13 Facts About Nando's

Nando's is a South African multinational fast casual chain that specialises in flame-grilled peri-peri style chicken.

In 1996 a former Nando's franchisee founded the Portuguese-Mozambican style grilled-chicken restaurant Galito's which competes with Nando's in multiple markets.

Fernando Duarte and his friend Robert Brozin, the founders of the first Nando's, bought a restaurant previously called "Chickenland" and renamed it Nando's.

In Qatar, Nando's has been established since 2001, with the first restaurant located on Salwa Road.

In Saudi Arabia, Nando's opened its first restaurant within the country on 12 December 2016 in Riyadh, and opened its first branch in Jeddah on 8 December 2018.

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Nando's opened its first restaurant within the United Arab Emirates in Dubai in 2002 and opened its first branch in Abu Dhabi in 2014.

Nando's opened its first restaurants within the United Kingdom, in 1992, in the west London suburbs of Ealing and Earls Court, initially focusing on takeaway food.

In 2010, Nando's UK won the Sunday Timess best place to work award in the big company category.

In late April 2020, Nando's reopened select locations for delivery and collection services, with many more locations opening throughout May In early July 2020, the restaurant chain started reopening a few of its outlets for eat-in service.

Nando's UK deployed its own staff to support some of its key suppliers onsite and "help get things moving again".

Nando's opened its first restaurant location within the United States, at Washington, D C in 2008.

Nando's has been in continuous operation within Australia since 1990, when the first restaurant opened in Tuart Hill in Western Australia.

Nando's opened their first outlet in New Zealand, at Glenfield in 2000.