AmRest moves to buy Burger King operator to make room for own chains

American Restaurants (AmRest), local operator of the Pizza Hut and Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast-food chains, has finalized a a deal with International Fast Food Polska (IFFP) to take over the latter's network of Burger King (BK) restaurants. AmRest intends to withdraw BK from the market to make room for its own networks of restaurants. "All 22 Burger King restaurants belonging to our company have already been shut down," said Tomasz Wisniewski, head of IFFP. As the BK network's main advantage is location, AmRest wants to use the newly acquired branches to establish more outlets for its Pizza Hut and KFC chains. AmRest is currently the second largest company on the local fast-food market with 100 restaurants, following McDonald's chain of 183 restaurants. AmRest says it plans further acquisitions within the next couple of years. (Puls Biznesu, p.3) M.K.