KFC to set up 200 new restaurants in UK
18 Feb 2009
KFC plans to set up 200 new restaurants which in turn will create around 9,000 jobs. KFC is investing around £150m in the expansion drive with most of the new stores opening in northern England and south Wales.
It already employs 20,000 people in 760 outlets, and its advertising account is with BBH.
The chain enjoyed a 14 per cent rise in sales last year while a new drive-through restaurant broke the weekly turnover record taking £100,000.
It is expected that the majority of the KFC jobs will be for chefs and cashiers who will be paid the minimum wage.
Among the other fast food chains planning to expand are Subway, which is opening 600 news stores in the UK and Ireland, creating 7,000 jobs.