10 Things you should know about Nandos

Nandos is a brand founded by Fernando Duarte and Robert Brozin. Here are 10 Things you should know about Nandos.

1. Nandos was founded in 1987 in the Johannesburg suburb Rosettenville.
2. Upon visiting a Colonial Portuguese-African takeaway named Chickenland, and trying the chicken with peri peri they bought the restaurant for about R80,000 rand.
3. They renamed the restaurant Nando’s after Fernando’s first born son.
4. By 1989, the restaurant had three outlets in Johannesburg and one in Portugal.
5. Capricorn Ventures International acquired the chain in 1992.
6. As of 2017, there were over 1,000 Nando’s branches in 35 countries.
7. In 2010, Advertising Age magazine named Nando’s one of the world’s top 30 hottest marketing brands alongside Tata Nano, MTN and Natura.
8. During the same year, the success of Nando’s in the U.K. led The Guardian to write that Nando’s is a modern restaurant brand that has “changed the face of British fast food”.
9. As of July 2014 the Nando’s restaurant group was ultimately owned by South African businessman Dick Enthoven and his family.
10. Enthoven’s son, Robby Enthoven who took over running the restaurants in 1993, was responsible for expanding the Nando’s chain in the United Kingdom.