Sam’s Chicken
Founded in Harrow in 1990 by Sam Chandrasinghe, formerly KFC's UK deputy operations director, with a first store in Wealdstone. Around 43 sites now trade, spreading from west London to Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. Former England cricketer Ravi Bopara is among the franchisees. Fit-out costs around £250,000.
About Sam’s Chicken
Fast food chain founded in Harrow in 1990 by Sri Lankan Sam Chandrasinghe, a former UK deputy operations director for KFC. Having opened his first store in Wealdstone, he now has circa 43 UK sites, originally mainly concentrated in north west and west London, but now having spread to towns like Luton, Portsmouth, Southampton, Peterborough, Northampton and the Isle of Wight. Among its franchisees is former England test, one-day international and T20 cricketer, Ravi Bopara, who owns two London branches.
Why franchise with Sam’s Chicken
- To shop fit and equip a 1,100 square-foot new store to Sam’s standards will cost around £250,000. This is in addition to the lease/freehold cost of the building. These estimates are based upon the experience of the construction of company-owned restaurants. The company said: “We are a business that’s going places. We have embarked on an incredible journey that takes us through an expansion program of our brand in the UK. We have an eye-catching menu, fantastic new interiors and dramatic expansion of our facilities promise to make our brand an even bigger attraction for our customers. Our franchisees are so important to our success, we are looking to expand our relationship with talented individuals with aspirations of becoming successful entrepreneurs, who have got a real appetite and not afraid of hard work and possess the right attitude and passion as us and want the chance to stamp their own personality on a Sam’s Chicken restaurant.”
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