Habib's
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| Company type | US$ 2.6 billion (2012) |
|---|---|
Number of employees | 14,000 |
| Website | www.habibs.com.br |
Habib's is a Brazilian fast food company that specialises in
immigration of people from that area
(particularly Lebanon and Syria) into Brazil.
History
Habib's was founded by a
Arab descent applied for a job in his bakery. With no job at hand for the man to apply to, but upon learning that he had been a cook back in his home land, Mr. Saraiva decided to open a small fast-food restaurant focused on Middle-Eastern fast-food, unheard at the time in Brazil, believing the success could rely on the novelty of it, and hired the man.[citation needed] The first Habib's restaurant was opened later that same year.[2]
Before Habib's, Middle Eastern cuisine, despite being popular, was not readily available and the prices were usually high. The
repressed demand was strong and people queued in front of the restaurant almost since the first day. Catering to this demand, Habib's soon started to grow and became one of Brazil's most thriving businesses. Habib's is currently the biggest Arabic fast-food franchise in the world and the third biggest fast-food company in Brazil.[citation needed
]
International expansion
Habib's has been probing the foreign market for quite some time, and attempts to set up stores across Mexico were made in 2001.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Sobre a Empresa - Sobre o grupo" (in Portuguese). Ragazzo. Archived from the original on 2016-02-17. Retrieved 2 August 2009.
- ^ "Nossa História" (in Portuguese). Habib's. Archived from the original on 2014-06-28. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
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