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Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen will open its first restaurant in the DR sometime this 2023. The Dominican company Caleya got the rights for developing the brand in the country. The same company manages all the Burger King, Papa John's, Krispy Kreme, Palacio del Cine, and Orange Theory Fitness in the...
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If they opened one in Sosua they would have 50% of the current tourists lining up
There's the catch right there - finding a good pica pollo. Not many of those around.
You won't see franchises like these opening in the North Coast. They will, and only will be located where high foot traffic, year round and recurring spenders will be: Aka Santiago, Santo Domingo, San Francisco or Punta Cana. The North Coast is seasonal, low traffic and with not so much recurring spenders.
You may be right , And not even near the Cruise Ships as they control that little Pretend Village pretty tightly ..
btw, has anyone been in there recently ? .. Only time I was there ( out of Curiosity ) only One bar was making money the rest of the places were dead, and that was with 2 ships in port .
Well they have opened several chains in Puerto Plata. Burger King, McDonalds, Dominos Pizza - so it will happen, it's only a matter of time and these chains doing research.
No they won't be in Nagua or Sabaneta de Yasica but eventually there will be leaders who realize 55,000 people is enough to support certain stores in Sosua
I wanted to open a Mrs. Fields once. They insisted that I had to open 2 mall stores a year and a "super store". I couldn't see that (or afford it) so I gave up on the idea.
A couple of years later one opened in SD, and it wasn't that good at all. They definitely didn't understand the concept of "freshly baked"
Not long after they opened shop their cookies started showing up in supermarkets in individual packs, but not from the franchise.
To make matters worse, the supermarket ones were better than the franchise ones.
A couple of years later one opened in SD, and it wasn't that good at all. They definitely didn't understand the concept of "freshly baked"
Not long after they opened shop their cookies started showing up in supermarkets in individual packs, but not from the franchise.
To make matters worse, the supermarket ones were better than the franchise ones.
For sure, their R&D teams are amazing. Had the chance to meet the team behind the Corripio owned ones (Krispy, BK, Papa Johns). But you won't see Wendy's or Popeye's or even a Starbucks in the North.
There's more chance to see in the next 12-24 months a Little Caesars in POP thanks for their strong approach to low prices and targeted to low income young families (that's their secret sauce formula that has been working in Santiago so far). But again, the seasonal area which is Puerto Plata as whole province, makes reconsider plans of those big franchises.
I think Puerto Plata to Cabarete has an equal average family wealth (maybe higher) than Santiago, just a whole lot smaller population and further from the capital.
So those R&D teams will likely find themselves doing well with chain fast foods - if they can maintain standards (and that's the question)