Three American fast-food chains are planning to enter the Russian market. The American company Global Franchise Group, specializing on operating fast food chains will bring ice cream cafe Marble Slab Creamery, gourmet cookies cafe Great American Cookies and hand-rolled pretzels café Pretzelmaker. Currently Global Franchise Group is in negotiations with Russian market participants on cooperation. Global Franchise Group has already applied to the Federal Service for Intellectual Property (Rospatent) to register the trade marks.
Global Franchise Group owns six brands of fast food chains. Presently more than 1100 restaurants in 40 countries are working under the brands. Marble Slab Creamery has 391 cafes in the USA, Canada, Great Britain and other countries. Great American Cookies has 290 cafes and Pretzelmaker has 360 cafes.
Sources: http://www.km.ru http://top.rbc.ru
Author: Irina Fomina