We headed to the huge site inside the Arndale Centre, sandwiched nicely between fellow chicken chain Nandos and burger giant Five Guys. They've now got over 100 restaurants across the world, with the UK seen as a key market since opening up in Bluewater in 2020 and two opening in Manchester in the past year. Slim Chickens in the Arndale (Image: Manchester Evening News)Ī relative newcomer to the fried chicken scene, Slim Chickens was founded in Arkansas in 2003 by pals Greg Smart and Tom Gordon. Time for order? It seemed to take forever - presumably because of all those Deliveroos - a not very quick at all 11 minutes for fast food. Was there a queue? No queue at all, although the kitchen appeared to be really busy getting Deliveroo orders ready. Although it was the longest we had to wait for our bag of goodies out of the three restaurants. It's all very clean and new, and staff were helpful with how to order in terms of which flavours were spicy and which not-so-spicy. There's a larger seating area up the stairs, and we particularly liked the large neon bee and "Manchester" wall print making it nice and local. We headed to the recently-opened Wingstop on the ever-busy Piccadilly Gardens, although it was fairly quiet in the downstairs ordering area. Naturally, given its name, its famous for its wings - which you can choose in a variety of flavour combos. Wingstop was founded in Texas in 1994 and now has over 1.400 restaurants worldwide, with a rapid expansion here in the UK. Wingstop on Piccadilly Gardens (Image: Manchester Evening News) ![]() Time for order? KFC was the speediest of the three chains, with just 120 seconds between tapping my card to pay, to having the bag in my hand. ![]() There were a few people reading the menu still deciding, and a few others waiting for orders to collect. There is also the option to order at the till, if you prefer to pay in cash. Inside it was pretty quiet so we were able to order on one of the four touch screen points immediately. Instead, it has ‘Kentucky Fried Chicken’ written in full in quite a nice font on the side of the building. It doesn’t seem to carry the standard fast food chain’s branding of a red banner and white ‘KFC’ on the front, but is a little more discreet. We headed to the KFC branch on Piccadilly Approach to get our fix, where the compact branch could easily go undetected if you weren’t sure where to look for it. Famed for the tagline "finger licking good" and for its "secret" original recipe with 11 spices that it keeps firmly under lock and key. We decided to put them all to the test, ordering as similar menu items as possible in all three of the restaurants - choosing the sites closest to each other in Manchester city centre.įounded by Colonel Sanders way back in 1930, Kentucky Fried Chicken is one of the world's biggest and best known fast food brands. Read more : We went to Burger King, McDonald's and Five Guys in the city centre and the winner was a no-brainer But how do the three fried chicken giants really compare? The barbecue chicken treats from the USA are now well and truly embedded in UK culture, with the Texan hot wings of Wingstop and Arkansas treats of Slim Chickens seemingly keen to take a slice of KFC 's Kentucky-fried dominance. Both brands are now available at the Trafford Centre as well as in prime spots in the city centre - Wingstop on Piccadilly Gardens while Slim Chickens is in the Manchester Arndale centre. ![]() Slim Chickens and WIngstop have this year both opened four huge new Manchester sites amid rapid UK expansion. And it continues to grow in popularity here in Manchester with the recent arrival of two more US chicken chains to compete with the grandaddy of Southern-fried treats, KFC. America is famous for many of the world's biggest fast food chains, with fried chicken among the most popular exports.
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