Nearly half of north zone KFC outlets reopen now
Opportunity India Desk
Sep 29, 2017 -
2 min read
Nearing half of the KFC outlets in most of the Northern region of India (a few parts of Delhi, Punjab, Chandigarh & Panchkula) were shut for more than a month have opened the doors now for its consumers. 40% still shut are expected to start normal operations in next 10 days.
When asked about the delay in store openings of all the recently shut stores taken over by Sapphire Foods India Pvt Ltd, A source from the brand on the request of anonymity informed Franchise India: “The reason of all the outlets not operational yet is because of the unavailability of stocks
& it is taking time to streamline the functioning of all the stores in a go. All of them will be operational in a week’s time.”
Earlier A.N Traders
Pvt Ltd was operating the outlets for KFC in the major part of North India region but now franchisee for this region is Sapphire Foods India Pvt Ltd who is taking care of the operations part.A N Traders Pvt. Ltd. was incorporated in 1994 and is based in New Delhi, India. As per a recent development, Sapphire Foods India Private Limited had around two months ago acquired Dodsal Hospitality Private Limited from the Dubai-based Dodsal Group. Dodsal Hospitality has the exclusive rights to operate Pizza Hut in South and West India, and it operates 81 Pizza Hut outlets across eight states. This transaction has resulted in Sapphire Foods India Private Limited becoming one of the largest owners of the Pizza Hut franchise in India. The deal was closed on September 15, 2015.
