Beautiful Brands International announced today a 120 unit agreement with Saudi based, United Food Company, to begin franchising FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Cafe to the Middle East and North Africa. The landmark deal represents BBIs largest franchise agreement to date. Beautiful Brands International, a Tulsa, Oklahoma-based company with more than 25 years of restaurant franchising experience, recently signed the landmark agreement with United Food Company,  member of A. Abunayyan group, a leading restaurant multiunit operator based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

The deal will implement franchise development in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, and Egypt. United Food Company will open the first 6 stores this summer. BBI also announced further plans to grow FreshBerry domestically via its Beautiful Brands International franchise development division. The move is part of an ongoing strategy to expand in markets in New York City, Orlando, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles County, Tulsa, Orange County, Reno, Chicago, and Charleston. Beautiful Brands reported a record first quarter and the company states the second quarter has been just as strong. The first FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Cafe opened in January 2008 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Today there are 5 FreshBerry Frozen Yogurt Cafes open and over 155 units in development across Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina, California, Arizona, New York, Nevada, and throughout the world. The United Food Company which started in 1991 is a division of the A. Abunayyan group, a visionary corporation based in Saudi Arabia that has nearly 60 years experience in providing integrated solutions from conception to completion in all major energy sectors.

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