JKC Restaurants Romania, the local operator of the Wendy\u2019s franchise, the third-largest fast-food chain in the world, targets investments of over \u20ac173.79 million and the creation of approximately 1,500 jobs over the next 10 years. The national expansion plans come one year after the brand’s official entry into the Romanian market, a move first announced by Profit.ro.<\/p>\n
In its first year on the local market, the retailer opened six restaurants in three cities and created over 100 jobs. Currently, Wendy\u2019s operates in Bucharest (AFI Cotroceni, Mega Mall, Promenada, and Veranda), Ia\u0219i (Moldova Mall), and Ploie\u0219ti (Ploie\u0219ti Shopping City). The company has developed a predominantly local supply chain, with over 80% of first-year purchases coming from Romania, including fresh beef.<\/p>\n
Kathryn Chayka, CEO of JKC Restaurants, stated that the results of the first 12 months represent an operational validation in an extremely competitive market, with the next step being the consolidation of systems and partnerships to support steady long-term growth.<\/p>\n
JKC Restaurants, a family business launched in Canada in 2015 by spouses Kathryn and John Chayka, is the largest Wendy\u2019s franchisee in Canada, holding a portfolio of 32 franchises of the Wendy’s and Tim Hortons brands. Founded in 1969 in the US, the American chain Wendy’s ranks third globally in the fast-food segment, with around 7,000 restaurants.<\/p>\n
How much does Wendy’s plan to invest in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n Wendy’s local franchise operator, JKC Restaurants, plans to invest over \u20ac173.79 million in Romania over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n How many jobs will Wendy’s create in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n The expansion plan aims to create approximately 1,500 jobs over the next decade, adding to the 100 jobs already created in its first year.<\/p>\n Where does Wendy’s currently operate in Romania?<\/strong><\/p>\n Wendy’s operates six restaurants across Bucharest (AFI Cotroceni, Mega Mall, Promenada, Veranda), Ia\u0219i (Moldova Mall), and Ploie\u0219ti (Ploie\u0219ti Shopping City).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" JKC Restaurants Romania, the local operator of the Wendy\u2019s franchise, the third-largest fast-food chain in the world, targets investments of over \u20ac173.79 million and the creation of approximately 1,500 jobs over the next 10 years. The national expansion plans come one year after the brand’s official entry into the Romanian market, a move first announced…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":126589,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2852],"tags":[3936],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-126600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hotels-restaurants","tag-wendys-en"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":[{"title":"profit.ro | 08.06","post_source_url":"https:\/\/www.profit.ro"}],"post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Hoteluri-si-resturante-category-picture.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126600"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=126600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}