New Delhi, March 12 -- Rebel Foods will invest Rs.100-150 crore to help Wendy's, the American burger chain, expand its footprint in India to 500 locations by 2028.

The Wendy's Company plans to add 300 new delivery-only kitchens and standalone outlets in India through its local partner, Rebel Foods. The move follows the burger chain's recently announced plans to add 1,000 new restaurants globally by 2028.

Currently, Wendy's operates in 200 locations in India; of these, 185 are cloud kitchens, while another 15 are offline stores. Going forward, the expansion will be skewed towards delivery-only kitchens.


Rebel Foods, primarily a cloud kitchen operator, currently runs over 450 cloud kitchens in 75 cities across India, the Middle Ea...