Popeyes expands its UK presence with four more sites
The brand has also signed the lease on its first ever headquarters, a 6,000 sq ft space in Ealing Broadway which will sit above its Ealing restaurant.
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen UK, has announced its next wave of UK restaurant openings, with in-line sites due to open in Derby, Leicester, Liverpool and Cambridge.
The news follows the successful launch of its two latest sites, Gateshead and Oxford. Its Derby site will open to the public in late October, with launch dates for the remainder of the restaurants expected to be announced soon.
Gateshead opened on 20 August with Oxford following shortly after on 17 September which saw queuers arrive from 5am and over 2,000 Chicken Sandwiches sold in one day.
The QSR brand also recently announced its intention to open further sites in Brighton, Nottingham, Ealing and Reading. Elsewhere, the brand has also signed the lease on its first ever headquarters, a 6,000 sq ft space in Ealing Broadway which will sit above its Ealing restaurant.
Its debut outpost in Westfield Stratford City is now the highest-grossing Popeyes restaurant out of its 3,700 global portfolio.
Tom Crowley, CEO of Popeyes UK, said: “We’re experiencing strong sales, significantly above expectations, across all locations at the moment which is building an exciting energy in our business.
“We’re currently finalising our plans for 2023, which will see us ramp up our number of openings again. The planned, sustained period of growth we’ve executed since launch will stand us in great stead for our next round of openings, as well as our first drive-thru sites which we’ll be announcing in due course.”
Popeyes UK launched in November 2021 at Westfield Stratford City and in addition to Gateshead and Oxford, has also opened restaurants in Chelmsford and Romford. In June this year the brand unveiled plans to roll out nationally. Its upcoming 10 sites are expected to generate 1,000 jobs across the construction and hospitality sectors.
