Albaik
Bird logo used since 1986 | |
| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Restaurant |
| Genre | Fast food restaurant |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Founder | Shakour Abu Ghazalah |
| Headquarters | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Number of locations | 152 (2024) |
Area served | Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Pakistan, Bangladesh (planned), Turkey (planned), India (planned), Kyrgyzstan (planned), Indonesia (planned), Qatar (mobile locations opened during the 2022 FIFA World Cup), Malaysia (planned), Europe (planned), North America (planned), Oceania (planned) & Maldives (planned). |
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| Products | |
| Revenue | 20 billion SAR (2024) |
| Parent | AlBaik Food Systems Company S.A. |
| Website | www |
Albaik Food Systems Company, doing business as Albaik (Arabic: البيك) is a Saudi fast food restaurant chain headquartered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia that primarily sells broasted chicken with a variety of sauces. It is the largest restaurant chain in Saudi Arabia. Albaik currently has a trade name in 80 countries.
The chain was founded by Shakour Abu Ghazalah, a Palestinian-Saudi entrepreneur, who originally came to Saudi Arabia as a refugee from the Nakba, and he began selling broasted chicken in 1974. The restaurant was located on Old Airport Road in Jeddah. Albaik was registered as a trademark in Saudi Arabia in 1986.