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Kitchen Express, a subsidiary of Hass Petroleum, plans to open 60 restaurants and use the fuel retail footprint.



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Papa John's International announced its expansion into Sub-Saharan Africa making the most Hass Petroleum Group’s significant retail footprint in Africa.

The international fast food brand enters with Kitchen Express as a franchise partner, a subsidiary of Hass Petroleum Group, which holds a significant retail footprint in Africa.

Kitchen Express plans to open 60 restaurants in Kenya and Uganda, with four of these restaurants planned to open in 2022, beginning in Nairobi. The partnership will enable Hass Petroleum to leverage its fuel retailing footprint as it introduces new customers to the Papa Johns brand.

“We are excited to partner with Papa Johns as it continues its expansion around the globe. Papa Johns is a company whose vision and values are closely aligned to our own, and this partnership brings together two brands built on a legacy of quality and service,” said Abdinasir Ali Hassan, chairman of Kitchen Express LTD and Hass Petroleum Group.

Hass Petroleum Group is one of the leading indigenous oil marketing companies in Africa and currently operates more than 140 petrol stations across 10 countries in Africa.

In recent years, Papa Johns has entered 13 new countries, including Spain, Portugal, Germany, Cambodia, Pakistan, France, Tunisia, Iraq, Morocco, Kazakhstan and Poland.

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