US fast food chain that's ‘easily better than McDonald's & Burger King' confirms first UK restaurant locations
A HUGELY popular US fast food chain has revealed where it's set to open up locations across the UK.
Carl's Jr. currently has one restaurant open in Cardiff, Wales, but it's expecting to open six more locations this year - including its first branches in England.
2
Fast food fans have been raving about its tasty burgers, with some saying it's "easily better" than McDonald's and Burger King.
The chain has now revealed exclusively to The Sun that its next locations will be Swansea, Southampton, Bristol, Manchester, York and Leeds.
The Swansea restaurant is set to open in late August, while the chain is likely to land in Southampton and Manchester around October.
No dates have been confirmed yet for the remaining restaurants.
It's part of plans to open up 100 restaurants across the UK within the next five years.
Details have not been shared yet on when and where the next locations could open.
In even more exciting news, Carl's Jr. has said it will be launching a new burger at the end of the month as part of its summer menu.
Plus, all the new locations will include a breakfast menu and be available on Uber Eats for delivery.
Carl's Jr. was first founded in 1941 and operates more than 1,000 locations across the USA and in 28 other countries.
It's known for its iconic burgers like the Western Bacon Cheeseburger and the Famous Star, as well as its ice cream shakes.
Fat Phill's opens first diner in UK
The chain has a huge following across the world and some customers say they prefer it to other major chains.
Reddit users have been praising the chain, with one person saying its burgers are "significantly better than anything McDonald's or Burger King could do".
Another commenter wrote: "Carls JR is easily better than McDonald's Burger King and probably most of the other American fast food chains you have currently in the United Kingdom."
Meanwhile a reviewer of the Cardiff restaurant said it had the "best burger I've ever had".
Which US chains are opening more restaurants?
Carl's Jr. is not the only US fast food chain to expand into the UK recently.
Just last week Popeyes revealed it had secured millions of pounds to help it open 45 new restaurants across the country.
The chain is famous for its crispy fried chicken and already opened 33 locations across the country last year.
Meanwhile Chick-fil-A opened the first of five new UK restaurants back in January.
The restaurant opened inside an Applegreen service station in Lisburn, County Antrim, on the Lisburn South motorway.
It confirmed to The Sun previously it would launch in Northern Ireland, Leeds, Liverpool and London.
Major chain Wingstop also has plans to open 20 more UK sites this year.
planning to launch six branches across England and Scotland.
Tex-Mex brand Velvet Taco is also set to make its UK debut soon.
The brand will be opening its first restaurant in Piccadilly Circus, London, and has said it will open more UK sites in the coming years.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
BBC News
an hour ago
- BBC News
Solar farm installed at Leicestershire Police's HQ
Bosses say a new solar farm at Leicestershire Police's Enderby headquarters is forecast to generate the equivalent of £2.1m worth of energy over the next 25 force is believed to be one of the first in the country to invest in the installation of a small solar chiefs say they expect to save £63,525 in energy costs in its first year of operation based on current energy prices, with the £350,000 installation costs "likely" to be recouped within five police and crime commissioner Rupert Matthews said the force had a duty to work towards Net Zero carbon emissions. He hailed the installation a "wonderful milestone" with solar panels also in place on force buildings in Oakham, Loughborough and Hinckley Road."As a large organisation at the centre of community life, it's critical Leicestershire Police leads by example. "I'm excited by the changes underway and the opportunities for changing the way we work to protect our scarce resources and create a cleaner world for future generations," said Matthews.
BBC News
an hour ago
- BBC News
Birmingham graduate secures job after 1,200 failed applications
A woman who struggled to find a job after graduating from university said she applied for more than 1,200 roles - but only secured two Woodhouse-Hawkins, 25, from Birmingham, applied for the positions over a period of 18 months, after graduating with a degree in computing and IT through the Open Woodhouse-Hawkins found it impossible to find a job in her field and said she never received any feedback from potential employers on her applications."It was depressing," she told the BBC. "You'd think you'd get more [interviews] as you apply and you'd tailor these CVs and you just hear nothing back." "Even when you do the assessments they ask you to do, you either don't hear anything back and if you do it's just usually, 'Oh, you haven't passed'," she added. Ms Woodhouse-Hawkins, who lives in Quinton, eventually found a role as a Junior Python (widespread computing language) Developer at Global Telecoms Networks, where she has just completed her three-month struggling with her mental health throughout the job application process alongside claiming Universal Credit, she received help from a foundation that offers support to unemployed people get set up with tech careers in the West said the programme, run by Generation UK, "instilled hope" that she would finally get a job in a field she had trained for.A skills boot-camp, between October 2024 and January, taught her how to craft a CV that stands out, as well as interview techniques and additional technical skills that were missing from her Open University curriculum. 'Getting ghosted' Ms Woodhouse-Hawkins, who has been diagnosed with anxiety and depression, believes the main reason her mental health plummeted was because she got no feedback from potential employers on why she wasn't of more than 1,000 applications, she only secured a job interview for her current role and one previous application. "It was just literally, applying for jobs, not hearing back, getting ghosted," she said of the process."Tailoring your CV to try and get a response. Not getting a response and if you do get a response it's very generic of, 'Oh we've moved onto a different candidate', or someone else fits the job better."It's just all the same usual, just being ghosted."Kelsey Flynn, head of impact at Generation UK, said Ms Woodhouse-Hawkins' experience of rejection after rejection was "far too common"."We see it all the time," she said. "Unemployment amongst young people is on the rise and it's really scary."Most of the people that we come across desperately want careers and are really trying to find them. But they just need access to the training and support." Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
an hour ago
- BBC News
Wirral Council's debt increases by £233m in six months
Wirral Council's net debt has increased by £233m in six months, with the expectation more borrowing is on the figure was revealed during a meeting about the authority's treasury management strategy.A summary published by the local authority showed that between September 2024 to March 2025 there was a £25m increase in spending on Public Finance Initiatives (PFI), £73m in borrowings, and a drop of £8.2m in £152.5m of the £233m was due to changes to PFI liabilities, and accounting rules which mean rent costs must be listed on the council's balance sheet both as an asset being leased and the future lease payments. PFIs was a government policy launched in 1992 where a private firm was contracted to deliver a public project while the costs were then paid back over several years. Wirral Council said the PFIs had to be reassessed to take inflation into account. 'Long-term stability' Changes to debt borrowing have been blamed on accountancy rule changes, capital projects such as regeneration, and temporary loans taken from other councils, the Local Democracy Reporting Service report said: "The council's chief objective when borrowing has been to strike an appropriately low risk balance between securing low interest costs and achieving cost certainty."The council's borrowing strategy continues to address the key issue of affordability without compromising the longer-term stability of the debt portfolio."It said external borrowing may have to increase in the future and the decrease in investments was because the council was having to use that funding for service needs.A Policy and Resources committee meeting will further discuss the council's finances on 26 June . Listen to the best of BBC Radio Merseyside on Sounds and follow BBC Merseyside on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
