GALITOS
Restaurant in Mthatha

Our traditional marinade is made from all natural ingredients infused with select herbs and spices. The Galito’s story began in the Mpumalanga City of Nelspruit, when the first Galito’s restaurant opened its doors in With a powerful combination of great tasting chicken, excellent service and pride, Galito’s soon became a huge success. During 2003 Galito’s decided to share its unique flavours with the rest of South Africa. It was at this point that the Galito’s Brand began to develop, and the franchising efforts took-off in earnest. The marked success of these restaurants prompted a large amount of interest, and promised great potential for future growth throughout Africa. In 2009, Galito’s then opened its first store in Lusaka, Zambia. These restaurants have traded exceptionally well, resulting in the recent expansion into Zambia’s neighbouring country of Malawi. In 2010 Galito’s went global, opening it’s first store off the African continent in Toronto, Canada. 2013 saw developments into Mozambique underway, with our first Maputo restaurant opening. The Galitos story began in the Mpumalanga City of Nelspruit, when the first Galito’s restaurant opened its doors in During 2003 GALITOS decided to share its unique flavours with the rest of South Africa. These restaurants have traded exceptionally well; resulting in the recent expansion into Zambia’s neighboring country of Malawi. The Free State promises great potential in and around the towns and cities of Bloemfontein, Kimberly, Welkom, Klerksdorp and Potchestroom. Kwa-Zulu Natal is still wide open, with primary focus on the Durban to Pietermaritsburg regions. The Zululand region also promises some exciting rural trade which is a great part of our background. We use only fresh, natural ingredients in our original marinade recipe and each chicken is carefully marinated for 24 hours. Easy pedestrian access with a constant high volume of foot traffic is essential. Many of the top performing Galito’s branches are positioned in an emerging market region. This includes all development costs from project initiation (Store Design & Staff Training), to Store Launch Promotions. This cost also includes a Franchise Joining Fee of R110,000 (ex vat). An additional Marketing Contribution of 3% of is also required for national brand development and local marketing.