US fried chicken restaurant chain Popeyes has unveiled plans to continue its expansion across UK with the opening of drive-thru locations in Croydon, Cambridge, and Reading. The company's first location was opened in November 2021 at East London’s shopping centre Westfield. Since then Popeyes opened in Oxford, Nottingham and Gateshead. Further plans would see 20 more restaurants opening next year – bringing the chain’s total UK sites to 31. Popeyes is the latest American fast food giant to expand its British base of operations, after Wendy’s, Taco Bell, and Wingstop all entered the UK market in recent years.
New restaurants are expected to open in Cardiff, Rotherham and Glasgow, alongside plans for new Popeyes delivery kitchens. These will appear in Dulwich and Brent Cross, adding to existing kitchens in Maida Vale, Whitechapel, Battersea and Bermondsey.
Meanwhile, there will be new drive-thru locations opening – with the first believed to be in Rotherham’s Parkgate Shopping Park.
