Comments on: Bye Bye Texas Chicken?

By: anon

anon — Tue, 09 May 2006 11:32:32 +0000

Entrepreneur,the margins on McD’s are always 10%.They invest a lot on their staff and stores.Comparatively they have the cleanest,best run stores as well as the most trained,responsive and best paid employees.Every other fast food employer will pick any person who has McDonalds work experience!BK has a margin of 10% - 15%.The recent price hikes in McD’s may have to do with increased production costs as almost everything is imported from the US.So higher costs in the states translates to higher costs here.BK’s prices may have gone up because they just recently upped the salaries of their management staff.Now they have salaries that compare to the best in the field.Americana has 20% margins,the highest, and the worst pay for staff.So if you get bad service at any americana store,remember that they are sorely understaffed,underpaid and very badly trained!

By: moey

moey — Mon, 08 May 2006 12:12:22 +0000

hardee’s is still good. but too oily.. americana runs it in jordan as well

By: Pearls

Pearls — Mon, 08 May 2006 09:23:56 +0000

I never tried Texas Chicken. I’m not sure I will now.

By: Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur — Mon, 08 May 2006 04:12:06 +0000

What are the margins like on McDonalds or BK burgers? Im assuming that they are fairly static given the economies of scale that are present in fast food.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 07 May 2006 21:56:44 +0000

McDonalds do not have any individual master franchisee for the region.Each country has its own franchisee.About burger sales,if u consider total sales of the brand as a whole in Kuwait,#1 would be BK.But keep in mind this is because BK has the largest no. of stores (54 odd).However,the per store average is in favor of Mcdonalds.

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 07 May 2006 19:10:05 +0000

You can do a google for alshaya and you should end up with their website where they have all their brands listed

i believe hardees has the #1 sales between all the burger joints

By: Entrepreneur

Entrepreneur — Sun, 07 May 2006 17:54:05 +0000

Interesting…

What food brands does AlShayea now have in their portfolio? How does the McDonalds franchising work too? And does anyone know which of the top burger places does best?

By: anon

anon — Sun, 07 May 2006 13:58:50 +0000

oops,Al shaya and Olayan will operate BK in egypt together,not Homaizi!!!

By: anon

anon — Sun, 07 May 2006 13:45:42 +0000

The Burger King master franchise is held by Olayan industries,saudi.They operate directly in Saudi and UAE,subfranchise it in Kuwait with Al Homaizi and are planning to operate with Homaizi in Egypt.Al Shaya has bought 50% stock in First Food Services,the subsidiary of Olayan that runs BK in Saudi and UAE.However,Olayan retains managerial control over FFS.

By: forzaq8

forzaq8 — Sun, 07 May 2006 13:09:50 +0000

i think hardees fries became better tasting and feel a bit fresher than before

By: Stinni

Stinni — Sun, 07 May 2006 12:30:33 +0000

I love their biscuits but they didn’t have them the last few times I went there. They said it was due to a hold up in baladiya or something.

By: Anon

Anon — Sun, 07 May 2006 12:27:38 +0000

i like the Texas Corn… damn its hot and tasty

By: fractal00

fractal00 — Sun, 07 May 2006 10:44:26 +0000

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By: Carlsb3rg

Carlsb3rg — Sun, 07 May 2006 10:40:24 +0000

texas bread is nice :(

By: Adam

Adam — Sun, 07 May 2006 10:34:07 +0000

I heard that Homizi sold burger king to Al-Shayaa

Wonder if thats true ?