Popeyes UK® is a quick service restaurant (“QSR”) brand with more than 100 sites across the UK.
Known and loved for its ‘shatter crunchin’ chicken, which is hand-breaded and battered following a 12-hour marination process, the brand brings the spirit and flavour of New Orleans to the UK.
Popeyes UK® holds the master UK franchise for the Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen brand, one of the world’s largest chicken quick service restaurants, first founded in New Orleans in 1972 and now with more than 5,000 restaurants globally.
The brand entered the UK market in November 2021 and has since successfully executed an ambitious roll out strategy. Today, it operates 100 restaurants across the UK across eat-in restaurants, drive thru sites, and delivery kitchens, and employs approximately 3,500 people.
After initially investing in July 2023, in 2024, TDR Capital took a majority stake in the business to support its mission of nationwide expansion.
Popeyes UK® was named in The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2025.