Thai Express
{{Short description|Canadian Thai restaurant chain}}
{{about|the Canadian chain of Thai restaurants|the Singapore chain of Thai restaurants|Thai Express (Singapore)}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Thai Express
| type = Wholly owned subsidiary
| logo = Thai Express (Canada) logo.svg
| logo_size = 200px
| image = YorkUThaiExpress.JPG
| image_caption = Thai Express at York University
| foundation = 2004,Saint-Laurent, Quebec
| location = Montreal, Quebec, Canada
| locations = 299
| area_served = Canada, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, United States
| key_people =
| num_employees =
| industry = Restaurant
| products = Food service
| revenue =
| parent = MTY Food Group
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.thaiexpress.ca}}
}}
File:ThaiExpressDowntownMarkham.jpg
Thai Express is a franchise chain of quick service restaurants serving Thai cuisine across the United States, Canada, UAE and the United Kingdom. The Thaï Express brand is owned by the MTY Food Group.{{cite web |url=http://www.mtygroup.com/en/our-brands.aspx |title=Our Brands |publisher=MTY Food Group |date= |access-date=2013-03-03 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212090111/http://www.mtygroup.com/en/our-brands.aspx |archive-date=February 12, 2013 |author=}} In 2009, Thaï Express won the Golden Chain award franchisor of the year award from the Conseil québécois de la franchise.{{cite web |url=http://www.cqf.ca/afficheFranchiseAvendre.asp?idFiche=33 |title=Détails de la franchise à vendre: Thai Express |publisher=Conseil québécois de la franchise |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614031023/http://www.cqf.ca/afficheFranchiseAvendre.asp?idFiche=33 |archive-date=June 14, 2010 |url-status=dead |date= |author= |language=fr}}
MTY had purchased Thaï Express from Montreal-based Tara Fung Holding for an undisclosed amount at the time of the acquisition, Thaï Express had six outlets, all of those were franchised and five of which were located in food courts.{{cite press release |url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20040520005371/en/MTY-Food-Group-Thai-Express-Acquisition-Closed |title=MTY Food Group Inc.: Thai Express Acquisition Closed |work=Business Wire |date=May 20, 2004 |author=}}
Format
The restaurants are of the fast food type. Customers give their order at a counter, pay and then wait for their food in at counter to be cooked in front of the customer if they enjoy watching; Then they take it to a table if the outlet is a restaurant with seating, or take it away if the outlet does not provide seating. The style of the restaurants is "modern". Generally the colour schemes are mostly white with pale green and pink, as well as wooden textures.
Locations
There are locations in Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Alberta, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick, as well as in the United Arab Emirates (Dubai), the United Kingdom, and Guyana. Most of the locations are counters in shopping mall food courts, but some are sit-down restaurants.
Thaï Express opened its first location in the United States at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota in May 2017.{{cite news |url=http://www.foodserviceandhospitality.com/thai-express-opens-first-u-s-location/ |title=Thaï Express Opens First U.S. Location |magazine=Foodservice and Hospitality magazine |date=May 17, 2017 |author=}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.thaiexpress.ca/}}
- [https://thaiexpress.ca/menu/ Menu]
- [https://thaiexpress.ca/nutritionfacts Important nutrition facts]
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Category:Restaurant chains in Canada
Category:food and drink companies based in Montreal
Category:Thai diaspora in Canada
Category:Fast-food chains of Canada
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