MUSCAT: IO Kitchen, the first and leading Omani-owned cloud kitchen, has signed a partnership agreement with KR&CO to use its smart kitchen operations and innovative technology stack to accelerate KR&CO’s reach across the Sultanate of Oman.
The partnership will see the introduction of 11 regionally leading healthy food concepts to Oman, that are inspired by sustainable, fresh and high-quality ingredients, creating a variety for customers to choose from through various local food aggregators.
Hisham Hasan (pictured), Co-Founder and CEO of IO Kitchen said: “We are delighted to join hands with KR&CO to support their expansion plans across the region. We look forward to helping them expand their footprint with our innovative technology stack, a highly skilled and diverse team of culinary experts, and our customer-centric business model, to deliver quality, delicious food to the comfort of our customers’ homes.”
Khaled Fadly, Founder and CEO of KR&CO said: “As a homegrown F&B company, we are looking forward to expanding our reach to Oman. We take a lot of pride in how far we have come and cannot wait to introduce our 11 loved food concepts to Oman through our partnership with IO Kitchen.”
IO Kitchen currently operates over 22 local and regional brands including Rice N’ Roll, Ubhar Express, MunchZilla, Rice N’ Spice, Just Khao Suey, Big Bao Buns, Egg Story, Wok Stars, Mix N’ Munch, My Pasta and many others.
Kreative Restaurants & Co is a UAE-based holding company with multiple concepts under its umbrella. Food entrepreneurs and husband-wife duo, Ranya and Khaled Fadly are well versed in the UAE’s F&B and hospitality scene. They founded KR&CO on the back of multiple successes from various UAE-based food concepts.