{"id":852301,"date":"2026-02-26T11:17:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=852301"},"modified":"2026-02-26T11:17:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:17:31","slug":"south-africas-most-popular-restaurants-opening-locations-across-the-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/business\/852301\/south-africas-most-popular-restaurants-opening-locations-across-the-country\/","title":{"rendered":"South Africa’s most popular restaurants opening locations across the country"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Spur Corporation has expanded its restaurant network across South Africa and its international markets, with the total number of locations now over 750, and more are on the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its financial results for the six months ended 31 December 2025, the group traded out of 753 restaurants in 14 countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In South Africa, 29 new restaurants were opened during the period, which included seven new Spur restaurants. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This group also opened two John Dory\u2019s, five RocoMamas, four Doppio Zeros, two Hussar Grills, one Casa Bella and one Nikos in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This expanded the group’s local restaurant footprint to 640. Moreover, 26 restaurants were revamped. The group, however, closed eight restaurants in South Africa over the six-month period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group opened nine new restaurants in the rest of Africa during the period, which increased the international store network to 113. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This included the reintroduction of the Spur brand into Lesotho in September 2025. The group also revamped three international restaurants, while John Dory’s store in Zambia was closed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The group\u2019s network development strategy, known as the \u2018R8 model\u2019, which focuses on restaurant revamps, relocations and revival strategies, remains a key tool in evolving the brand networks into leading experiences for customers,” it said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group said that it continues to secure key trading sites and plans to open a total of 42 new restaurants in South Africa and 14 internationally over the 2026 financial year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spur restaurants were the primary revenue source over the reporting period, seeing sales increase by 7.2% to R3.7 billion. The group’s total sales from its restaurants stood at R6.4 billion over the period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Number of restaurants<\/strong><\/td>SA (Dec 25)<\/strong><\/td>Intl (Dec 25)<\/strong><\/td>Group (Dec 25)<\/strong><\/td>SA (Jun 25)<\/strong><\/td>Intl (Jun 25)<\/strong><\/td>Group (Jun 25)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
Spur<\/td>321<\/td>34<\/td>355<\/mark><\/strong><\/td>316<\/td>31<\/td>347<\/td><\/tr>
Panarottis<\/td>97<\/td>53<\/td>150<\/mark><\/strong><\/td>92<\/td>47<\/td>139<\/td><\/tr>
John Dory’s<\/td>44<\/td>1<\/td>45<\/mark><\/strong><\/td>44<\/td>2<\/td>46<\/td><\/tr>
RocoMamas<\/td>93<\/td>24<\/td>117<\/mark><\/strong><\/td>88<\/td>24<\/td>112<\/td><\/tr>
Speciality brands<\/strong> (*)<\/td>85<\/strong><\/td>1<\/strong><\/td>86<\/mark><\/strong><\/td>79<\/strong><\/td>1<\/strong><\/td>80<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Hussar Grill*<\/td>28<\/td>\u2014<\/td>28<\/strong><\/mark><\/td>26<\/td>\u2014<\/td>26<\/td><\/tr>
Doppio Zero*<\/td>34<\/td>1<\/td>35<\/strong><\/mark><\/td>31<\/td>1<\/td>32<\/td><\/tr>
Piza e Vino*<\/td>7<\/td>\u2014<\/td>7<\/strong><\/mark><\/td>8<\/td>\u2014<\/td>8<\/td><\/tr>
Casa Bella*<\/td>7<\/td>\u2014<\/td>7<\/mark><\/strong><\/td>6<\/td>\u2014<\/td>6<\/td><\/tr>
Nikos*<\/td>7<\/td>\u2014<\/td>7<\/mark><\/strong><\/td>6<\/td>\u2014<\/td>6<\/td><\/tr>
Modern Tailors*<\/td>2<\/td>\u2014<\/td>2<\/strong><\/td>2<\/td>\u2014<\/td>2<\/td><\/tr>
Total<\/strong><\/td>640<\/strong><\/td>113<\/strong><\/td>753<\/strong><\/mark><\/td>619<\/strong><\/td>105<\/strong><\/td>724<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Sales<\/strong><\/td>Six months to Dec 2025<\/strong><\/td>Six months to Dec 2024<\/strong><\/td>Six months to June 2025<\/strong><\/td>Sales Growth (%) (Dec 25 vs Dec 24)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/thead>
Spur<\/strong><\/td>3 680 752<\/td>3 434 994<\/td>3 209 291<\/td>7.2<\/td><\/tr>
Panarottis<\/strong><\/td>628 431<\/td>535 423<\/td>507 621<\/td>17.4<\/td><\/tr>
John Dory\u2019s<\/strong><\/td>204 605<\/td>231 663<\/td>190 493<\/td>(11.7)<\/td><\/tr>
RocoMamas<\/strong><\/td>545 811<\/td>520 184<\/td>459 042<\/td>4.9<\/td><\/tr>
Speciality brands<\/strong><\/td>704 743<\/td>646 139<\/td>641 536<\/td>9.1<\/td><\/tr>
Total South Africa<\/strong><\/td>5 764 342<\/strong><\/td>5 368 403<\/strong><\/td>5 007 983<\/strong><\/td>7.4<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total International<\/strong><\/td>636 209<\/strong><\/td>558 319<\/strong><\/td>560 630<\/strong><\/td>14.0<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Total group<\/strong><\/td>6 400 551<\/strong><\/td>5 926 722<\/strong><\/td>5 568 613<\/strong><\/td>8.0<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Financials <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The group said that its brand’s competitive trading performance underpinned continued strong growth in both revenue and profitability. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Group revenue increased by 8.5% to R2.2 billion. Improved restaurant turnover translated into 7.5% revenue growth in South Africa. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Manufacturing and distribution division also saw an additional boost in revenue growth, with a 11.5% increase over the prior period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group stressed that the current period includes the impact of insourcing the management of the group\u2019s retail products offering, which was not included in the comparable period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“While the change has not yet resulted in a significant change in revenue, an improved operating margin has increased the division\u2019s contribution to group profits,” the group said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Retail company stores segment also saw a 5.5% decline in revenue, mainly due to the closure of the Ciccio concept store in the second half of the previous financial year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group also sold a Doppio Zero restaurant to a franchisee in the first quarter of the current financial year. Outside the contributions for these two stores, revenue for the Retail company stores increased by 2.4%. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group’s profit before income tax increased by 13.0% to R244.7 million over the period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group’s headline earnings per share increased by 12.9% to R163 million. The group’s total profit for the year increased by 12.4% to R173 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group also repurchased 1.5 million ordinary shares, while issuing 1.2 million shares under its long-term share incentive schemes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The group also increased its interim dividend per share by 13.2% to 120 cents per share over the period. <\/p>\n\n\n

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