Since the chain first opened in Britain in November 2021 at East London’s shopping centre Westfield. The Lousiana Kitchen has since emerged in areas such as Oxford, Nottingham and Gateshead.
There are now plans for further expansion in 2023, with 20 more restaurants set to open 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.
Croydon, Cambridge and Reading will be next in line to see the opening of a new Popeyes in early 2023,
This will be followed by 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.
