BARREL FRESH WINE ON TAPEach winery that’s a certified Barrel Fresh partner fills 9-l. U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved flexcases with an approved TORR filler. The 9-l. bags then are placed into small cardboard boxes and shipped through a regular distributor channel to restaurants. Onsite, a bartender places each bag into a TORR Keg and…
Donald Camacho Jr., a second-generation manufacturers’ rep, died suddenly April 19 at his home in Pleasant Prairie, Wis. He was 64. The Chicago native was self-employed in Zion, Ill., as the owner/operator of Don Camacho & Associates. He had worked with his father, Donald Sr., representing a wide range of foodservice equipment companies. The company…
The French burger chain Big Fernand has debuted in London less than a month after opening its first international location in Hong Kong. Big Fernand, which would be classified as a “better burger” concept in the U.S., serves a homemade version of what it calls un hamburgé. With the May opening of an outlet in…
Jollibee Foods Corp., the biggest QSR chain in the Philippines, will open its first Jollibee store in Canada this year. Jollibee CFO Ysmael Baysa said the company expects to launch first in Toronto. The chain also plans to add more stores in the Middle East and open its first units in Japan and some parts…
The two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo will have more pizza options by the end of the year. Borneo Oil Bhd, the master licensee for the takeaway pizza chain Pezzo in Sabah and Sarawak, expects to open at least 15 Pezzo kiosks in Sabah and Sarawak by December. The Singapore-based chain has more…
The Guatemalan chicken chain, already operating in a dozen countries, is seeing strong sales in Texas and will expand its footprint from two to five stores in Houston, which has the third largest Latino population in the U.S. More than a third of the city’s metro-area population is Latino, and 13% of those are Central…
The owner of a Bulgarian QSR chain, Aladin Foods, says the chain will open its first store in Romania. Khaled Kharfan says his chain’s expansion program will kick off in Bucharest with three other towns to follow, including the border city of Giurgiu. Two new restaurants will be opened in Romania in partnership with the Kaufland chain of stores.…
Private-equity houses Abraaj Group and TPG Capital have signed a deal to buy a majority stake in Kudu, the Saudi Arabian QSR chain. Kudu, a family-owned company established in 1988, is the largest QSR chain in the kingdom, with more than 200 outlets. Famous for its burgers and breakfasts, the Riyadh-based chain is estimated to…
Wendy’s is about to make a big impression on the Middle East and North Africa. Kuwait-based Alghanim Industries has acquired the rights to develop the U.S. burger chain’s restaurants across the MENA region from Saudi-based Alamar Foods, a company owned by Al Jammaz Group and Carlyle Group. The company did not disclose the value of…