Month after month we continue to see growth trends in China. Many restaurant and fast food concepts continue to announce aggressive expansion plans in China, India, Middle East and other territories and follow through with better results. This month is not any different. The aggressive expansion continues. With those markets becoming quickly saturated with foreign brands...what happens to the local brands that use to dominate such markets? Some of them are now searching for "foreign" markets in where to invest. US comes to mind and now we will begin to see an aggressive expansion of foreign restaurant concepts in the US. Take Pollo Campero from Guatemala, or Jolibee from Philippines, down to Pollo Victorina from Dominican Republic, to now 3 different Colombian Concepts opening in Miami, New York and Houston...this is a trend that will continue to be on the rise. This just gets better and better...

C3 breaks into the movie business again
Creative Consumer Concepts, Inc (C3), US largest kids marketing agency signed an exclusive agreement with Alpamayo Entertainment, 3D animation movie in South America, to license the characters and figurines to the next 2 movies: Valentino and La Busqueda del Diente Magico. Both movies will be released throughout Central America. Earlier in 2006, C3 signed a similar agreement with Alpamayo to promote their last movie: Dragones Destino de Fuego.

Bennigan's Grill & Tavern debuted its first outlet in Amman, Jordan
This is Bennigan's 53rd international outlet. They recently opened one in Panama...

YUM! Brands in China saw a 20% growth in operating profit this year
The company plans to add 300 more KFC units in mainland China while Pizza Hut plans to open 90 outlets in the same country. KFC plans to roll out a new ad campaign to celebrate its' 20th year of operation in China...

Krispy Kreme plans to open 60 additional outlets in 2007
While Krispy Kreme did not specify the countires in which it expects to expand, experts point towards the Middle East, India and China. Both areas of the world have experimented fast growth...

McDonald's plans to double the number of stores it currently has in India over the next three years
McD' currently has over 100 stores in India and now plans to invest some $22 million to build 15 units in Calcutta, reporting that sales in India grew 40% last year...

Starbucks Corporation expects that 20% of its growth internationally will happen in China
Currently, the chain has 500+ locations in china, out of which 300 where opened in the last two years. The company is pushing to open an additional 200 by the end of 2008...