Major US chain with ‘unbelievable’ food reveals first restaurant locations in UK — and teases menu

There’s no shortage of fast food in the UK, with chains such as McDonald’s, Burger King and KFC leading the charge.

But over the last few years a number of other American businesses have expanded into the UK, offering something a little different. 

There’s Popeyes which has given us fluffy biscuits, Wendy’s with its iconic square burgers and Taco Bell and its wacky tacos with chicken shells instead of tortillas.

And there’s still more to come, we recently heard how the likes of Dave’s Hot Chicken and Carl’s Jr are planning to launch here very soon, as well as Chick-fil-A, an American fast food institution.

The latter has confirmed it’s investing $100million into a UK expansion, with five new restaurants set to open in the UK over the next two years.

These will be located in and are set to be both licensed and locally owned restaurants.

The UK branches will be the chain’s first locations outside of North America, where it has more than 3,000 sites across the US, Puerto Rico, and Canada.  

And if you’re wondering what’s going to be on the menu when they touch down in the UK, Chil-fil-A has revealed that several of their most popular items will definitely be coming with them, including the original

They add that their chicken will be sourced from the UK and all the eggs will be 100% free range, raised on farms with welfare certification.

Online the chain has a massive cult following with people on Reddit and X (formerly Twitter) hailing the food as ‘amazing’, ‘unbelievable’, ‘absolutely delicious’, a ‘holy institution’, and ‘the best fast food’. 

This isn’t the first time Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A has set up shop in the UK though, as this is actually a major comeback for the brand.

The chain previously opened a restaurant in The Oracle shopping centre in Reading in 2019. However, the site closed after a sixth month trial period following over donations made to anti-LGBT groups.

Fans are hoping when it returns to the UK this time around, it will bring its breakfast menu, which in the US features savoury biscuits (similar to a scone) filled with chicken, as well as hash brown scrambles, plus wraps and muffins. Yum!

While it’s not yet known if this will be the case, Chick-fil-A has shared that it will be donating £25,000 to local non-profit organisations in each area where they open a new UK restaurant, to support their local community.

Moreover, each restaurant will have the opportunity to participate in the Chick-fil-A Shared Table programme, an initiative that redirects surplus food from Chick-fil-A restaurants to local soup kitchens, shelters, food banks and non-profits in need. 

Last year, the programme helped create more than 7 million meals from surplus food donated by participating Chick-fil-A restaurants throughout the US and Canada. The programme will be introduced UK-wide. 

Speaking about the UK expansion, Anita Costello, Chief International Officer at Chick-fil-A, Inc. said:‘Serving communities is at the heart of everything we do, and we look forward to bringing Chick-fil-A’s delicious food and signature hospitality to Belfast, Leeds, Liverpool and London, and continuing our long-term investment in the UK.

‘From job creation to supporting local causes, we are excited about the positive impact our first restaurants will have in the communities they serve.’

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