{"product_id":"9780624056782","title":"The Famous Brands Story: From Corner Cafe to JSE","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamous Brands Ltd, as it is known today, started as a single Steers restaurant in the early 1960s, and now comprises more than 2100 restaurants across a portfolio of 20 brands, as well as extremely lucrative logistics, manufacturing and retail components.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeorge Halamandres's family came to South Africa from Greece with practically nothing but big ideas. The company grew, restaurant by restaurant, until the inevitable happened - unimagined success on a national and international scale. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom corner café to JSE giant chronicles the birth and rebirth of some of South Africa's best known brands, and tells the story of the people who inspired and managed them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBrands in the Famous Brands stable include: Steers, Wimpy, Debonairs Pizza, Mugg \u0026amp; Bean, FishAways, Milky Lane, tashas, Vovo Telo, Giramundo, Europa, Fego Caffe, Keg, McGintys, The Brewers Guild, House of Coffees, Brazilian Café, Juicy Lucy, Turn 'n Tender, The Bread Basket, Trufruit, Aqua Monte and Baltimore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCARIÉ MAAS has worked for financial publications such as Finansies \u0026amp; Tegniek\/Finance Week (today Finweek) and Sake24 in Beeld and Rapport. She worked with Jannie Mouton on his biography, And then they fired me. Her debut novel, Koljander, was published in 2013.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Carie+Maas\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eCarie Maas\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Carie Maas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47375766225059,"sku":"9780624056782","price":280.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780624056782_2087c517-1d5a-45c8-9ddf-00200798d2f1.jpg?v=1776478643","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780624056782","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}