Xinjiang food group looking to expand across the country

In the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Arman is synonymous with halal food.

As the leading manufacturer of halal food, a dietary requirement for Muslims, the company has several food-processing plants and nearly 4,000 small markets scattered across the region - even in the remotest villages in the middle of the Taklimakan Desert.

A food-processing center in the region's capital, known as the central kitchen, delivers around 300,000 half-processed meals to the group's retail outlets every day. The number is expected to rise to 500,000 meals by the end of the year, according to Radil Abla, founder and director of Arman Muslim Foods Industrial Group.