restaurants founded 1974 ; 42 years ago 1974 founder shakkour abughazalah headquarters jeddah saudi arabia number of locations 64 1 key people ihsan abughazalah chairman rami abughazalah ceo products quick service food including fried chicken shrimp and fish website albaik.com an al baik chicken meal with fries soft drink and ice cream . an al baik location in medina albaik is a chain of fast food restaurants in saudi arabia that primarily sells broasted chicken and shrimp with a variety of sauces . the chain has 41 branches in jeddah eight in mecca three in medina one in ta if one in yanbu and one in al qunfudhah located in jazan road 340 km away from jeddah . 1 al qaseem s prince signed a contract with albaik s ceo to open two new branches in buraidah . these two branches are the first in saudi arabia to open outside of the hejaz . albaik is a major consumer of chicken in saudi arabia . 2 contents 1 history 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit in september 1974 shakkour abughazalah renovated an old warehouse he was renting and opened the first pressure fried chicken restaurant in saudi arabia . 3 it was located on old airport road in jeddah . 4 albaik was signed as an american company to protect the business from theft in 1984 the 18 secret herbs and spices recipe was developed . in 1986 albaik was registered as a trade mark in saudi arabia . in 1990 the first albaik restaurant opened in mecca . in 1994 harrag the albaik spicy chicken was introduced . in 1995 jumbo shrimp was introduced . in 1996 value shrimp was introduced . in 1996 the young scientist was the first program introduced as part of albaik and coca cola s corporate social responsibility commitment towards society in association with the jeddah science and technology center . in 1998 albaik built three seasonal locations in mina and began serving pilgrims during hajj . in 1999 chicken fillets nuggets were introduced . in 2000 a 30 000 m2 320 000 sq ft food processing factory was inaugurated for aquat food industries a sister company of albaik and the main producer and supplier of its menu . in 2000 spicy chicken fillets nuggets were introduced . in 2001 the first albaik restaurant opened in medina . in 2001 the house hero children education and training program was introduced . in 2002 chicken fillets and spicy chicken fillets sandwiches were introduced . in 2002 the first albaik xpress limited menu food court concept was opened in diyafa mall in mecca . in 2005 fish became a feature on the albaik menu with the introduction of the fish sandwich . in 2005 nazeeh & wartan the clean up the world program for saudi arabia was introduced with coca cola in association with the united nations development programme and jeddah science and technology center . in 2006 the largest quick service restaurant kitchen in the world was opened in mina as a seasonal restaurant to serve pilgrims during hajj . in 2006 albaik opened in yanbu city . in 2006 fish fillets and shrimp sandwich were introduced . in 2009 albaik replaced coca cola due to the low demand on it and started serving pepsi along with pepsico products . in 2012 pineapple chunks were introduced . in 2013 albaik opened a xpress restaurant in sasco petrol station in madina to jeddah highway road . in 2014 albaik introduced big sandwich . in 2015 albaik opened its first restaurant outside of hejaz in buraidah qaseem . see also edit list of fast food chicken restaurants references edit a b list of al baik locations mcnulty brian 2004 . the saudi poultry market . middle east grocer . 10 5 . archived from the original on 14 december 2005 . retrieved 9 july 2006 . al baik ceo inspires peg members . saudi gazette . 29 november 2012 . retrieved 7 december 2013 . sean o neill 26 september 2011 . 8 foreign fast food chains worth a taste . cnn . retrieved 7 december 2013 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title al baik & oldid 738112929 categories 1974 establishments in saudi arabiacompanies of saudi arabiafast food chains of saudi arabiaregional restaurant chainsjeddahrestaurants established in 1974fast food poultry restaurantssaudi arabian brandshidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran aisbahasa indonesia edit links this page was last modified on 7 september 2016 at 00 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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