KFC names 21 Welsh locations where it wants new restaurants

Fast food firm KFC has revealed locations across Wales where it wants to open new restaurants.

The fried chicken giant is currently on the hunt for extra sites to help expand the brand to more locations around the UK.

The company currently has around 850 outlets in the UK - including more than 40 in Wales - but hopes to increase its footprint.

The KFC restaurant in Llandudno Junction was shut on Saturday (Arwyn Roberts)

It is particularly after drive-thru locations and has now named the sites in Wales where it plans to target.

There are 21 sites they are searching for - with the potential for around 500 jobs..

The chain offers incentives of £20,000 for those who find a new site in their target areas.

A spokesman said: "We have bold ambitions to have over 1,000 stores in the UK and Ireland by 2020 and we are looking to build over 50 new stores a year."

The Kentucky Fried Chicken concept was introduced to Britain in 1965 when the first store opened in Preston.

Full list of target locations in Wales and type of restaurant they want:

A465 at Merthyr Tydfil, Drive Thru

Abergavenny, Drive Thru

Bangor, Drive Thru

Broughton Shopping Park, Flintshire, Drive Thru

Cardiff Bay, Drive Thru

Cardiff Culverhouse Cross, Drive Thru

Cwmbran, Drive Thru

Fforestfach, Drive Thru

Flint, Drive Thru

Haverfordwest, Drive Thru

Llanishen (Cardiff), Drive Thru

Llantrisant, Drive Thru

Maesteg, Drive Thru

Mold, Drive Thru

Neath, Drive Thru

Newport Crindau, Drive Thru

Newport Town Centre, Restaurant

Pembroke, Drive Thru

Pontadawe, Drive Thru

Queensferry, Drive Thru

Wrexham, Drive Thru