Kout Food Group

Kout Food Group
Industry	Food, catering services
Founded	1982
Headquarters	Kuwait
Area served	Kuwait; Kurdistan-Iraq; Jordan; Lebanon; Morocco; Qatar; United Arab Emirates;
Subsidiaries	Hybrid Dining Limited

Kout Food Group is a Kuwaiti-based conglomerate, founded in 1982, operating in Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Kurdistan-Iraq and the United Arab Emirates.^[1] The business also offer catering services, import and export of food related items, representation of foreign companies as well as advising others in such businesses.

The group have created many of its own intellectual properties, and since August 2013, have owned the Little Chef roadside restaurant chain in the UK, as well as the trademarks for the former Happy Eater and Coffee Tempo! brands, purchased from private-equity firm RCapital for £15 million.^[2] In January 2017, Euro Garages purchased the restaurants used by the Little Chef chain, which it would then convert into its own brands by 2018, with Kout Food Group retaining the ownership of the Little Chef brand.^[3] In 2020, Kout Food Group announced through filing documents it was seeking opportunities to return Little Chef through franchising deals.^[4]

Brands[]

Intellectual properties^[5][]

Ayyame
Fol O’Yasmine
Melting Point
ScoopAcone

Defunct properties[]

Cha Cha Moon
Coffee Tempo!
Happy Eater
Kitchen Italia
Little Chef
Maison Blanc
Shi Chang

Franchisees (present)^[6][]

Applebee's
Burger King
Burj Al Hamam
Kabab-ji
Pizza Hut
Taco Bell

References[]

^ "Kout Food Group". www.kfg.jobs. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
^ bighospitality.co.uk. "Little Chef brand to remain following sale to Kout Food Group". bighospitality.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
^ Media, Insider. "Little Chef sites sold to Euro Garages". Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
^ "HYBRID DINING LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
^ "Careers at Kout Food Group - Kout Food Group". www.kfg.jobs. Retrieved 2021-11-05.
^ "Careers at Kout Food Group - Kout Food Group". www.kfg.jobs. Retrieved 2021-11-05.

External links[]

Kout Food Group (official website)
Kout Food Group companies grouped at OpenCorporates

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[1] "Kout Food Group". www.kfg.jobs. Retrieved 2021-11-10.

[2] spitality.co.uk. "Little Chef brand to remain following sale to Kout Food Group". bighospitality.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-05.

[3] Media, Insider. "Little Chef sites sold to Euro Garages". Insider Media Ltd. Retrieved 2021-11-05.

[4] "HYBRID DINING LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2021-11-05.

[5] "Careers at Kout Food Group - Kout Food Group". www.kfg.jobs. Retrieved 2021-11-05.

[6] "Careers at Kout Food Group - Kout Food Group". www.kfg.jobs. Retrieved 2021-11-05.

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