New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Jubilant FoodWorks Ltd, which operates Domino's pizza in India and select overseas markets, said on Wednesday that it is on track to open 30-50 stores of its fried chicken brand Popeyes every year. The company looks to accelerate expansion for its pizza chain and Popeyes, even as it looks to pause on expansion of Dunkin' and Hong's Kitchen to examine their value proposition.

"We want to open 30-50 stores every year. We are just constrained by real estate availability," Sameer Khetarpal, chief executive officer and managing director of Jubilant FoodWorks, said in an interview with Mint on Wednesday. "It just takes time to get the right real estate. For a new brand like Popeyes, we can't obviously go to a virgin high s...