Arby’s, the second-largest sandwich restaurant brand in the world, this week opened its first new restaurant in Kuwait.

The restaurant is owned and operated by Al-Kharafi Global for General Trading & Contracting Company (Kharafi Global). In 2016, Arby’s Restaurant Group and Kharafi Global announced a development agreement for Kharafi Global to open at least 25 new Arby’s restaurants in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.

“We’re proud to be working with Kharafi Global to bring the Arby’s brand to Kuwait,” said Paul Brown, chief executive officer of Arby’s Restaurant Group. “They’re a team of proven operators who know how to develop strong-performing restaurants throughout the Middle East.”

The first restaurant is located in Jabriya. Two additional restaurants are expected to open in Abu Al-Hasaniya and Al Kout Mall later this year.

“The success of our brand in the US has generated a great deal of excitement abroad,” added Brown. “We’ll continue to work with growth-focused franchisees in order to bring Arby’s to more locations in the Middle East and select global markets.”

The new restaurant in Kuwait is one of the 126 franchised Arby's restaurants located outside the US. Arby’s also has franchised restaurants in Canada, Japan, Qatar, South Korea, and Turkey.
 
Through the end of 2016, the Arby’s global system has achieved six consecutive years of same-store sales growth. Since 2013, the brand’s global system sales have grown 20 percent to $3.7 billion. - TradeArabia News Service