Albaik Food Systems Company, doing business as Albaik 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.[2][3] Albaik currently has a trade name in 80 countries.[4]
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.
History
In September 1974, a Palestinian-Saudi entrepreneur Shakour Abu Ghazalah, renovated an old warehouse he was renting into Saudi Arabia's first pressure fried chicken restaurant and later opened it.[5]