Fast food chains KFC and Pizza Hut will hire over 450 people in Romania in the new restaurants that are due to open this year, said Mark Hilton, Franchise Business Consultant KFC and Pizza Hut Romania.

The open positions are waiter, cashier, and cook. The candidates must be over 16 and don’t need prior experience. The companies offer specialized training.

Pizza Hut and KFC currently have over 3,200 employees in Romania.

Local company American Restaurant System operates the Pizza Hut franchise in Romania whereas the US Food Network operates the KFC franchise.

Romanian investor Radu Dimofte and his business partner Gabriel Popoviciu are the investors who brought the Pizza Hut and KFC franchises to Romania. Dimofte has several stakes in the companies that own the local franchises for Pizza Hut, KFC, Paul, Hard Rock Café, and Cinnabon.

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