{"id":150449,"date":"2018-02-01T01:55:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T06:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=150449"},"modified":"2018-02-01T01:55:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T06:55:34","slug":"maxs-to-bring-pancake-house-to-saudi-arabia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/02\/01\/maxs-to-bring-pancake-house-to-saudi-arabia\/","title":{"rendered":"Max&#8217;s to bring Pancake House to Saudi Arabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_150452\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150452\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pancake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-150452\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pancake.jpg\" alt=\"Casual dining chain operator Max's Group Inc. (MGI) has signed an agreement with Jeddah-based Al-Bader National Establishment for Real-Estate Development to put up 12 Pancake House stores in Saudi Arabia within the next five years. (Pixabay photo)\" width=\"960\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pancake.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pancake-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Pancake-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-150452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casual dining chain operator Max&#8217;s Group Inc. (MGI) has signed an agreement with Jeddah-based Al-Bader National Establishment for Real-Estate Development to put up 12 Pancake House stores in Saudi Arabia within the next five years. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MANILA &#8212; Casual dining chain operator Max&#8217;s Group Inc. (MGI) has signed an agreement with Jeddah-based Al-Bader National Establishment for Real-Estate Development to put up 12 Pancake House stores in Saudi Arabia within the next five years.<\/p>\n<p>This is the first development agreement secured by MGI for 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur international business continues to build on its momentum sustained from last year. We are excited with the prospect of entering a familiar territory this time around with another one of our loved brands,\u201d\u00a0 Max\u2019s Group, Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Trota told the local bourse.<\/p>\n<p>Jeddah-based Al-Bader National Establishment for Real-Estate Development is primarily engaged in real estate trading, property development, commercial operations of shopping malls and furnished apartments.<\/p>\n<p>The company recently entered the food and beverage business by selectively partnering with reputable global food names. It plans to invest in complementary industries, such as food and tourism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to bring Pancake House to Saudi Arabia. We have been searching for a renowned brand to spearhead our venture into the food sector with the intention to deploy a substantial amount of investment. We find the brand\u2019s assorted menu mix and all-day dining concept appealing to various demographic profiles,\u201d said company chief executive officer Badr Hamdi Hamed Albalawi.<\/p>\n<p>Pancake House currently operates seven overseas franchised outlets in Malaysia and United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>It plans to add at least two more branches in the United Arab Emirates and open its first store in Qatar in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>MGI is set to further accelerate international expansion activities with a target of 20 to 30 new outlets for 2018 primarily across core brands Max\u2019s Restaurant, Pancake House and Yellow Cab Pizza.<\/p>\n<p>It aims to end the year with about 75 to 80 stores abroad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA &#8212; Casual dining chain operator Max&#8217;s Group Inc. (MGI) has signed an agreement with Jeddah-based Al-Bader National Establishment for &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":150452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[30342,45481,2396],"class_list":["post-150449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-maxs-group-inc","tag-pancake-house","tag-saudi-arabia","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=150449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/150449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=150449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=150449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}