Fast food giant KFC has revealed it wants to open 14 new restaurants and drive thrus in Merseyside .
Among the locations are Kirkby , Belle Vale and Formby, as well as a new outlet on Scotland Road, which would join the already growing number of restaurants coming to the area.
The planned expansion is part of a nationwide drive to increase KFC’s footprint in the UK - though the chain does have around 850 venues in the UK already.
A spokesperson for KFC told BusinessLive : “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 full list of target areas in Merseyside:
Belle Vale
Crosby
Formby
Garston
Kirkby
Liverpool City Centre
Liverpool Tuebrook
Ormskirk
Prescot
Scotland Road
Smithdown
Southport
St Helens North
Wallasey
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