INDIA - India has become the largest market in Asia in terms of food sales for Starbucks, the world’s biggest coffee retailer, its chief executive officer said. Tata Starbucks, the 50:50 joint venture between Starbucks Coffee Company and Tata Global Beverages in India, wants to increase its food play in the country by micro-localising cuisines,…
ZIMBABWE - Simbisa Brands Limited, a quick service and restaurant company has received a nod from shareholders to acquire a 50% stake in the South African restaurant operating firm, Foodfund Investments. At the same time, the board of directors were given the greenlight to seek listing on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Markets (AIM)…
KENYA - American burger chain Hardee’s is set to open its third branch at Two Rivers Mall in March, barely a month after unveiling its second outlet in Kenya on Westlands Road. Hardee’s Kenya general manager Rohit Gambhir in an interview said the Two Rivers branch is targeting the large number of shoppers visiting the…
ETHIOPIA - The company behind Kaldi’s, Ethiopia’s most recognized coffee shop brand, is set to launch the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) franchise in Ethiopia within a year, The Reporter has learnt. Owned by one-time Ethiopian model, Tseday Asrat and Ethiopian Airlines captain, Elias Ketema, KFC Ethiopia is to complement the brands owned by the duo, including Lori-Agro-Industry…
USA – Leading coffee and sweet goods retailer Dunkin’ Donuts has announced that it will eliminate all polystyrene foam cups from its global supply chain by 2020 as part of its sustainability commitments, eliminating up to 1 billion of such packs a year. The company, will commence the replacement initiative in its key US home…
ZAMBIA — Zambia has shut three of South African retailer Shoprite’s Hungry Lion fast-food restaurants after their food tested positive for the bacterium that causes cholera, a government minister said yesterday. Zambia is struggling to contain an outbreak of the disease, which has killed 51 people and made more than 2 000 others sick in…
SOUTH AFRICA - Empowerment company Grand Parade Investments (GPI), which is trading at close to a 12-month low, says it is confident of reaching the 75-store target for fast-food business Burger King by the end of June 2018. GPI – which has opened 70 Burger King stores across SA since securing the master franchise deal…
INDIA - After months of intense battle with its Indian joint venture partner Vikram Bakshi, fast food giant Mcdonald's India may soon appoint a licensee partner for the north and east India region. In August this year, McDonald's had terminated franchise agreement for 169 out of its 430 fastfood outlets operated by Bakshi-led Connaught Plaza…
INDIA - American fast-food chain Burger King, in the second year of its India operations, grew 69% to post sales of Rs 237 crore during FY17 when most quick-service restaurants were struggling with stagnant sales. In the 2016-17 fiscal, the company generated average sales of Rs 2.7 crore from each of its 88 outlets opened…
SOUTH AFRICA - Fast-food and jewellery chain franchiser Taste Holdings plans to raise R398m (US$28.5m) in a rights issue fully underwritten by its largest shareholder, Riskowitz Value Fund. The rights offer is at 90c a share, a 20% premium to the 75c that Taste was trading at on Thursday morning. This indicates Riskowitz is willing…
