Wendy's Japan
Acquired First Kitchen
Pedestrians walk past a combined Wendy's and First-Kitchen joint fast food restaurant in Ueno on May 24, 2016, Tokyo, Japan. manufacturer Suntory Holdings Ltd. announced on Monday that it will sell its shares in the First-Kitchen Ltd. hamburger chain to Wendy's Japan LLC. The First-Kitchen chain, which was launched in 1977, operates some 135 outlets in the Tokyo metropolitan area and western Japan and had sales of ツ・8.7 billion ($79 million) in 2015. (Wendy's plans to keep the First-Kitchen brand after the acquisition and operate joint branded restaurants. Reyes Marin/AFLO)