Gunret Foods Trading As Kfc

Gunret Foods (Pty) Ltd is an independently owned and operated KFC franchise with 50 KFC restaurants in South Africa, the majority located in Gauteng, with others in Rustenburg and Cape Town. Burt Gunning founded the group in 1985 with one store in Rustenburg. Today 40 years later, it is owned by the Gunning family with son Alex Gunning, Managing Director, at the helm and is a multi-franchise group and employing over 1300 staff around the country. Paul Roos, Director, ensures operational excellence in the business and always exceeding customers' expectations. The Gunret Group offers full-service Drive Thru in the majority of restaurants and convenient ordering online, kiosk in-store ordering and delivery. The restaurants are situated throughout the country in Gauteng such as Midrand, Sandton, Soshanguve, Tembisa, Centurion, Kyalami, and in the North-West in Rustenburg, Modderspruit and Hartbeespoort, and Western Cape such as Cape Town, Houtbay and Paarl. The Group recently opened Mushroom Farm, Lion Pride and Kaalfontein with more planned in the development pipeline. A constant commitment to customer service and operational excellence has resulted in the Gunret Group winning many awards over the years. Some of the more recent outstanding achievements have been: 2025 Global Franchise Heart-led Leader nomination 2024 Customer Service Excellence 2024 Heart-led Leader RGM 2023 KFC Distinctive and Delightful Customer Service International Award 2022 Digital Leader Award 2021 Delivery Store of the Year Winner 2020 Operator of the Year Award 2020 Digital Leader Award 2019 Franchise of the Year winner 2019 People Grower of the Year winner 2019 Culture Champion in Training Gunret Foods has won Franchise of the Year, Developer and People Developer of the Year numerous times and represented South Africa on the international stage – truly a world class operation.