Americana Group

The Kuwait Food Company, doing business as the Americana Group (Arabic: امريكانا‎), is a Kuwaiti food company headquartered in Sharjah City. It operates food products throughout the Middle East and North Africa region, Americana Group is the largest integrated food company in Middle East.

Americana Group
Public
IndustryOperating Restaurant Chains
Manufacturing Consumer Packaged Goods
Founded1964
HeadquartersSharjah, United Arab Emirates
Key people
Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar

Chairman

Kesri Kapur

Group Chief Executive Officer
ProductsQSR, Casual & Fine Dining, Frozen Food, Canned Food, Dairy Products, Snacks, Bottled Water.
Revenue US$3.2 billion (2014)
Number of employees
63,000 (2014)
Websitehttps://americana-group.com

History

In 1970, Americana first opened Wimpy in Kuwait.[1] During the 1970s, Americana Meat was introduced in the market which included chicken nuggets, hamburgers, chicken fillets and more.

Americana Group’s main lines of business and operating food and beverage outlets, and manufacturing of food products. It has a network of over 1,200 outlets. The group’s network encompasses ten brands in the quick service, casual dining and fine dining categories, including KFC, Pizza Hut, Hardee’s, T.G.I. Friday's, Costa Coffee, Baskin Robbins, Krispy Kreme, Olive Garden, Red Lobster, LongHorn Steakhouse, along with a few other home grown and regional brands such as Chicken Tikka and Signor Sassi.

In the food manufacturing and processing sector, Americana Group is a purveyor of food products. It has a portfolio spanning 10 brands such as California Garden, Farm Frites, Koki and Americana Meat.[2][3]

Operating Countries

Americana's currently has 23 restaurant chains in 13 countries.

Africa

Middle East and Asia

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References
  1. East Meets West. Emerald Group Publishing. 2013. p. 129. ISBN 9781781904138.
  2. "T.G.I. Friday's® to Add 30 Additional Restaurants in the Middle East Through Americana Group Partnership". PRNewswire. Dec 30, 2010. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. "Americana Group Inc". Bloomberg. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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