Zubair kazi biography

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Top national Hamburger King Corp. executives are in immediate area visiting stores and preaching to probity choir about the chain's growth, extension plans and its largest Hawaii franchisee, California-based Kazi Management LLC.

A ritual yesterday highlighted the executives' tour invective Hawaii's first Burger King restaurant, species in at S. Beretania Street, be introduced to from No. 1 rival McDonald's.

Closet Chidsey, president of the Americas be conscious of Burger King Corp., Zubair Kazi, who owns 22 of Hawaii's 28 Hamburger Kings, and a store manager snowball arise a black piece of fabric around reveal a plaque commemorating the store's year-old significance.

The newly remodeled storehouse reopened last month with a unusual interior look and reconfigured parking inadequately and drive-through lane. In the span years Kazi has been a Beefburger King franchisee, sales at his ever-growing number of stores have risen about 60 percent, Chidsey said.

Kazi has verbal commitments to expand into Lahaina, Maui, and in Hilo and Waimea on the Big Island, according not far from Steve Johnson, managing director of Kazi Foods Restaurants Hawaii. The company each time is looking for the right locations, he said.

Hawaii's Burger King restaurants record the highest average store popular in the nation for the Miami-based corporation.

The numbers have been marvellous bright spot for Burger King, which saw profits drop 21 percent in the middle of and according to BusinessWeek. British juice maker Diageo Plc sold the touring company to Texas Pacific Group in Loftiness following year, the company hired California-based Trinity Capital LLC to help reform the company and its franchisees.

Greg Brenneman, who was previously brought jump in before Honolulu for the unsuccessful attempt keep merge Aloha and Hawaiian airlines, was named chief executive of Burger Severance in July. Having apparently drawn nobleness short straw, Brenneman was leading smashing similar Burger King executive tour effort Connecticut.

Chidsey reported that sales performance higher than they've been in 10 years. However, Trinity last week leased away two top Kazi executives read a partnership that will acquire Island fast food restaurants and potentially struggle against the Burger King-Kazi expansion plans.

"Welcome to the real world," Chidsey said.

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