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Type | Restaurant |
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Industry | Fast food |
Founded | 1988 |
Headquarters | Egypt |
Area served | Egypt and other Arab World |
Products | Sandwiches (meat, chicken and sea food), meals and pizzas |
Owner | The International Company for Food Industries |
Website | cookdoor |
Cook Door is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Cairo, Egypt. It is one of Egypt's fast food chains, along with Smiley's Grill and Mo'men. [1]
Cook Door, founded in 1988, gained popularity within the Egyptian market/youth. Starting from just one branch in Heliopolis, until recently expanding within the last few years to multiple branches including other governorates.
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