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South African fast-food giant Nando shuts 50 UK stores due to supply shortages

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UK – South African multinational fast-food chain Nandos has shut down 50 stores across the United Kingdom due to raw material shortages.  In a statement, Nando’s said it will lend some of its staff to its suppliers to help “get things moving” in the supply chain   “The U.K. food industry has been experiencing disruption across its supply chain in recent weeks, due to staff shortages and Covid isolations, and a number of our restaurants have been impacted,” said Nando’s, in a response to The Times.  The chain said delivery schedules meant the situation…

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Simbisa Brands set to open 15 new outlets seeking to consolidate its market share

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ZIMBABWE -Zimbabwe’s Quick service restaurant (QSR) group, Simbisa Brands Limited is targeting to open 15 new outlets across the country this year, at an estimated cost of US$3 million, According to Warren Meares, Managing Director Simbisa, the move is a way of further consolidating their local market share. “Last year we opened 21 outlets across the country and we spent more than US$6 million. This year we have plans to open about 14 or 15 outlets. We are looking forward to spending about US$3 million on those outlets,” he said.…

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Simbisa Brands opens additional branch in Zimbabwe

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ZIMBABWE – Simbisa Brands, Zimbabwe’s leading fast foods chain operator, has opened a second outlet in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe. The branch, according to the group’s managing director, Mr Warren Mears, will run Simbisa’s Chicken Inn and Baker’s Inn units and is set to ease business at the first branch located along Harare-Bulawayo highway, reports The Chronicle. The first branch houses Nando’s, Chicken Inn, Creamy Inn and Baker’s Inn brands and employs about 70 while the new branch is expected to create an additional 20 jobs.  “The idea of coming up…

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