Meet The Owner Of Linda Dor, The Popular Accra-Kumasi Rest Stop

Several business owners made rest stops along major highways for travelers’ to use at a fee. This is because, drivers and passengers need to eat and relax at least at the middle of a long journey. One of the famous rest stops on the Accra-Kumasi road is Linda Dor. Meet the owner of Linda Dor below in this post and discover how she came by it.

Linda Dor has branches in Accra, Koforidua and other areas in the country, the one at Bunso junction is well known.

It has become visible that the proprietor of this famous rest stop is Belinda Doris Arkorful, a teacher in Koforidua in the Eastern region.

In an interview with Youtuber, Wode Maya, the teacher/businesswoman noticed that the name of the rest prevent was coined from her full name; Belinda Doris Arkorful.

Linda Dor, she said, has been in existence for the past 47 years.

Sharing her experience, she noticed that she was motivated by her mother and elder sister to venture into food selling business.

The businesswoman related how she sold bread, oranges, and other products at a youthful age while in school.

“I learnt it from my mother and elder sister so when we were at school, we were selling bread, oranges and so many things,” she told the youtuber in the video shared on social media.

When asked whether that was the idea behind Linda Dor, she answered “yes”.

“We started I think 1976,” she spitted.

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Telling how she got the company name, the owner of Linda Dor said, “I am Belina Doris Arkorful”, hence the name Linda Dor.