{"id":364927,"date":"2025-08-22T15:21:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/364927\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T15:21:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T15:21:11","slug":"us-seafood-chain-captain-ds-confirms-location-for-first-uk-site-at-westwood-cross-shopping-centre-in-broadstairs-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/364927\/","title":{"rendered":"US seafood chain Captain D\u2019s confirms location for first UK site at Westwood Cross Shopping Centre in Broadstairs Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">The group confirmed the location having <a href=\"https:\/\/www.restaurantonline.co.uk\/Article\/2025\/03\/17\/us-seafood-chain-captain-ds-to-make-uk-debut-this-summer-with-restaurant-in-kent\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.restaurantonline.co.uk\/Article\/2025\/03\/17\/us-seafood-chain-captain-ds-to-make-uk-debut-this-summer-with-restaurant-in-kent\/\">signed a 20-unit master franchise agreement for the UK with CD\u2019s Holdings earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">Restaurants in Sussex and Hampshire will follow the opening in Kent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">Captain D\u2019s, which was founded in 1969 and has more than 530 restaurants across 23 US states, serves a wide variety of seafood that includes the brand\u2019s \u2018signature\u2019 batter-dipped fish, as well as grilled items such as shrimp, tilapia and salmon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">CD\u2019s Holdings is described as \u2018seasoned entrepreneurs\u2019 with experience in the restaurant business, as well as other ventures, including security companies and accountancy firms in the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">Alongside its master franchise agreement, Captain D\u2019s is also looking for more multi-unit franchisees to open additional locations across the UK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">Speaking back in March, Hair Parra, senior vice president of international operations and development for Captain D\u2019s, said: \u201cThis is an exciting time in the growth of our brand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body-skinny\">\u201cOur master franchisees are committed to making a sustainable impact in the UK, and we are committed to working alongside them and offering new opportunities to other entrepreneurs as we expand into new international markets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The group confirmed the location having signed a 20-unit master franchise agreement for the UK with CD\u2019s Holdings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1144,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-364927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-northern-ireland","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115073101522973835","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364927","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=364927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/364927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/364928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=364927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=364927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=364927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}