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Man'oushe Street, Al Rajhi to open 25 branches in RiyadhMan’oushe Street, a popular Middle Eastern home-styled street food eatery, has signed a strategic new master franchise agreement with international investment group Al Rajhi to open 25 new branches in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. T More… |
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Eros Group to expand baguette brand in UAEEros Group, a top consumer electronics group in the Gulf, plans to open up to four new outlets of Baguette Express, a Scottish franchise, in the UAE, adding to the four company-owned stores in Dubai, a top official said. “Th More… |
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Shawarmanji to expand in Dubai, Abu DhabiShawarmanji, a Lebanese-based shawarma fast-food brand, has revealed expansion plans with new outlets planned for the UAE market in the emirates of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. Shawarmanji is the first shawarma chain to open in more than More… |
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McDonald's sees rough weather continuing in 2015McDonald's, the world's largest fast-food chain, has warned that business will be weak in the first half of 2015 and it is cutting its annual construction budget to the lowest in more than five years as it opens fewer restaurants in stru More… |
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Doner Kebab plans 12 new outlets in DubaiDubai-based Doner Kebab, a top kebab fast food retailer, plans to invest Dh20 million ($5.4 million) to open 12 new outlets in the emirate this year, aiming to take its outlets count to 20 plus in the GCC, in its first two years of operati More… |
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TPG-Abraaj in talks to buy Kudu stakeA joint bid by TPG Capital and Abraaj Group has emerged as the favourite to acquire a majority stake in Saudi fast-food chain Kudu after the selling shareholders entered exclusive talks with the pair, three sources aware of the matter said on Th More… |
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Tighter laws on food 'can reverse obesity epidemic'Governments could slow – and even reverse – the growing epidemic of obesity by taking measures to counter fast food consumption, according to a World Health Organisation study. The study, by a team of researchers based More… |
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Just falafel plans IPO on Nasdaq DubaiJust Falafel, a United Arab Emirates-based franchise restaurant offering the traditional Arabic food, has hired an advisor to help arrange an initial public offer of shares on the Nasdaq Dubai bourse as soon as O More… |
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US fast food brand plans Bahrain outletUS fast food chain CaliBurger is planning to open an outlet in the Seef district of Bahrain early next year. It comes as part of an expansion into the Gulf with branches also in the pipeline in Kuwait and Dubai, reported the Gulf More… |
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KKR among bidders for Saudi fast food chainA majority stake in Saudi fast food chain Kudu has been put up for sale and private equity firm KKR is among the bidders, four banking and industry sources said on Wednesday. Riyadh-based Kudu, which operates more than 200 restaur More… |
