Slim Chickens hungry for more sites as it continues UK expansion
American restaurant chain Slim Chickens is looking for suitable new sites as it continues to expand across the UK.
The operator – which trades from over 55 branches in the UK – is set to open six sites in 2025 and plans to open another 15.
Slim Chickens is considering locations across England, Scotland, and Wales, with requirements for both its restaurant and drive-through formats. Suitable units will be located in retail and leisure parks, shopping centres, and high street locations.
The operator is looking for units ranging in size between 2,000 and 3,500 sq ft, with a minimum of 1,750 sq ft on the ground floor. Class E planning use is a must, with extraction either in place or able to be installed.
Smaller kiosk units in food courts will also be considered, with ideal sites sized around 1,000 sq ft.
The operator’s target locations include:
Central London
- Baker Street
- Canary Wharf
- Gloucester Road
- Islington
- Oxford Street
- The Strand
- Tottenham Court Road
- Villiers Street
- Victoria
Greater London
- Basildon (out of town)
- Beckton
- Brent Cross Shopping Centre
- Camden
- Croydon
- Ealing
- Hammersmith
- Kingston
- Park Royal Leisure Park
- Richmond
- Romford
- Staines
- Stratford Westfield
- Uxbridge
- Wandsworth
- Wimbledon
- Westfield London
Midlands
- Birmingham City Centre – 2nd Site
- Birmingham – Five Ways
- Coventry
- Chelmsford
- Derby
- Lincoln
- Norwich
- Oxford
- Telford (drive-through)
- Wolverhampton Bentley Bridge
North West
- Bolton – Middlebrook
- Liverpool – 2nd Site
- Manchester – 2nd Site
- Manchester Oxford Road
- Parrs Wood
North East
- Leeds – 2nd Site (out of town)
- Newcastle
Scotland
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
South East
- Bracknell
- Canterbury
- Lakeside Shopping Centre Reading
- Windsor
Wales
- Cardiff – 2nd Site
McKinnon Nelson – which has been appointed to find suitable units – said the above list is not exhaustive and other locations will be considered.