AmRest wants to open 140 restaurants this year

Wrocław-based, international restaurant operator AmRest unveiled its plan to open some 140 restaurants this year, including launching the first Starbucks coffeehouse in Slovakia. The company set up 99 new outlets in 2015, the firm said. The company also said that it recorded a net profit of PLN 160.04 million in 2015, compared with PLN 51.67 million in 2014. Consolidated revenues amounted to PLN 3.34 billion in 2015, versus PLN 2.95 billion in 2014. AmRest is an international fast-food and casual dining restaurant operator. The company is primarily based in Wrocław and operates in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Spain, France, Germany and the United States. The company had its initial public offering on the Warsaw Stock Exchange in 2005.