Hippopotamus

Hippopotamus
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Hippopotamus is a chain of grill restaurants primarily located in France, with a hippopotamus as its logo, owned by Groupe Flo. It is open daily from 11:00am to 1:00am. As of November 2013, it has 170 locations. It also has locations in Ivory Coast, Morocco, Algeria, Portugal, United Arab Emirates, Russia, Thailand, and Tunisia.

In mid-1968, Christian Guignard opened his first grill restaurant near the Champs-Élysées in Paris where prime rib, served on a thick wooden board with matchstick fries. Without conforming to gastronomical tradition, changes such as vegetarian dishes, Braille menus, and sides of green beans were later added. In February 1992, Group Flo (led by Jean-Paul Bucher) bought the assets of Hippopotamus.

Country of origin 
FR France
Business established 
1968
Number of units (worldwide) 
170
Target countries 
AU AU
AT AT
CZ CZ
CN CN
HR HR
AE AE
FR FR
DE DE
IT IT
JP JP
PL PL
PT PT
GB GB
RO RO
RU RU
ES ES
US US
SE SE
HU HU
Contract type 
Contract duration (years) 
5
Investment level 
Franchise fee 
50.000 EUR
Royalty 
5,00 % of TO/month
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