- CEO
- Osman Akin
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Restaurants
- Address
- Istanbul Turkey
- IPO Date
- May 10, 2023
- Business
- Buyuk Sefler Gida Turizm Tekstil Danismanlik Organizasyon Egitim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. is a Turkey-based foodservice and hospitality company engaged in the operation, development, and franchising of full-service casual dining restaurant chains, fast-casual eateries, modern taverns, and specialty coffee outlets. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Istanbul, Turkey, the company operates across company-owned branches, franchised networks, and vocational culinary education segments. The company's diversified portfolio of products and services is systematically structured across several proprietary brand concepts and commercial offerings: full-service casual dining restaurants operated under the flagship BigChefs brand, serving an extensive all-day menu of traditional Turkish and international breakfasts, soups, starters, bowls, pizzas, pastas, burgers, steaks, seafood, desserts, signature cocktails, and non-alcoholic beverages; contemporary comfort food and casual dining under the NumNum brand, offering American-style burgers, sandwiches, platters, and casual entrees; quick-service street food and grab-and-go meals under the NumNum Streetfood format; modern Turkish tavern and Aegean dining concepts under the Buselik brand, featuring cold and warm mezes, grilled meats, seafood dishes, and traditional spirits; artisanal coffee, specialty beverages, and bakery goods under the Kont brand; professional culinary training, barista certification, kitchen management, and hospitality workforce development through Akademi BigChefs; and commercial franchise management, brand licensing, supply chain procurement, centralized menu engineering, and restaurant consulting services. Buyuk Sefler Gida serves retail consumers, corporate dining clients, and franchise partners across nearly thirty provinces in Turkey and international markets in Europe, Central Asia, and the Middle East, including Germany, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Georgia. In recent operational and strategic developments following its initial public offering on Borsa Istanbul (BIST: BIGCH), the company has continued its multi-brand geographic expansion across domestic and overseas territories, launched specialized format concepts including Kont and NumNum Streetfood, implemented an equity share buyback program to optimize shareholder value, expanded investments in central kitchen infrastructure and digital order management systems to enhance operational efficiency, initiated solar photovoltaic energy projects to reduce operating utility costs, and broadened sustainable sourcing partnerships through its dedicated female agricultural producer empowerment programs.