franchisees for american fast food brand subway that however didnt make bagging the sbarro franchise a cakewalk puri says it took a little over one and a half years to clinch the deal with the us team visiting india a couple of times and the local partner travelling to the melville new york headquarters of sbarro several times for its part the pizza chain was going through a rough patch having exited bankruptcy in mid2014 for the second time in three years as a part of the restructuring package to reduce debt sbarro moved its headquarters to columbus ohio perhaps the cutthroat competition back home made overseas expansions in fastergrowing markets an imperative as well as choosing the right partners you are getting into a relationship a serious longterm one so its crucial for both parties to understand each other says puri who opened sbarros first outlet in september 2014 in gurgaon theres another one in delhi and puri plans to take the store count to 50 in five years by exploring various business models such as foodcourt outlets kiosks and home delivery declining to disclose the amount paid to get the master franchisee rights puri says that its a high investment game running into crores and one should not look for a quick turnaround after all it took dominos about 10 years to make money he says one has to be patient its not a tech industry which will give you returns overnight undeterred by the dominance of dominos it controls over 74 of the pizza market puri claims that consumers are looking for new options and that sbarros ingredients are far superior than the others in the market wendy vidi vici in 2014 sanjay chhabra was confident of getting the american brand wendys to india reason he was convinced that his company had the perfect credentials for its india debut the worlds third largest burger chain after mcdonalds and burger king was looking for a serious and committed player with a strong fb background chhabra seemingly has it all he has experience in the sector courtesy his position as director of the holding companies of italian restaurant chain jamies italian and coffee brand barista in india the commitment was assured by chhabra being an independent director at auto parts company amtek a company valued at roughly rs 2700 crore on the stock exchanges thats where we came out very strongly avers chhabra director of sierra nevada restaurants a 5050 joint venture between rollatainers of india owned by the amtek auto group and the uks international market management which has the master franchisee of wendys in india the journey from the us to india was not a quick one it took a year to sign the deal and another year to open the first wendys outlet in may this year chhabra plans expand to 10 stores in 2015 all concentrated in the delhincr region we believe in growing in a cluster format so that we can