Ian Toal is a food veteran with over 30 years of experience in food manufacturing, multi-country supply chain, coffee shops, fine dining, casual dining, QSR, and the home delivery markets. His career has spanned numerous countries and regions, including the USA, Europe, and the GCC. He led more than 40 brands across 600 restaurants in 10 countries.
Until nearly 3 years ago, Ian was the President of Alshaya Group based in Kuwait, managing the expansions of global brands like The Cheesecake Factory, P.F. Changs, Texas Roadhouse, Shake Shack, Blaze Pizza, Raising Cane’s, Pizza Express, Katsuya, Spontini, Dean & Deluca, Ihop and Pinkberry to name a few. He was voted “World’s Best Restaurant Partner” by the Global Restaurant leadership conference in 2017 /18.
He joined the Riyadh-based Alfa Co. at the beginning of 2019. This dynamic group that operates close to 100 locations across 10 restaurants and cloud kitchen concepts, is wholly owned by Al Faisaliah Group, a top Saudi corporation led by its president HRH Prince Mohammed Al Faisal. Toal proudly leads award-winning restaurants such as Steak House, Piatto, FireGrill, City Fresh Kitchen, and Steak House Burgers.
In an exclusive conversation with The Restaurant Times, Ian Toal, CEO, Al-Faisaliah Group (JSC) – Alfa Co Restaurant and food division, talks about branding, industry experience, expansion and more. This is the third in a series of interviews hosted by our guest host, Peggy Li, Managing Partner at SBS Affinity Consultancy.
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