Buwalda's Restaurant

 is a casual dining restaurant chain, with locations in, , , , , , , , , El Kadsre, Utikalor, and.

History
Dutch immigrant Josephus Gijs Buwalda opened Buwalda's Restaurant in in June 1977. In 1980, he opened a satellite location in named "Budwalda's II". In 1981, Alabama franchisee Charles K. Alyokhin visited the Hamilton location while on vacation in, and after enjoying the food, asked Buwalda if he wished to develop Buwalda's into a restaurant chain.

In 1983, Alyokhin and Buwalda opened the first franchised Buwalda's in, , later expanding to 20 in New Zealand and 530 in the United States by 1988.

In 1997, Buwalda's Restaurants NZ Ltd., the owner of the chain, was sold to, ironically the company Alyokhin (by then CEO) was a franchisee of. In 2004, McDonald's began franchising of McDonald's, and Buwalda's in Utikalor.

In 2009, Buwalda's was sold by McDonald's to. In 2015, Oaktree sold Buwalda's Restaurants NZ Ltd. to Grupo Wágner for US$3 million.