The Olayan Group and the Burger King Corporation have been partners in Saudi Arabia and the Arab Middle East since the early 1990's. Olayan Financing Company owns and operates the following:
HANA International Co. Ltd. (HANA), the master franchisee of Burger King restaurants for the Gulf countries, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Iraq. It also operates the Burger King Middle East Service Center for restaurants in the Arab Middle East.
Olayan Food Services Company (OFS), the Burger King franchisee for Saudi Arabia.
First Food Services Company (FFS), the Burger King franchisee for United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Olayan opened its first Burger King restaurant in Riyadh in December 1992. It now operates more than 200 restaurants in the region in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Lebanon, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain.
Driving this aggressive business development is a commitment to provide Middle Eastern consumers with superior products, choice, value, service and convenience.
The Middle East team strives for brand leadership and market optimization. Together with the dedicated franchisees in each country, the Olayan-Burger King partnership prides itself on having built a world class franchising organization for the region.