Nando's
 |
|
| Private | |
| Industry | Casual dining |
| Genre | Portuguese, peri-peri chicken |
| Founded | 1987, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Founder | Fernando Duarte and Robert Brozin |
| Headquarters | Porto, Portugal |
|
Key people
|
Dick Enthoven, owner |
| Products | Chicken and related Portuguese cuisine |
| Website | nandos |
Nando's is an international casual dining restaurant chain originating in South Africa, with a Mozambican/Portuguese theme. Founded in 1987, Nando's operates about 1,000 outlets in 30 countries.
Nando's specialises in grilled chicken dishes with various peri-peri marinades.
The restaurant was founded in 1987 in the Johannesburg suburb Rosettenville when Portuguese-born audio engineer Fernando Duarte took his entrepreneur friend Robert Brozin to a Portuguese takeaway called Chickenland for a meal. After trying the chicken, cooked in piri piri, a chilli sauce originating in Mozambique, they bought the restaurant for about 80,000 rand (equivalent of about £25,000 at the time). They renamed the restaurant Nando's after Fernando. After two years, the restaurant had four outlets: three in Johannesburg and one in Portugal. By 2013, around 1,000 Nando's branches were in 35 countries.
In 2010, Advertising Age magazine named Nando's as one of the world's top 30 hottest marketing brands. As of July 2014, the Nando's restaurant group is ultimately owned by South African businessman Dick Enthoven and his family. Enthoven's son, Robby Enthoven, was responsible for expanding the Nando's chain in the United Kingdom.
Nando's specialises in flame-grilled peri peri chicken. The chicken is served in quarters, halves, wholes, and butterfly breasts. It also serves burgers, pitas, salads, wings and wraps. In some countries, Nando's sells chicken livers, espetadas (a large stand with a skewer of chicken breast and grilled peppers) and cataplana (a chicken and rice dish served in a traditional Portuguese copper dish).A range of sides are available to order with these main dishes such as spicy rice, coleslaw, garlic bread, corn on the cob, creamy mash, chips, mixed leaf salad and macho peas.
...
Wikipedia