U.K. Store Launch As Popeyes Takes The Chicken Sandwich War Global

U.K. Store Launch As Popeyes Takes The Chicken Sandwich War Global

Share to Linkedin Popeyes is to enter the U. K. this year, while ramping up store expansion in international markets ... [+] including Mexico and China. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Two years after starting the chicken sandwich war, U. S. fried chicken restaurant brand Popeyes is to enter the U. K. this year, with plans to open hundreds of new restaurants in the U. K. over the next decade as part of an ambitious European expansion plan. The U. K. is set to become Popeyes' fourth European market, after launching in Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey. The brand already has more than 3, 400 outlets across 29 countries and is planning for huge expansion in China, where it opened its first restaurant in May. Popeyes has also opened chicken sandwich restaurants in Brazil, and today also confirmed plans to open hundreds more stores in Mexico. The first of a planned 350 Popeyes outlets in the U. K. is expected to open by the end of 2021 and will become the brand's 11th country in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region, which already has more than 350 Popeyes restaurants. Founded in New Orleans in Louisiana in 1972, Popeyes is