Abu Dhabi, Aug. 5 -- Americana Restaurants, the leading F&B platform and one of the largest multi-brand restaurant operators in the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) region will recruit up to 500 people to operate a new chain of a coffee franchisees in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and region.

Americana Restaurants has entered a franchise agreement with Peet's Coffee, the US subsidiary of JDE Peet's, the world's leading pure-play coffee and tea company by revenue.

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Americana Restaurants which has master franchisees for global fast-food brands such as KFC, Pizza Hut, Hardee's, Krispy Kreme, Wimpy and TGI Friday's, will launch Peet's first Middle East store in...