India, Sept. 4 -- The founder of a restaurant chain specializing in salads has shared a post of gratitude for his wife, who sold her Cartier watch to fund the business. Georges Bandar, founder & CEO of Beirut-based Salata, said in a LinkedIn post that his wife and her watch is the reason their business exists today.

Bandar said that in 2018, shortly before the launch of Salata, he and his wife Yara Abi Jaoude realized they had made a big mistake - they forgot to budget for the food.

The couple had no cash left to buy the food they would need for their salad restaurant in Beirut, Lebanon. They had no investor and no backup plan, Bandar said in his post.

"I had nothing to sell. Yara had one thing: her Cartier watch. She sold it for $2,50...