Looks at hiring young talent across cities in West and South as it expands presence in India
Mumbai June 2013: Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd., the company that operates and manages McDonald's restaurants in South and West India will be engaging approximately 12,500 employees across the region by FY15. This drive at stepping up employment is in line with the company's plans to expand their presence over the next couple of years from the current 161 (year ended March 31, 2013) restaurants to 250 by FY15.
Hardcastle restaurants created new jobs and hired over 150 Trainee Managers and Trainee Floor Managers at the restaurant level, from reputed Hotel Management Institutes across India at the beginning of this month. The company continues to focus on reaching young people searching for their first job.
Commenting on this initiative, Seema Arora Nambiar, Senior Director - People Resources Hardcastle Restaurant's Pvt Ltd, said, "McDonald's offers young people a chance to start a challenging and rewarding career. In an era when staying with one company is a rare feature, McDonald's India has been building bright futures for young people from the ground up. In fact approximately 60-70% of our corporate office began at the restaurant level."
"Not only does McDonald's empower its employees to build successful careers, McDonald's has been consistently ranked among the Great Places to Work in India, with a recognized culture that fosters positivity, fun, and engagement for employees. It offers world-class professional training and development that help give employees important life skills, such as teamwork and time management, competitive wages, comprehensive benefits and flexible schedules," Ms Nambiar added.
Brief Background on McDonald's:
McDonald's is the world's leading global foodservice retailer with more than 34,000 locations serving approximately 68 million customers in 118 countries each day. Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. (HRPL) is a McDonald's Master franchisee with rights to own & operate McDonald's restaurants in India’s west and south markets. HRPL has been a franchisee in this part of India since its inception in 1996.
Celebrating 17 years of leadership in food service retail in India, McDonald's today has a network of over 300 restaurants across the country, with its first restaurant launch way back in 1996. HRPL today serves approximately 165 million customers, annually, across 161 restaurants in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, and Karnataka, parts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The company provides employment to more than 6500 employees across 7 states.
HRPL functions as an integrated system in which People play a central role. Employees, suppliers and operators complement one another's strengths in serving each of its customers throughout west and south India. The pillars of the McDonald's system - Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value - are evident at each of the restaurants where HRPL operates.
HRPL is guided by a leadership vision and a set of core values that ensure its operations are conducted in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. The Company is firmly committed to its People and the community in which it operates, and actively models its good corporate citizenship through initiatives focused on Sustainability, Nutrition, Wellbeing and Respect for Local Culture.
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Hardcastle restaurants created new jobs and hired over 150 Trainee Managers and Trainee Floor Managers at the restaurant level, from reputed Hotel Management Institutes across India at the beginning of this month. The company continues to focus on reaching young people searching for their first job.
Commenting on this initiative, Seema Arora Nambiar, Senior Director - People Resources Hardcastle Restaurant's Pvt Ltd, said, "McDonald's offers young people a chance to start a challenging and rewarding career. In an era when staying with one company is a rare feature, McDonald's India has been building bright futures for young people from the ground up. In fact approximately 60-70% of our corporate office began at the restaurant level."
"Not only does McDonald's empower its employees to build successful careers, McDonald's has been consistently ranked among the Great Places to Work in India, with a recognized culture that fosters positivity, fun, and engagement for employees. It offers world-class professional training and development that help give employees important life skills, such as teamwork and time management, competitive wages, comprehensive benefits and flexible schedules," Ms Nambiar added.
Brief Background on McDonald's:
McDonald's is the world's leading global foodservice retailer with more than 34,000 locations serving approximately 68 million customers in 118 countries each day. Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. (HRPL) is a McDonald's Master franchisee with rights to own & operate McDonald's restaurants in India’s west and south markets. HRPL has been a franchisee in this part of India since its inception in 1996.
Celebrating 17 years of leadership in food service retail in India, McDonald's today has a network of over 300 restaurants across the country, with its first restaurant launch way back in 1996. HRPL today serves approximately 165 million customers, annually, across 161 restaurants in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, and Karnataka, parts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The company provides employment to more than 6500 employees across 7 states.
HRPL functions as an integrated system in which People play a central role. Employees, suppliers and operators complement one another's strengths in serving each of its customers throughout west and south India. The pillars of the McDonald's system - Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value - are evident at each of the restaurants where HRPL operates.
HRPL is guided by a leadership vision and a set of core values that ensure its operations are conducted in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. The Company is firmly committed to its People and the community in which it operates, and actively models its good corporate citizenship through initiatives focused on Sustainability, Nutrition, Wellbeing and Respect for Local Culture.
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