Nando’s ‘exports spirit of SA’ to lands as far as Fiji
NANDO’S not only dishes out Portuguese flame-grilled peri-peri chicken, it sells the spirit of South Africa and Africa as a whole through its restaurants around the globe, the group’s co-founder, Robbie Brozin, said on Thursday at a breakfast briefing in Johannesburg."People think that nothing world class can come out of Africa, and that’s one thing that we want to change — the way the world thinks about Africa. The energy and pride we had as South Africans during the World Cup certainly was our finest moment and we’re definitely going to get those moments again."South Africa goes through ups and downs. The resilience we have as a nation is what we have taken out to portray to the world ."The 25-year-old fast-food chain, known for its cheeky advertisements, was started from a single outlet at the corner of Main and Ferreira roads in Rosettenville, Johannesburg by Mr Brozin and his friend Fernando Duarte."When we started out we knew nothing — we were just two naive guys," Mr Brozin s...
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