Round Table Pizza Expands Into Bahrain With Five Country Development Agreement

MANAMA, Bahrain--()--Round Table Pizza, an American pizza restaurant icon known for gourmet quality and fresh innovation announced the signing of an exclusive agreement with Al Mahroos Foods W.L.L. to develop restaurants in the GCC (excluding U.A.E.). The first restaurant location will be opening in Manama, Bahrain in the 4th Qtr. 2014, with additional restaurants expected to open in Bahrain and the wider the region throughout 2015.

“Al Mahroos Foods has a reputation for valuing premium brands like Round Table Pizza,” notes Round Table Pizza CEO Rob McCourt. “We are excited to work with such a partner and are confident of the road ahead.”

“We are proud to bring the great taste of Round Table Pizza to Bahrain and the region” said Mike Buck, Director International Operations for Round Table Pizza. “Our customers deserve Round Table’s delicious west coast pizza made with the highest quality ingredients after years of compromising with discount brands.”

A team of management trainees just completed an 8 week training program in California that included the special skills required to make Round Table’s famous pizza and all the components required to provide customers a superior experience.

In addition to new restaurants in the GCC, Round Table Pizza is planning for the opening of a second restaurant in Mongolia and a restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2015.

About Round Table Pizza

Founded in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, Round Table Pizza was founded by Bill Larson in 1959 to create a place where families could relax and share a superb pizza. More than fifty years later, Round Table Pizza remains true to its founder’s vision with 450 restaurants across the western United States and the world. Round Table’s signature tagline, "The Last Honest Pizza", describes its commitment to quality and authenticity.

About Al Mahroos Foods

Al Mahroos Foods is an affiliate of M.H. Al Mahroos BSC, a diversified Bahrain-based business group founded in 1930 with its main business in equipment trading and engineering. The company has partnered with renowned manufacturers from Japan, Germany, Italy, U.K., USA and has operations across the GCC.

Contacts

Round Table Franchise Corporation
Ted Storey, 925-969-3900
Senior Vice President, Business Development

Release Summary

Round Table Pizza has signed an exclusive agreement with Al Mahroos Foods WLL to develop restaurants in the GCC (excluding UAE).

Contacts

Round Table Franchise Corporation
Ted Storey, 925-969-3900
Senior Vice President, Business Development