Wingstop to open at Gallions Reach Retail Park

Wingstop UK is opening its first standalone retail unit at Gallions Reach Retail Park in Beckton.

Lemon Pepper Holdings, the UK master franchisee and brand partner of Wingstop, has acquired the former Bella Italia site at Gallions Reach and plans to open in late March or early April.

The US chicken wing chain opened 11 new sites across the UK in 2022, including space in London, Manchester, Birmingham and Edinburgh.

Towards the end of last year, the company saw their weekly sales revenue exceed £1m and expects to see this continue as they open new locations in 2023.

Co-Founder and director of Lemon Pepper Holdings, Tom Grogan, said: “Off the back of an extremely strong year of trade in 2022, we’re delighted to have started the year with another great acquisition. The location of the scheme and prominence of the unit is ideal. We have a young target catchment on our doorstep, with over 66% of catchment population under 40 and we can’t wait to start serving the local community our cooked to order flavours!”