Fafa's
Fafa's is a Finnish fast food restaurant chain founded in 2011, serving falafel, pita and salads. The chain has 40 restaurants in Finland, two in Sweden and one each in Estonia and in the United Kingdom. The Fafa's restaurants work on a franchising principle.[1] Fafa's is the first completely carbon-neutral restaurant chain in Finland.[2]
The first Fafa's restaurant was opened in Punavuori, Helsinki in December 2011.[3] As well as Helsinki, the chain has restaurants in Espoo, Vantaa, Turku, Seinäjoki, Tampere, Oulu, Lahti, Jyväskylä, Lappeenranta,[4] Oulu, Raisio, Hyvinkää, Tallinn, Stockholm and London.[5]
In Finland, Fafa's is a popular employer for foreign immigrants, as it does not require its employees to speak Finnish. All Fafa's restaurants are completely English-speaking down to the branding and the menu, and only about 10 to 15 percent of Fafa's employees are ethnic Finns.[6]
Expansion abroad
Fafa's has opened restaurants in Tallinn, Stockholm and London. The chain plans on expanding to other Nordic countries in the future as well as elsewhere in Europe.[7] According to the company founder, Israeli-born Doron Karavani, negotiations are under way about restaurants in Denmark and Switzerland.[6] The company plans on having over a hundred restaurants internationally in 2022.[8]
As of 2023, the company is basiclly just making lossess. The general public didn't like the fact that the restaurant sold themselves undirectly to a big food and market chain S-ryhmä.
References
- ^ Rinta-Jouppi, Anton: Fafa's aloitti pienenä kioskina Punavuoressa: Nyt ketju aikoo valloittaa Lontoon ja New Yorkin, Helsingin Sanomat 15 July 2019. Accessed on 15 July 2019.
- ^ Fafa’s kompensoi hiilijalanjälkensä, sttinfo.fi.
- ^ Ravintola Fafa's tuli Turkuun Archived 2018-07-31 at the Wayback Machine, Turun Sanomat. Accessed on 19 September 2017.
- ^ Fafa's avautui Lappeenrannan ravintolakadulla: falafelit haastavat vedyt ja kebabit Archived 2017-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, Etelä-Saimaa. Accessed on 19 September 2017.
- ^ Sijainnit, Fafa's. Accessed on 22 September 2018.
- ^ a b Doron Karavani vie Fafa'sin maailmalle - Tukholma, Tallinna ja Lontoo otetaan haltuun tänä vuonna, Tanska ja Sveitsi myös vireillä, Aromi. Accessed on 31 July 2020.
- ^ Fafa's pikaruokaketju laajentaa Lontooseen, tavoitteena koko Pohjois-Eurooppa, Business Finland. Accessed on 31 July 2020.
- ^ Pikaruokaketju Fafa's laajenee Britanniaan, Kauppalehti. Accessed on 31 July 2020.