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{{short description|India fast food holding company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Westlife Development Limited
| logo = Westlife Development logo.png
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| type = Public
| traded_as = {{BSE|505533}}
| ISIN = INE274F01020
| industry = Restaurants
| founded = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1982|10|30}}
| founder = 
| hq_location = Tower 3, Indiabulls Finance Center, Senapati Bapat Marg, [[Elphinstone Road]]
| hq_location_city = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
| hq_location_country = India<ref>{{cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.westlife.co.in/contact.php |website=Westlife Development |accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref>
| num_locations = 270 outlets<ref>{{cite web |title=Westlife Development plans to nearly double count of McDonald's outlets to 500 by 2022 |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/westlife-development-plans-to-nearly-double-count-of-mcdonalds-outlets-to-500-by-2022-2541517.html |website=Moneycontrol |accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref>
| num_locations_year = March 2019
| areas_served = {{ubl|[[Western India]]|[[South India]]}}
| key_people = B.L. Jatia (Chairman)<ref>{{cite web |title=Board of Directors |url=https://www.westlife.co.in/board-of-directors.php |website=Westlife Development |accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref>
| brands = {{ubl|[[McDonald's]]|[[McCafé]]}}
| services = Master franchisee for McDonald's in western and southern India
| revenue = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|1152.645|c}}<ref name="Annual Report 2017-18"/>
| revenue_year = FY18
| operating_income = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|95.130|c}}<ref name="Annual Report 2017-18"/>
| income_year = FY18
| profit = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|12.857|c}}<ref name="Annual Report 2017-18"/>
| profit_year = FY18
| assets = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|805.368|c}}<ref name="Annual Report 2017-18"/>
| assets_year = FY18
| equity = {{increase}} {{INRConvert|542.243|c}}<ref name="Annual Report 2017-18"/>
| equity_year = FY18
| owners = {{ubl|Horizon Impex Pvt Ltd (30.4%)|Subh Ashish Exim Pvt Ltd (21.37%)|Makino Holdings Limited (7.64%)<ref name="Annual Report 2017-18"/>
| num_employees = 6,905<ref>{{cite web |title=Investors |url=https://www.westlife.co.in/investors.php |website=Westlife Development |accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref>}}
| num_employees_year = FY18
| parent =
| divisions =
| subsid = Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd.
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| website = {{URL|https://www.westlife.co.in/}}
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'''Westlife Development Limited''' is an Indian [[fast food restaurant]] [[holding company]]. Its wholly owned [[subsidiary]] Hardcastle Restaurants Pvt. Ltd. (HRPL) holds the [[master franchise]] for [[McDonald's]] in [[western India]] and [[South India]].<ref>{{cite web |title=McDonald's posts its first-ever profit in India after 22 years |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/corporate/mcdonald-posts-its-first-ever-profit-in-india-after-22-years/story/304280.html |website=Business Today |accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Westlife Development Plans To Double McDonald's Store Count By 2022 |url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/westlife-development-plans-to-double-mcdonalds-store-count-by-2022 |website=BloombergQuint |accessdate=19 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
Westlife Development was founded on 30 October 1982.<ref name="Annual Report 2017-18">{{cite web |title=Annual Report 2017-18 |url=https://www.westlife.co.in/download-pdf/Investor/AnnualReports/WDL_Annual%20Report-201718.pdf |website=Westlife Development |accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref> Hardcastle Restaurants was established as a joint venture between Westlife Development and the [[McDonald's|McDonald's Corporation]] in 1995. Hardcastle opened its first McDonald's restaurant in 1996. The joint venture was converted into a master franchisee in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=McDonald's and its challenges worldwide: a market-by-market look |url=https://www.ft.com/content/f8ac22fc-a7c1-11e4-8e78-00144feab7de |website=Financial Times |accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref> Amit Jatia, the Vice Chairman of Hardcastle Restaurants, acquired the McDonald's Corporation's 50% stake in Hardcastle for an undisclosed amount in late 2012. Hardcastle was merged into the listed group company Westlife Development, making the former a wholly owned subsidiary of the latter.<ref>{{cite web |title=McDonald's franchisee Hardcastle Restaurants merges with BSE-listed group company - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/McDonalds-franchisee-Hardcastle-Restaurants-merges-with-BSE-listed-group-company/articleshow/17525421.cms |website=The Times of India |accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref> Westlife Development was listed on the [[Bombay Stock Exchange]] on 27 August 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=WDL Listing |url=https://www.westlife.co.in/wdl-listing.php |website=Westlife Development |accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref>

McDonald's breakfast menu was launched in 2010, and made available all day long at select outlets from 2016. The first McCafe was opened in Mumbai in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tandon |first1=Suneera |title=McDonald's is finally taking note that Indians have moved beyond the humble McAloo Tikki burger |url=https://qz.com/india/918594/mcdonalds-2-0/ |website=Quartz India |accessdate=19 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2017, Hardcastle initiated a pilot project to use biodiesel made from used cooking oil to power its refrigerated supply delivery trucks some of its restaurants in Mumbai.<ref>{{cite web |title=McDonald's recycles used oil to power delivery trucks |url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/enterprise/mcdonalds-recycles-used-oil-to-power-delivery-trucks/102176 |website=Fortune India |accessdate=19 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Agarwal |first1=Sapna |title=McDonald's recycles used oil to power trucks in sustainability push |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/Ukr19IT9g0CiFGmtvLdIjK/McDonalds-recycles-used-oil-to-power-trucks-in-sustainabili.html |website=Mint |accessdate=19 April 2019 |language=en |date=24 July 2018}}</ref> The program was successfully rolled out to half of the company outlets by July 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pinto |first1=Viveat Susan |title=McDonald's does a first in India, converts used cooking oil into biodiesel |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/mcdonald-s-does-a-first-in-india-converts-used-cooking-oil-into-biodiesel-118072301230_1.html |website=Business Standard India |accessdate=19 April 2019 |date=23 July 2018}}</ref> Hardcastle began rolling out self-ordering kiosks at McDonald's outlets in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Agarwal |first1=Sapna |title=McDonald's bets on tech for better ratings |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/ex1hDzSRfDtDJnjv2FbEcM/McDonalds-bets-on-tech-for-better-ratings.html |website=Mint |accessdate=19 April 2019 |language=en |date=1 September 2018}}</ref> The first kiosk was installed at the outlet in CR2 Mall at Nariman Point, Mumbai in March 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=McDonald's India launches its first EOTF restaurant in South Mumbai |url=https://www.exchange4media.com/marketing-news/mcdonald's-india-launches-its-first-eotf-restaurant-in-south-mumbai-68024.html |website=exchange4media |accessdate=19 April 2019}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official|https://www.westlife.co.in}}
*[https://www.mcdonaldsindia.com/home.html McDonald's India]

[[Category:Fast-food chains of India]]
[[Category:McDonald's| ]]
[[Category:Companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange]]

Westlife Development - Revision history

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