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Udenna eyes growing Wendy's, Conti's store network

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Warren de Guzman, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA - Udenna Group&#x27;s food arm Eight8Ate eyes expanding its brands Wendy&#x27;s and Conti&#x27;s store network to 200 this year, an official said on Wednesday.</p><p>Eight8Ate could hit 200 combined stores this year, after aggressively growing to over 160 branches during the COVID-19 pandemic, company President Joey Garcia said on the sidelines of the media launch for Franchise Asia, a conference and expo for franchising set for June and October. </p><p>Of the total stores, only 9 are franchisees. Garcia said. Eight8Ate is expanding through company-owned stores to establish a strong base before they pursue expansion through franchising, he added.</p><p>“We doubled (in) size,&quot; Garcia said. </p><p>Apart from Wendy’s and Conti’s Eight8ate also owns Masuma, an enterprise focused on providing services to other food businesses. It caters to clients like WalterMart and Family Mart. </p><p>Udenna acquired Conti’s and Wendy’s in 2018 and 2019, respectively, as part of a rapid, debt-fueled expansion. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/13/22/dennis-uys-udenna-says-partnerships-normal-amid-report-of-potential-asset-sale">Dennis Uy&#x27;s Udenna says partnerships &#x27;normal&#x27; amid report of potential asset sale</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/12/19/dennis-uys-acquires-wendys-philippines">Dennis Uy&#x27;s Udenna acquires Wendy&#x27;s Philippines</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/09/10/18/dennis-uy-to-buy-contis-for-bigger-bite-of-food-business">Dennis Uy to buy Conti&#x27;s for bigger bite of food business</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2035228" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

Udenna Group's food arm Eight8Ate eyes expanding its brands Wendy's and Conti's store network to 200 this year, an official said on Wednesday.

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Udenna eyes growing Wendy's, Conti's store network

Warren de Guzman,

ABS-CBN News

Published March 15, 2023 05:20 PM PHT

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