Company type | Private |
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Industry | Restaurant |
Founded | 1989 The Bronx, New York City, United States[1] |
Founders | Lowell Hawthorne and family |
Headquarters | 3958 Park Avenue, Bronx NY 10457 |
Number of locations | 120+[1] |
Area served | United States |
Key people | Al Novas (President and CEO)[2] |
Products | Jamaican food, Jamaican patty, Caribbean cuisine, Baked goods, Jerk chicken, Oxtail |
Website | goldenkrust |
Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery, Inc. is a Caribbean fast casual restaurant operator and manufacturer of Caribbean cuisine including Jamaican food, Jamaican patty, and other baked goods.
The parent company is owned by the Hawthorne family, and the stores are franchised. There are over 100 Golden Krust restaurants operating in ten U.S. states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Texas. The majority of the restaurants are situated in New York.[3] It is New York City's largest locally-owned restaurant chain.[4]
The company also distributes food products to retailers, schools and prisons, is considered the foremost Jamaican business in the U.S.[5] and was featured on the CBS reality television show Undercover Boss in 2016.
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