Five Guys to open its first S. Korean restaurant with Hanwha in 2023

[Photo provided by Hanwha Solutions" Galleria]

South Korean luxury department store Galleria Department Store operator under Hanwha Solutions signed a licensing agreement with Five Guys International to open the American burger chain restaurants in Korea, with its first Korean shop due to open in H1, 2023. The agreement was signed between William Peecher, vice president of FGE International, and Kim Dong-seon, head of new business strategies at Hanwha Solutions' Galleria division and the third son of Hanwha Solutions’ chairman. U.S. burger joint Five Guys, one of the top three burger chains in the U.S., plans to open more than 15 stores in Korea over the next five years.

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