Fast-food American chain Popeyes set to open first UK drive-thru at Parkgate

The restaurant is famous for Louisiana-style chicken and has 2,700 restaurants across the world with at least eight venues opening in the UK

ANOTHER fast restaurant drive-thru is set to open at Parkgate Shopping next year.

Popeyes, founded in New Orleans nearly 50 years ago, will open its first UK drive-thru franchise in Rotherham by March.

The restaurant is famous for Louisiana-style chicken and has 2,700 restaurants across the world with at least eight venues opening in the UK.

Tom Crowley, chief executive at Popeyes UK, said: “There is a pattern emerging now at all our openings with people queuing through the night to be the first in line on opening day.

“As well as the new high street restaurants and delivery kitchens, we’re also very excited to announce that in 2023, we’ll be opening a raft of drive-thru locations, with the first likely to be in Rotherham at Parkgate Shopping Park.

“Consumer demand has been high for a drive-thru ever since we landed in the UK, so it feels like a real milestone for us.

“We’ve carefully planned our site acquisition strategy in line with where we’re seeing most demand from our customers, and it’s great to see it coming to life.

“We’re working at pace currently on opening our Liverpool, Brighton and Leicester branches before the end of the year — but we always have one eye on the future and are looking forward to continuing sharing our expansion plans.”