Margaritaville Sold

  

  Margaritaville Restaurants are being sold to Brazilian fast food restaurant chain International Meal Company.

     Brazil-based International Meal Co., a franchisee of the Margaritaville casual-dining brand, is buying the 10-unit Margaritaville and two-unit LandShark Bar and Grill chains from Orlando, Fla.-based Margaritaville Enterprises. 

     Sao Paulo-based International Meal Co. Holdings S.A. owns and operates Margaritaville franchise units in the Puerto Rico and Panama airports and has worked with Margaritaville since 2010. IMC also owns 386 casual and quick-service restaurants in Brazil, the Caribbean and Mexico, emphasizing units in airports, shopping malls and along major highways. 

   

    Musician Jimmy Buffett, who initially developed the company around his song "Margaritaville," said in a statement that his relationship with IMC chief executive Javier Gavilan and chairman Juan Carlos Torres over the past several years set the stage for the deal. 

     "I only see good things for our friends, our employees and, most of all, our customers happening as a result of this arrangement," he said. "To paraphrase a song I am a little familiar with, we are taking our attitudes to new latitudes." 

     IMC is purchasing the domestic restaurant assets of Margaritaville, including a notable location in the Flamingo hotel in Las Vegas. Exact terms of the deal were not disclosed, and officials from IMC were not available for an interview by press time.

Read more at http://nrn.com/mergers-acquistions/international-meal-co-buy-margaritaville

 

     International Meal Company (IMC) is a Brazilian holding company in the food service sector operating fast food restaurants.  It was founded in 2006 by Advent International and operates 386 restaurants with approximately 14,000 employees in Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Dominican Republic.   The company's restaurant brands include: Viena, Franngo Assado, Wraps, Go Fresh, Brunella, Gino"s, and Airport Concepts / Airport Shoppes.

 

     This could spark so additional growth for the famous chain of restaurants and casinos.  Keep an eye out for more Margaritaville restaurants in airports and other places throughout the Caribbean.  ;)