Fast-food chain 'better than KFC' to open 16 new UK branches this year

A fashionable US fast-food chain is expanding crossed the UK with 16 caller branches acceptable to unfastened this year.

Slim Chickens, which archetypal arrived successful the UK successful 2020, has gained a loyal pursuing for its buttermilk-marinated tenders, crispy wings, and signature sauces.

The concatenation primitively launched successful Arkansas successful 2003 and has since grown rapidly, with much than 200 locations crossed the United States.

The Sun reports that Slim Chickens present plans to adhd caller sites successful respective regions, including London, the Midlands, the northeast, the southeast, Wales, and Scotland.

The enlargement comes arsenic portion of an ambitious program to unfastened 2 caller restaurants each period passim the year.

Slim Chickens presently operates 58 locations crossed the UK, with its astir caller opening successful Bridgend, Wales.

The archetypal 2 caller branches are acceptable to unfastened successful London’s Leicester Square and Wembley Park this month.

And to people the occasion, the concatenation is giving distant 10,000 "Golden Tickets," offering customers the accidental to triumph escaped chickenhearted for a year.

The paper features a wide scope of fried chickenhearted options, including tenders, boneless bites, chickenhearted sandwiches, and wraps.

Customers tin besides take from 14 antithetic dipping sauces, specified arsenic buffalo, chromatic mustard, cayenne ranch, Korean BBQ, and a limited-time "Unknown" sauce.

The edifice besides serves American-style milkshakes successful assorted flavours.

Slim Chickens is not the lone fried chickenhearted concatenation increasing successful the UK. Popeyes, different US fast-food brand, precocious announced plans to unfastened 45 caller UK restaurants this year.

Slim Chickens is often compared to KFC, with galore customers saying it is "better" than the celebrated brand.

Wesley G wrote connected TripAdvisor: "A amended accelerated nutrient outlet than KFC. Tenders are tasty and a ample scope of dips.

"Expensive for accelerated food, but accelerated and businesslike with affable adjuvant staff."

garethj821 added: "Forget KFC this spot is excellent. Loved it! Fresh chickenhearted tenders, caller chickenhearted wings, cracking caller fries and large dips. Dips present are amended than Popeyes. Staff were spot on. Great milkshake".

Slim Chickens' enlargement volition bring its full fig of UK locations to much than 70 by the extremity of the year.

Locations of caller Slim Chickens branches successful 2025:

• Leicester Square, London
• Wembley Park
• Edgware Road
• West Midlands
• Swansea
• East Midlands
• West London
• Reading
• Glasgow
• Edinburgh
• Newcastle