Curves: soon in Bulgaria
July 31, 2008 by admin
Filed under Franchises, News
Curves is other of the big chains which is planning to enter in the Bulgarian market. In fact, they already started the recruitment procedure.
Here is the complete article:
Fitness franchise Curves to enter Bulgarian market
13:10 Fri 25 Jul 2008 - dnevnik.bg
Curves, one of the world’s biggest fitness franchise networks, said it is looking for partners in Bulgaria. The move continues the expansion of the company throughout Central and Eastern Europe after successful launches in the Ukraine, Hungary and Slovakia.
Curves Clubs can be found in 60 countries, including the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, The Caribbean, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Japan.
It recently opened 30 fitness clubs in neighboring Greece.
[/lang_es][lang_en]Curves is planning to enter in the Bulgarian market. In fact, they already started the recruitment procedure.
Here is the complete article:
Fitness franchise Curves to enter Bulgarian market
13:10 Fri 25 Jul 2008 - dnevnik.bg
Curves, one of the world’s biggest fitness franchise networks, said it is looking for partners in Bulgaria. The move continues the expansion of the company throughout Central and Eastern Europe after successful launches in the Ukraine, Hungary and Slovakia.
Curves Clubs can be found in 60 countries, including the United States, Canada, Europe, South America, The Caribbean, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Japan.
It recently opened 30 fitness clubs in neighboring Greece.
Burger King is coming
July 31, 2008 by admin
Filed under Franchises, News
There are several news about the arrival of Burger King to Bulgaria. According to them, the opening of the first Burger King is about to open in the country, and all points it will be in Varna. In fact, the restaurant opening was planned for June, as we could read in Sofia Echo and in Dnevnik.
As you can read in our report about franchising in Bulgaria, AmRest holds the rights to operate in Bulgaria. This company, also holds the rights of KFC and Pizza Hut, so they will be one of the key companies in the development of the franchises in Bulgaria in the next years.
Here are the complete articles and their respective links:
First local Burger King restaurants to open in Sofia, Varna
http://news.dnevnik.bg/?y=2008&m=5&d=20
The first local Burger King outlets will open in two locations over the next month.
The news was confirmed by Amrest Bulgaria, the local unit of Poland’s Amrest, which has the franchise for the Bulgarian market.
The first two locations will be at the City Center Sofia shopping mall and at Mall Varna. The official opening for the Varna restaurant is set for June 12. AmRest Bulgaria said it is targeting roughly the same launch for the Sofia outlet.
AmRest already operates for Burger King outlets in Poland.
The Wroclaw, southern Poland- based company has non-exclusive rights to develop restaurant chains under Yum! Brands Pizza Hut and KFC in Bulgaria.
In 2007, it opened it first KFC franchise in Bulgaria, at Mall of Sofia.
Local company Samex is the second local KFC franchisee. It operates KFC restaurants here since 1994.
A franchise for Pizza Hut restaurants in Bulgaria is also held by Excel Associates.
(Dnevnik)
The restaurant in Mall Varna will open on June 12, by which time the first restaurant in Sofia, in City Center Sofia mall, should already be operational, according to Amrest Bulgaria, a subsidiary of Polish company Amrest.
AmRest currently manages 252 restaurants under the KFC, Pizza Hut, Burger King, freshpoint, and Rodeo Drive brands in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Serbia and Russia. It also holds the rights to the Starbucks franchise in Poland, Czech Republic and Hungary.
Last year, it bought the rights to open restaurants under the KFC and Pizza Hut brands in Bulgaria, opening its first KFC outlet in November 2007. Both chains are already present in the country through other franchisees.
Burger King thus becomes the fourth fast-food chain to enter Bulgaria, following in the footsteps of McDonald’s, its biggest competitor on global scale, KFC and Subway.
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Foros starts its own franchise program
July 11, 2008 by admin
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Foros, a bulgarian real estate company, also started a franchise program. Founded in 1993, is one of the most important companies in its sector.
You can access to their franchise program following this link.
The complete article, by Sofia Echo:
Real estate company Foros said it has signed up two franchisees, in Plovdiv and in Stara Zagora. The company is also in talks to set up Foros franchises in another 25 local town, including Blagoevgrad, Silistra, Vidin, Gabrovo, Haskovo, Kavarna, Sandanski, Elena and Sliven. The first of the signed contracts are for a period of five years.
The Foros franchise project was officially announced in April this year, but has been in the works since December 2007, programme director Milena Mihailova said. The programme targets urban areas where Foros has a market presence.
Currently, Foros does business in Sofia, Varna, Rousse, Plovdiv, Veliko Turnovo, Bourgas, Dobrich, Balchik, and the resorts of Slunchev Bryag (Sunny Beach) and Bansko. If the franchise program does well, Foros intends to take it international, seizing opportunities in neighboring Macedonia, Romania and Serbia.
Foros is the fifth company with a franchise program in Bulgaria. Address is the other Bulgarian real estate company with a similar program while the others are foreign outfits - Re/Max, ERA Real Estate and Century 21.
