Helmi Ahmad Darki said the business aims to maintain annual growth of at least 10 percent as it expands from wholesale sales into retail.

Hopefully this year we can maintain growth and break RM1 million in revenue by the end of the year.

— Mohamed Helmi Ahmad DarkiArkib Kopi’s managing director discussed the company’s revenue target.

Arkib Kopi’s revenue is now split roughly evenly between wholesale and retail. The company operates from its coffee roaster premises in Cheras and also has a cafe in Melaka.

Mohamed Helmi began roasting coffee at home around 2018 while working in the corporate sector. He bought a small roasting machine and experimented with coffee before acquaintances began paying him to roast beans. That demand eventually led him to name the product, register the company and leave his corporate job.

At first it was just a hobby. When people started being willing to pay for the coffee I produced, I thought I needed to name the product and register the company.

— Mohamed Helmi Ahmad DarkiHe described how the home-based coffee project became a registered business.

The company plans to consolidate its domestic operations before pursuing international expansion. Kuala Lumpur is among its next targeted locations, while plans for an outlet in Tokyo have been postponed because of political and economic uncertainty in Japan. Mohamed Helmi said the delay could extend the project by three or four years.

He described the Melaka operation as an important test of whether the business could function without depending entirely on its founder. “For me, a company only truly functions when it can operate without my presence,” he said.

For me, a company only truly functions when it can operate without my presence.

— Mohamed Helmi Ahmad DarkiHe explained why the Melaka outlet matters to the company’s expansion plans.
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Originally published by Utusan Malaysia in Malay. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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