Nando’s joins the Loeries to celebrate design Design from Africa and the Middle East finally gets the recognition it deserves with the expanded Nando’s Design category at the Loeries in 2019. This year’s category has been extended to recognise design from a much broader range of creative professionals. “We’ve expanded the design category beyond only brand communication to include areas of design such as retail furniture and product design, fabric, wallpaper, lighting, architecture and interior design, and even the design of signage programmes,” says Loeries CEO Andrew Human. He adds that the Loeries has long been recognised as the highest accolade in advertising and brand communication.

“A strong design award has been lacking for our region and this is a great opportunity for all designers to showcase their work and achieve recognition.” Design is woven into the Nando’s DNA, making Nando’s a natural partner for the Design category. “Design and creativity have been an intrinsic part of the Nando’s way of doing business.

Nando’s is the first local brand to collaborate with local designers at the scale it does,” says Deirdre King, Nando’s Brand Experience GM. She adds: “Putting our support behind the design community is important to doing business well. Our PERi-PERi power has charted new paths and careers for many local artists and their art. Putting that same fire behind the extended Design category for the 2019 Loeries gives us a chance to spice things up for the wonderful designers who will imprint their names onto this exciting category. According to Gaby de Abreu, Loeries board member and creative head of Switch Design, the awards are invaluable because they offer a chance for designers to showcase their work to a far greater audience.

“The Nando’s Design category at the Loeries is an opportunity to showcase excellence across disciplines in countries throughout Africa and the Middle East. For independent designers, it’s a unique chance to achieve recognition across the industry, reaching creatives internationally,” says de Abreu. “For a furniture designer working in an independent workshop or a graphic designer outside of the agency network, this year’s Loeries offers a chance to show the world what you’ve achieved,” he adds. The Nando’s Design category at the Loeries is open to designers across all the main disciplines. The entry deadline is 15 May and more information can be found on loeries.com.

About Nando's: While proudly South African, Nando’s is an international flame-grilling, PERi-PERi chicken restaurant group. We offer a twist of Afro-Portuguese with an upmarket and comfortable dining experience. Two friends, Robert Brozin and Fernando Duarte, opened the first Nando’s in 1987 in Johannesburg, South Africa. All Nando's PERi-PERi chicken is marinated for 24 hours, locally sourced and never frozen, ensuring our customers only get the finest flavours.

Our unique PERi-PERi recipe includes herbs, spices, garlic, lemon juice and bird’s eye chilli. Nando's authentic PERi -PERi has captivated its customers all over the world, making it the largest South African restaurant group to expand internationally. DEADLINE FOR 2019 LOERIES ENTRIES EXTENDED TO MAY 31 About Loeries Africa Middle East: The Loeries, a non-profit company, is Africa and the Middle East’s premiere initiative that recognises, rewards, inspires and fosters creative excellence in the brand communication industry.

As the highest accolade for creativity and innovation across our region, the Loeries promotes and supports creativity by helping marketers, agencies and consumers appreciate the value of ideas and fresh thinking.

Culminating in the biggest creative gathering in Africa and the Middle East, Loeries Creative Week Durban brings together the best innovative minds from our industry for a festival of networking, inspiring minds and recognising great work. Our region's creative economy is world-class and has great potential to grow and to offer employment both to our talented youth. The growth occurring throughout Africa and the Middle East is very exciting, and a major focus of the Loeries is to increase the standard of brand communication in the region.

Major Partners of the Loeries: DStv Media Sales, Gearhouse Category Partners: AB InBev, Barron, Brand South Africa, Facebook, Gagasi FM, Google, JCDecaux, Nando’s, Tsogo Sun, Woolworths Additional Partners and Official Suppliers: AAA School of Advertising, Antalis South Africa, Aon South Africa, Backsberg, BEE Online, First Source, Fresh RSVP Guest Logistics, Funk Productions, Gallo Images, Grid Worldwide, Hetzner, Mama Creative, Newsclip, Paygate, Rocketseed, Shared Value Initiative, Shift Social Development, Vega School, VQI Communications Nigeria Endorsed by: Association of Communication and Design, Brand Council South Africa, Commercial Producers Association, Creative Circle, EXCA, IAB, South African Institute of Architects, IID Official Media Partners Between 10and5, Bizcommunity.com, Book of Swag, Brand Communicator Nigeria, Business Insider by Pulse, Campaign Middle East, Film & Event Media, Modern Marketing The Redzone. Twitter: @loeries Instagram: Loerieawards Facebook: The Loeries

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FOOD HUBS SA DO NOT have any stores available for trading such as is the case with other Franchise set ups – we set up each store together with our Franchisees as per their individual requirements and budget.

Franchises are inundated with rogue operators and fees that are highly over priced and beyond the financial reach of the ordinary citizen striving to start up a restaurant of their own.  We offer select applicants a Franchise to operate once they decide on their choice of QSR, location, complete an application and follow up with an email and application procedure. Behind every one of our QSR opportunities be our Franchisees—fuelled by entrepreneurial spirits for building their business and communities. We are looking for those leaders, both the people who want to make a difference where they live and those who want to put down new roots to introduce our restaurants to the places we’ve never been before.

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Each FRANCHISEE is afforded the freedom to transform their QSR into an operation suited to their culture, location, skills, personality and in so doing will ensure their business grows from strength to strength

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Every menu is unique, providing a locally tailored solution to amplify your profitability using our base menu as a foundation from which to start off with.  There are no restrictions to adding menu items to the existing menu to enhance sales as long as these additions are communicated to the FRANCHISOR. 

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You, as the FRANCHISEE, are the added element that connects with your community and makes your QSR unique. 

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Every QSR is tailor built to be welcoming, cosy and attractive. 

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You are in business for yourself, but not by yourself. We have the system to help you grow. The journey to becoming a FRANCHISEE is deliberately detailed, as we are entering into a long term relationship based on mutual respect and trust. We work together to ensure that our goals and values are aligned.Once everything is up and running, you may find that there are areas that you could improve, things you can do better and other products you could sell. Do not be afraid of changing, in fact this could be the one tip that ensures your business’s success. Be willing to make key adjustments in order to cater to your customer and ensure that your QSR continues to thrive.

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All our QSR set up costs are in the region of R167, 000.00 – R245, 000.00 exclusive of V.A.T., License fee, lease fees and start up stock.  Each outlet is 70m² - 90m² offering seating for up to 10 people.  Each Licensed Operator has up to 6 months to open their stores. 

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