Filipino chicken chain with cult following to open in North-East this year A POPULAR Filipino fast food brand is investing £30 million to open 50 UK sites by 2025 - with a location in the North-East. Fried chicken chain Jollibee, which has a cult following in parts of South East Asia, was met with 18-hour queues when it opened its first store in London in 2018. In the first two weeks of the launch, Jollibee sold over half a million pieces of chicken. The brand, which serves chicken alongside meatballs and spaghetti, opened new restaurants in Liverpool and Leicester last year. Now the company plans a UK-wide expansion with stores in Leeds, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Nottingham, Reading and Cardiff in the next six months.
Filipino fast food chain Jollibee has confirmed plans to open six new UK sites this year as it looks to ramp up its expansion drive across Europe.
The group, which currently operates three restaurants in London, Liverpool and Leicester respectively, is preparing to
launch a new flagship location in Leicester Square next month that will kickstart a £30m plan to open a Jollibee in every major city in the UK .
Sites in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Nottingham, Cardiff and Reading have now been confirmed, with further openings expected to be announced in the coming months.
It has previously been reported that Jollibee is
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April 28, 2021
Jollibee, a fried chicken chain based in The Philippines with more than 1,478 locations worldwide, has announced a restaurant design to support its growth plans in Europe.
The chain will open a flagship store in Leicester Square, London in May featuring the redesign, followed by another six stores opening before the end of 2021 in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Leeds, Nottingham, Cardiff and Reading, according to a press release.
Jollibee built these locations to cater to younger audiences and to small gatherings with friends and family through a communal area. The restaurant also features window seats for individual diners. Other design features include:
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Jollibee to invest £30m in UK expansion with 10 new openings planned this year Filipino fast food chain Jollibee is planning to open 10 new restaurants in the UK this year as part of a £30m expansion drive.
The group, which currently operates three sites in London, Liverpool and Leicester respectively, wants to be in every major city in the UK , according to a report in the
Last year Jollibee
Jollibee will open a new
flagship UK site in London s Leicester Square in May, after lockdown restrictions on restaurants are lifted, with another nine sites expected to launch before the end of the year.