Major American fast food chain that's ‘better than KFC' reveals where it's opening FOUR new UK sites starting from TODAY

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A MAJOR American fast food chain has revealed where it's opening four new restaurant sites from today.
Slim Chickens is renowned for its mouth-watering fried chicken dishes, with many fans claiming it's "better than KFC".
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Slim Chicken is just one of a number of US fast food chains expanding and opening branches across the UK
The US franchise started in the Deep South in 2003 and expanded to the UK in 2020.
Menu items include buttermilk marinated tenders, crispy wings, boneless bites, chicken sandwiches, chicken wraps and fries - with an array of house dipping sauces.
Slim Chickens now boasts over 70 restaurants across the UK, with locations in Wolverhampton, Leeds, Bournemouth, and Belfast.
In February, the company announced plans to open 16 more UK sites over the next year.
Five of these have already opened to welcome hungry customers, and The Sun can now reveal the opening dates for the next four.
The first opened today (June 26) at 39-40 Wind Street in Swansea.
Next up, a new restaurant will open in Ealing, West London, on July 2, followed by a branch in Walton on July 10.
Birmingham's Utilita Arena will welcome its own Slim Chickens on July 24.
Another four Slim Chickens restaurants are set to open soon in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle, and Reading, along with an undisclosed location in West London.
The final two sites, also undisclosed, will complete the chain's 16 new openings in 2025.
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fast food chains expand into the UK
Slim Chicken is just one of a number of US fast food chains expanding and opening branches across the UK.
The burger joint Wendy's is already a hit in the US with over 6,000 restaurants.
Now the chain that "blows McDonald's out of the water" has plans to open 400 locations.
The chain returned to the UK high street in 2021 after a 20-year hiatus.
Wendy's is most famous for its square-shaped hamburgers, which are designed to maximise the amount of meat in every bite.
Major US fast food chain Chick-fil-A is opening branches across the UK this year too, including in Belfast, Leeds, Liverpool and London.
The Sun exclusively revealed the exact locations of their first five UK restaurants.
Tex-Mex brand Velvet Taco will also making its UK debut in the spring.
Popeyes entered the UK market in 2021 and has proved to be a hit with ravenous customers ever since.
In just 30 months, the brand opened over 38 restaurants across the UK.
It has plans to reach the 60-restaurant milestone by the end of 2024.
Shake Shack, which started out as a hotdog cart, recently opened its first restaurant inside a UK train station.
Brits commuting in St. Pancras International Station can now grab their favourite burgers before jumping onto their train.
The new spot marks the fast food giant's 16th location in the UK since it was launched in Covent Garden in 2013.
While most of Shake Shack's UK sites are based in London, bosses have expanded into other locations in recent years, including Essex, Oxford, and Cardiff.
Shake Shack's humble beginnings trace back to a New York hot dog cart helmed by Randy Garutti.
Wingstop, which currently has 57 sites across the UK, revealed plans in January to open 20 more before the end of 2025.
Wingstop UK said at least 10 new locations will open in the first half of the year.
Branches will pull up their shutters in Swansea, Essex and London, among other spots.
Popeyes is also eyeing up opening 45 locations in the UK this year after pulling up the shutters on 33 sites in 2024.
The fast-food joint, which is famous for its Louisiana-style chicken burgers and tenders, first came to the UK in 2021, opening a site in Westfield shopping centre in Stratford.
But it now intends to expand across the UK, including in cities like Birmingham, Leeds and Bristol.
Dunkin' Donuts, which currently has 30 stores in the UK, hopes to open 30 new branches over the next couple of years as part of a major expansion plan.
Dunkin' Donuts landed in the UK in St John's in Liverpool in May 2016.
The chain is huge in the US, with almost 9,500 stores spread across the country.
It sells a range of doughnuts, other sweet treats, and hot and cold drinks.