Kout Food Group

Kout Food Group K.S.C.C. is a Kuwaiti-based conglomerate, founded in 1982, operating in Kuwait, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Qatar, Kurdistan-Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and formerly in the United Kingdom.[1] The business also offer catering services, import and export of food related items, representation of foreign companies as well as advising others in such businesses.

The group have created many of its own intellectual properties, and since August 2013, have owned the Little Chef roadside restaurant chain in the UK, as well as the trademarks for the former Happy Eater and Coffee Tempo! brands, purchased from private-equity firm RCapital for £15 million.[2] In January 2017, Euro Garages purchased the restaurants used by the Little Chef chain, which it would then convert into its own brands by 2018, with Kout Food Group retaining the ownership of the Little Chef brand.[3] In 2020, Kout Food Group announced through filing documents it was seeking opportunities to return Little Chef through franchising deals, though nothing has yet to come from this.[4] Following its sale of Burger King and KFC franchises, the group no longer trades in the United Kingdom, and its Little Chef, Happy Eater and Coffee Tempo! brands are now registered in Kuwait under the parent company.[5]