German Doner Kebab Serves-Up £1m Of Kebabs Every Week

Bradford is on course to benefit from the expansion of a gourmet doner kebab chain.

Scottish headquartered German Doner Kebab (GDK) is now serving-up £1m of kebabs in its restaurants every week in the UK and is embarking on major growth plans for the UK, announcing plans to open a new restaurant every two weeks during the rest of 2019.

The expansion will see an investment of over £6m and will create in the region of 200 jobs.

GDK CEO Imran Sayeed said: “It’s incredible to be hitting £1m kebab sales a week as we announce further growth plans across the country. We are excited to be announcing major expansion plans for the UK as we bring the GDK fast casual experience to even more consumers throughout the country.”

GDK is one of the UK’s fastest growing restaurant chains with 33 outlets opened during the past two years and is set to open a further 14 new stores by the end of the year in key regional locations which include Preston, Oldham, Bradford, Northampton, Walsall, Newcastle, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

German Doner Kebab is part of the Hero Brands group and has a growth pipeline of 350 sold units in place over the next seven years.

“Our idea of bringing a gourmet kebab that is healthy and nutritionally balanced has been a massive hit with UK consumers, and this has been reflected in the huge growth we have already achieved in the past two years.

“Our new upcoming outlets will give us further key strategic locations to reach even more consumers whilst also creating significant job opportunities," Mr Saveed said.

He added: “We have developed a strong growth pipeline with some of the UK’s most established franchise entrepreneurs and our focus will be to work closely with them to identify new sites and respond to the growing consumer demand across the UK.”

German Doner Kebab currently operates stores in the UK, Sweden, Dubai, Abu-Dhabi, Oman and Bahrain.