BRISBANE, Australia,
October 13, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Palm Oasis Ventures (POV), a joint venture between Dunkin'
Brands and Galadari Brothers Group, inaugurated its first
Baskin-Robbins corporate store opening in Australia with a number of high profile
international guests in the beachside suburb of Manly, Queensland earlier this week.
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Honorary guests included Dunkin' Brands Chairman and CEO
Nigel Travis, Galadari Brothers
Group CEO Khaled Soliman, Mr
Neil Symes, Member for Lytton,
Councillor Ryan Murphy for Doboy Ward and Councillor Cumming for
Wynnum Manly Ward.
Dunkin' Brands Chairman and CEO, Nigel
Travis commented, "We're very excited to celebrate this
important milestone for Baskin-Robbins in Australia as we open this new shop in Manly
with our partners, the Galadari Brothers Group. We see tremendous
growth opportunity for Baskin-Robbins throughout the country, and
look forward to serving Baskin-Robbins' wide range of delicious ice
cream flavours, ice cream cakes and frozen beverages to even more
guests across Australia in the
months and years ahead."
Galadari Brothers Group CEO, Khaled
Soliman added, "Our corporate store model already exists in
the Middle East region with over
650 stores. Taking the Middle Eastern model and adapting it to the
Australian market and consumer demands was carefully developed
through the leadership of the Palm Oasis Ventures (POV) team in
Australia."
"This store represents our milestone for a future forecast of
1,000 stores across both regions. This would not be possible
without our continuous solid growth focus, commitment, solid
partnerships with our stakeholders and our strong responsive
relationship with our franchisee partners. We thank everyone who
has been part of this inauguration today," said Soliman.
The opening of the Manly store was celebrated with a grand
opening party including free ice cream giveaways and entertainment,
attended by over 2,600 local residents, international and local
dignitaries as well as well-known personalities such as Brisbane
Lions player Jonathan Freeman and
Jason "Labby" Hawkins, breakfast host from B105 radio station.
About Palm Oasis Ventures:
Palm Oasis Ventures is jointly owned; with U.A.E.-based Galadari
Brothers Co. LLC owning the 80 per cent stake, and
US-based Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. owning 20 per cent.
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. is the owner of the Baskin-Robbins
brand, while Galadari Brothers Group has been the exclusive
licensee of the Baskin-Robbins brand in the U.A.E. for 35 years,
successfully running more than 650 parlours across the U.A.E. and
the Middle East. Palm Oasis Ventures manages the joint
interests of both companies in Australia.
Dunkin' Brand International (DBI) -
Baskin-Robbins
With more than 18,000 points of distribution in nearly 60
countries worldwide, Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) is
one of the world's leading franchisors of quick service restaurants
(QSR) serving hot and cold coffee and baked goods, as well as
hard-serve ice cream. At the end of 2013, Dunkin' Brands' nearly
100 percent franchised business model included nearly 11,000
Dunkin' Donuts restaurants and 7,300 Baskin-Robbins restaurants.
For the full-year 2013, the company had franchisee-reported sales
of approximately $9.3 billion.
Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. is headquartered in Canton, Mass.
Baskin-Robbins is the world's largest chain of ice cream
specialty shops serving premium ice cream, specialty frozen
desserts and beverages to more than 300 million customers each
year. Founded in 1945 in Glendale,
Calif., by two ice cream enthusiasts -- Burton Baskin and Irvine
Robbins -- whose passion led to the creation of more than
1,000 ice cream flavours and a wide variety of delicious
treats.
In 2008, it became the first national ice cream chain to offer
both hand scooped and Soft Serve ice cream.
About Galadari Brothers Group:
The Galadari Brothers Co. LLC is one of the prominent business
groups based out of the United Arab
Emirates tracing its birth back to 1961. The Group is owned
by the Investment Corporation of Dubai and the Galadari family and is engaged
in multiple industries such as media, automobiles, food and
beverage, trucks and heavy equipment, among others. The Group's
dynamism, innovation and pioneering efforts have been responsible
for bringing some of the largest brands to the UAE including Mazda,
Baskin-Robbins, JCB, and Khaleej Times. The Group also owns the
Radisson Blu Dubai Deira Creek property and Galadari Hotel Sri
Lanka. Galadari Brothers Group is also the Master Franchisee to
Baskin-Robbins in the Middle East
and Australia extending its
partnership to more than three decades with over 700
stores. http://www.galadarigroup.com
For additional information, please contact PPR:
Catherine Guyder,
+61(0)2-9818-0970, cguyder@ppr.com.au
Toby Locke,
+61(0)2-9818-9335, tlocke@ppr.com.au