US fast food chain shares first locations where it will open UK restaurants - see list

Chick-fil-A's UK enlargement means Brits volition beryllium capable to get their hands connected a scope of signature items - including the celebrated Chick-fil-A chickenhearted sandwich, nuggets, and waffle fries

American fast food elephantine Chick-fil-A is yet moving crossed the pond – and has revealed the nonstop locations of its archetypal UK restaurants.

It means Brits volition beryllium capable to get their hands connected a scope of signature items, including the celebrated Chick-fil-A chickenhearted sandwich, nuggets, and waffle fries. The UK expansion volition besides bring mouth-watering but unsocial nutrient options not typically seen successful the UK, specified arsenic savoury biscuits and ranch-flavoured dipping sauces.

In 2019, the concatenation opened a impermanent pop-up successful Reading but present program to unfastened 5 imperishable stores. The accelerated nutrient concatenation confirmed it volition unfastened 2 restaurants successful Belfast and 1 successful Leeds, Liverpool, and London, The Sun reports. The sites volition unfastened much than 2 years from 2025, with the concatenation besides having opened applications for anyone wishing to instrumentality connected a franchise.

Chick-fil-A runs much than 3,000 sites crossed the U.S, Puerto Rico and Canada. Its enlargement into the UK is acceptable to make astir 400 caller jobs for Brits. Anita Costello, main planetary serviceman astatine Chick-fil-A, Inc, told The Sun: "Serving communities is astatine the bosom of everything we do, and we look guardant to bringing Chick-fil-A's delicious nutrient and signature hospitality to Belfast, Leeds, Liverpool and London, and continuing our semipermanent concern successful the UK. From occupation instauration to supporting section causes, we are excited astir the affirmative interaction our archetypal restaurants volition person successful the communities they serve."

The chain's UK-based restaurants program to usage chickenhearted sourced from the UK and Ireland, and 100% free-range eggs from welfare-certified farms. The archetypal subdivision is acceptable to unfastened its doors successful the archetypal 4th of 2025.

Chick-fil-A volition unfastened 5 restaurants successful the pursuing locations:

• Belfast (two sites)

• Leeds

• Liverpool

• London

The concatenation antecedently said it intended to put $100million successful the UK implicit the adjacent decade. Chick-fil-A was founded by Samuel Truett Cathy successful 1946 who “based his concern connected biblical principles”, and is inactive owned by the Cathy Family today. The household are known for being devout Christians and these beliefs are entwined into the moving of its restaurants. Chick-fil-A stores bash not unfastened connected Sundays, a argumentation that volition besides use successful the UK according to reports.

The chickenhearted store chain's firm ngo connection is “to glorify God by being a faithful steward of each that is entrusted to america and to person a affirmative power connected each who travel successful interaction with Chick-fil-A."