Kahala Brands

Kahala Brands
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryRestaurant
Headquarters
Scottsdale, Arizona
,
United States
Area served
Global
Key people
Eric Lefebvre (CEO)[1]
ParentMTY Food Group
(2016–present)
Websitekahalamgmt.com

Kahala Brands is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canada-based MTY Food Group Inc. of Montreal, Quebec. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, Kahala is one of North America's largest holding company of franchise fast food restaurant companies.[2] In May 2016, the publicly traded Canadian MTY Food Group announced a friendly takeover deal with the Kahala Brands. MTY agreed to pay about US$300 million to acquire Kahala. The two companies generated nearly $2 billion in revenues in the previous year.[3][4] Jeff Smit was chosen to lead the US operations of MTY.

  1. ^ "MTY Food Group names Eric Lefebvre as new CEO". Verdict Media. May 4, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
  2. ^ Jennings, Lisa (May 27, 2007). "Kahala Merger Data". Nation's Restaurant News. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved November 30, 2008 – via FindArticles.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference prn-2016jul26 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "MTY Foods set to double in size with acquisition of Kahala Brand". Montreal Gazette. Canadian Press. May 25, 2016. Archived from the original on May 26, 2016.