Golden Krust

Golden Krust
Company typePrivate
IndustryRestaurant
Founded1989; 35 years ago (1989)
The Bronx, New York City, United States[1]
FoundersLowell Hawthorne and family
Headquarters3958 Park Avenue, Bronx NY 10457
Number of locations
120+[1]
Area served
United States
Key people
Al Novas (President and CEO)[2]
ProductsJamaican food, Jamaican patty, Caribbean cuisine, Baked goods, Jerk chicken, Oxtail
Websitegoldenkrust.com
An interior of a Golden Krust restaurant
The exterior of a Golden Krust restaurant in North York, Ontario, Canada

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.

  1. ^ a b "Overview". Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant. Retrieved 2019-07-31.
  2. ^ "Executive Team". Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant. Retrieved 2019-01-04.
  3. ^ "Store Search". Golden Krust Caribbean Restaurant. Retrieved 2016-07-10.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference NY was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Shirley commends Golden Krust". Jamaica Gleaner. August 30, 2006. Archived from the original on 2007-10-08.