Herfy ( ar, هرفي) is a Saudi Arabian multinational

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restaurant chain in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

and one of the largest in the Middle East, surpassing international chains in terms of presence. It has a total of more than 380 restaurants and 5,000 employees throughout Saudi Arabia. The company has many subsidiaries including Herfy Bakery.

History

Herfy was founded by Ahmed Al-Said in 1981. In 1994, Panda United was acquired by Prince Waleed bin Talal's

Kingdom Holding Company The Kingdom Holding Company (KHC) ( ar, شركة المملكة القابضة) is a Saudi conglomerate holding company, based in Riyadh. The KHC is a publicly listed company on the Tadawul (Saudi stock exchange). The KHC consists of a select ...

. Consequently, Panda's 70% stake in Herfy was transferred to Kingdom, bolstered by the new large budget provided by Kingdom. In 1998, AlAzizia Panda United (Panda's new name) was acquired by The Savola Group, headed by Adel Al-Fakeh, and Herfy became part of the group. Herfy's growth again grew as the number of Herfy chains doubled.

Future and international projects

Herfy recently opened its first overseas branch in

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in cooperation with local partner Al Meer Trading. Franchise agreements in the

U.A.E. The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

and

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have been concluded and more franchise requests have been received. Herfy opened its first branch outside the Middle East in

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on December 22, 2017, where they are supposed to open 30 outlets within "a few years". The first branch opened in Gulshan and four more branches later opened in Banani,

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, Mirpur,

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and Bashundhara,

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. Herfy is now going to be opened in Nigeria, 50 Branches in the period of next 10 Years. To cope with the added overseas branches, Herfy is planning to open its own SR13 million meat and chicken processing plant in a similar way to Herfy Bakery.

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.herfy.com/
Herfy online delivery
Fast-food chains of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian brands Companies based in Riyadh Restaurants established in 1981 Multinational companies headquartered in Saudi Arabia