The Financial Post reported that AHM Investments Corp had filed an ultimately unsuccessful motion at the Ontario Superior Court to have Fakih removed as Director.
[10] The company operates family style restaurants with entertainment for kids, while serving family-style Middle Eastern dishes.
Fakih led an expansion of Paramount Fine Foods in the United States in 2016[12] facing several store closures by 2017.
[18] In 2021 Fakih was named Canadian CEO of the Year by multiple organizations, including the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, for launching Canada's first fully automated 'safe' restaurant and donating thousands of meals to various communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Fakih was also recognized by The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business as the Corporate Citizen of the Year in 2021 and named one of Canada’s Most Admired CEOs.
[19] During a stretch of -30 degree weather in December 2017, when Toronto’s housing shelters were at capacity, Fakih helped pay for dozens of hotel rooms for the homeless and years later, continues to financially support ongoing efforts to get families off the streets.
[21] In 2019, an Ontario court awarded Fakih CAD $2.5 million in damages, one of the largest defamation judgments in Canadian history.