Popeyes
Focused coverage on the growth and positioning of one of the fastest-expanding quick service restaurant brands entering the UK market. This section reports on site rollouts, franchising strategy, menu localisation, supply chain operations, and competitive performance across the fast food and casual dining landscape. For operators, developers, and food and beverage leaders, these insights offer a window into how aggressive expansion, brand recognition, and consumer demand are shaping new dynamics in high-footfall hospitality.
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Jul- 2025 -14 JulyFood and Drink
Popeyes to open at the Arndale in Manchester
Popeyes UK has announced that it is set to open a new restaurant at Manchester Arndale, one of the city’s busiest shopping destinations. Popeyes UK has signed a lease agreement which will see the Company occupy a 2,816 sq ft space in the centre’s food court alongside other leading QSR…
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4 JulyRestaurants
Popeyes opens first UK airport restaurant at Birmingham
Popeyes UK has opened its first airport restaurant at Birmingham Airport in partnership with SSP Group, an operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations. The outlet, located airside in the departures lounge, will serve a breakfast menu featuring items such as Cajun hash browns and the Big Brekkie…
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3 JulyFood and Drink
KFC targets 50 new UK sites in £1.5bn expansion
KFC plans to open more than 50 new UK restaurants this year as part of a £1.49bn investment in its estate over the next five years. The fried chicken chain, which operates more than 1,000 restaurants in the UK, aims to spend £466m on expanding its estate, with a target…
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Jun- 2025 -9 JuneFood and Drink
Popeyes UK secures £40m in finance to support growth plans
Popeyes UK has revealed that it has secured new finance facilities totalling £43m in order to support the continued rollout of its growth plans across the UK. The company has agreed the financing with Barclays Corporate Banking alongside its existing support from TDR Capital which last year took a majority…
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May- 2025 -19 MayPeople
Pret appoints former Restaurant Brands CEO as chairman
Pret A Manger has announced the appointment of José Cil, former CEO of Restaurant Brands International, which owns brands such as Burger King, Tim Hortons and Popeyes, as its new chairman. Cil helped grow that business to more than $40bn (£29.88bn) in system-wide sales and 30,000 restaurants in more than…
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7 MayNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 07/05/25
Various Eateries has seen its sales rise by 8.8% in H1 ended 30 March, driven primarily by the contribution of new site openings. While like-for-like sales for the period were flat year-on-year, this was attributed to the impact of Easter falling later in the year and after the period ended.…
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7 MayFood and Drink
Popeyes UK appoints new chief marketing officer
Popeyes UK has announced the appointment of Jo Vaughton as its new chief marketing officer. Vaughton will join the company in June, bringing more than 20 years’ experience in marketing and brand development for high profile consumer brands, both in house and within agencies. Her previous experience includes senior positions…
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Apr- 2025 -9 AprilNews-In-Brief
Today’s news in brief – 09/04/25
The BII has called for “meaningful” support for pubs, as its latest survey revealed that 80% of its members said that all four elements of the changes that came into force this April have negatively impacted their businesses. Due to the budget changes, the BII’s survey revealed that 83% of…
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9 AprilRestaurants
Popeyes partners with SSP to open first UK airport site
Popeyes UK has announced a strategic partnership with SSP which will see the American QSR brand open its first UK airport site at Birmingham Airport. The new Popeyes restaurant will open at Birmingham Airport in early summer 2025, and the partnership will allow more airport sites to follow. The restaurant…
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Mar- 2025 -4 MarchFeatures
What’s behind increased hospitality churn?
In recent years the prevailing narrative in the hospitality industry has been that venues are closing at an alarming rate. Data from CGA revealed that 27,951 hospitality venues closed their doors between March 2020 and September 2024 at a rate of 119 per week. However, what gets lost in this…
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