Americana Group

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Americana Group

Type	Public
Industry	Operating Restaurant Chains Manufacturing Consumer Packaged Goods
Founded	1964
Headquarters	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Key people	Mohamed Ali Rashed Alabbar Chairman Kesri Kapur Group Chief Executive Officer
Products	QSR, Casual & Fine Dining, Frozen Food, Canned Food, Dairy Products, Snacks, Bottled Water.
Revenue	US$3.2 billion (2014)
Number of employees	63,000 (2014)[citation needed]
Website	https://americana-group.com

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.

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 are 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 .

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

Operating Countries[]

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

Africa

Asia

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