Food Chain - Issue 207 - August 2025 | Page 99

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Tahini’ s

Beloved across Canada, Tahini’ s prides itself on offering a combination of delicious, authentic and healthy Middle Eastern foods with fast, friendly and reliable customer service. Every dish and salad is prepared daily, using only the freshest ingredients to make every visit a memorable one. The owners of Tahini’ s have worked day in and day out to provide the local population with the best food in London, Canada, and their hard work has paid off. After winning first place for Middle Eastern restaurants in London on Trip Advisor, Tahini’ s started the Tahini’ s Franchising Corporation to be closer to customers all over the world. Chief Executive Officer Omar Hamam retraces the company’ s evolution from a single venue into a national franchise.

“ In 2011, I bought my first Middle Eastern restaurant, where we mainly sold shawarmas, kebabs, and similar offerings. For around seven years, I was the owner and operator of that business, which was very successful with lines out the door almost all day. People always asked me about franchising, and I began to see it as a viable idea. To learn more about franchising, I read‘ Grinding It Out’ by Ray Kroc, a book about how he franchised McDonald’ s. Inspired by his story, I realized franchising was something I could pursue. After researching what I needed to do to start, I began developing a franchise agreement and an operations manual.
“ Recognizing that I would need a few stores to prove that my concept worked, I opened another restaurant in 2018, which I named Tahini’ s. My original restaurant had a different name, but I wanted something
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