Kout Food Group
Industry | Food, catering services |
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Founded | 1982 |
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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[]
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- Food companies of Kuwait
- Food and drink companies established in 1982
- Retailing in Kuwait
- Burger King
- Pizza Hut
- Kuwaiti companies established in 1982
- Kuwait stubs
- Asian company stubs