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Fast-food chains get future-ready as curbs are fully lifted, biz recovers

Robust store rollouts in the works; focus on dine-in and delivery

Fast-food chains get future-ready as curbs are fully lifted, biz recovers
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Jubilant FoodWorks, which is the master franchisee of Domino’s Pizza and Dunkin Donuts in India, said it had opened 57 Domino stores in the October-December period, the highest in a single quarter.

Viveat Susan Pinto Mumbai
Food service players such as Jubilant FoodWorks and Westlife Development are putting a blueprint in place that will see the two companies accelerate store launches and focus on both dine-in and delivery in the future.

The move comes as the fast-food business recovers fast amid a rapid shift from unorganised to organised and lockdown restrictions completely lifted across markets. Last week, Mumbai, among the last markets to reopen for dine-in services following a prolonged shutdown, permitted restaurants to remain open till 1 am.

Westlife Development, which runs McDonald's restaurants in the west and south of India, will get back to