{"id":201196,"date":"2025-06-21T00:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T00:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/201196\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T00:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T00:23:19","slug":"popeyes-expands-in-northern-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/201196\/","title":{"rendered":"Popeyes expands in Northern Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/shutterstock_2453415413-1-430x241.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    The official opening is scheduled for 7 July 2025. Credit:  Nigel J. Harris\/Shutterstock.<\/p>\n<p class=\"drop-cap\">American chicken food chain Popeyes is opening its second Northern Ireland location at The Junction retail centre in Antrim.<\/p>\n<p>The New Orleans-style fried chicken brand, which debuted in Belfast in September 2024, is expanding its presence with a new drive-through facility.<\/p>\n<p>The official opening is scheduled for 7 July 2025, and the facility will create 100 jobs, adding to the 90 roles at the south Belfast site.<\/p>\n<p>The Junction drive-through will offer free chicken sandwiches to the first 50 foot and the first 50 drive-through customers on opening day, and the first three in each queue will receive free chicken sandwiches for a year. This promotion aims to attract a significant number of visitors.<\/p>\n<p>Popeyes\u2019 UK chief executive Tom Crowley stated: \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be announcing our first drive-through location in Northern Ireland, following the success of our Belfast Forestside opening last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNorthern Ireland remains a key focus in our expansion plans, and we\u2019re looking forward to bringing a taste of New Orleans to the people of Antrim and the surrounding areas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This promotional event aims to attract a significant number of customers to the new location.<\/p>\n<p>In a broader expansion effort, Popeyes UK has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.verdictfoodservice.com\/news\/popeyes-uk-loan-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secured a \u00a343m loan<\/a> from Barclays Corporate Banking to support the opening of 45 additional stores across the UK within the year.<\/p>\n<p>This significant financial backing underscores the brand\u2019s commitment to expanding its UK footprint.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership with Barclays marks a new chapter for Popeyes, which also entered a strategic collaboration with SSP Group in April 2025.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.verdictfoodservice.com\/wp-content\/themes\/goodlife-wp-B2B\/assets\/images\/newsletter-new.svg\" alt=\"Email newsletter icon\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                    Sign up for our daily news round-up!<br \/>\n                    Give your business an edge with our leading industry insights.\n                <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The official opening is scheduled for 7 July 2025. Credit: Nigel J. Harris\/Shutterstock. American chicken food chain Popeyes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[1144,81213,2599,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-201196","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-northern-ireland","9":"tag-quick-service-restaurant-fast-food","10":"tag-restaurant","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114718507369679498","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}