Manchu Wok Inc. is a Canadian-themed fast food restaurant chain in the United States and Canada. This network operates 200 stores, especially in shopping centers. It's owned by Hong Kong-based CafÃÆ'Â Ã… © de Coral, and is now owned by Canada-based MTY Food Group since 2014.
Despite the chain's name, the menu does not feature any dishes from traditional Manchurian cuisine and instead serves mostly Chinese American cuisine and Canadian Chinese cuisine.
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History
The first store was opened by Dr. Jack Lew and other Hong Kong immigrants in 1980 in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Lew hired a food service consultant Alfred Grech, a Maltese immigrant, to design and assist with the construction of the first 33 stores. In 1992, Lew sold the company to Scott's Hospitality Inc. At the time of sale, there were 113 Manchu Wok units in Canada and the United States. Under the new ownership, there were 237 Manchu Wok units in the United States, Canada and Britain in April 1992. In 1996, there were 245 Manchu Wok when Scott's Hospitality's parent company was acquired by Laidlaw Inc. In 2000, Laidlaw sold the company to a group of investors led by Ken Fowler and Cafà © Å © de Coral. At the time of sale in 2000, there were 74 locations in Canada, 119 locations in the United States and 2 in Poland.
Business activities outside North America
Although most of the company's business activities are located in North America, the company had had franchises in the UK and in Poland in 1992 and 2000, but the franchise has been closed. In 2003 and 2004, Manchu Wok expanded its operations to a US military base in Santa Rita, Guam; and Okinawa, Japan, respectively. It also has locations in the US Army garrison in Korea, and Ramstein Air Base in Germany. and US Army Base, Grafenwohr, Germany.
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See also
- List of Chinese restaurants
References
External links
- Official website
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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