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Asian food chain Camile pulls out of US market

The Irish-owned firm blamed the Ukraine war and Covid for the U-turn, and plans instead to double down on Irish and British markets

Brody Sweeney with chef Roel Ramosat the Camile Thai takeaway outlet in Rathfarmham: Sweeney’s company expanded into the US market in June last year. Picture: Fergal Phillips

Camile Thai, the Irish-owned Asian food chain, has pulled out of the US just a year after it first entered the market.

Brody Sweeney’s company expanded into the US market in June last year as part of a partnership agreement with Kitchen United Mix, the ghost kitchen operator, where it licensed its brand to the firm.

As part of the deal, Camile initially opened two delivery and takeout-only outlets in Chicago before expanding to other ...