{"id":1901,"date":"2019-01-07T15:12:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2019-01-07T15:12:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-07T15:12:53","slug":"chapati-man-sells-master-franchise-for-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/chapati-man-sells-master-franchise-for-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapati Man sells Master Franchise for Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>Chapati Man, the Spicy Indian Wrap festival and event catering business, created in London by husband and wife team Chris and Andrea Rai in 2007, has pulled off a major deal in selling the Chapati Man Master Franchise rights for Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan consortium, headed by the esteemed former Sri Lankan first-class cricketer and current international cricket commentator RoshanAbeysinghe, have purchased the Chapati Man licence to open Chapati Man fixed food-to-go sites and food trucks across Sri Lanka. The first Chapati Man fixed premises will open in Colombo in December 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Rai (the owner and founder of Chapati Man) believes this a \u2018huge coup for the Chapati Man brand and concept&#8217;, saying \u201cIt&#8217;s the next logical step to take the brand from a national level to a worldwide audience and is yet another exciting step in the already hugely successful, Chapati Man journey. The Sri Lankan economy is currently booming and for Chapati Man to be a part of this is a huge achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Rai believes the Chapati Man brand will now become a major player across the globe and thinks this Master Franchise sale will be the first of many. She says confidently, &#8220;for Chapati Man to pull off a deal of this kind, shows once again how versatile our brand is. It&#8217;s a brand and concept that can adapt and fit into various markets &#8211; a huge pat on the back to Chris &#8211; the Chapati Man Himself &#8211; for making this deal happen! Watch this space, as this is only the beginning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Roshan Abeysinghe, who fronts the Sri Lankan Chapati Man consortium (Chapati Man Lanka Pvt Ltd), alongside Milroy Manuel and Rajindra Amarasekere, said &#8220;we consider this to be an excellent opportunity for the Sri Lankan consumer who is bound to enjoy a wholesome and healthy meal at an affordable price. Our thanks to Chris and Andrea for the confidence placed in us on their first overseas appointment.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chapati Man, the Spicy Indian Wrap festival and event catering business, created in London by husband and wife team Chris and Andrea Rai in 2007, has pulled off a major deal in selling the Chapati Man Master Franchise rights for Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan consortium, headed by the esteemed former Sri Lankan first-class cricketer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[95,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chapati-man","category-food-franchises"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Chapati-man-franchise-sold.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1901"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1901\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franchiselocal.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}