ManchesterWorld
  • 8 months ago
Popeyes has opened its first Greater Manchester drive-thru on Bury New Road in Salford.

Huge queues greeted the arrival of the fast-food outlet with some in the line for more than 24 hours. We went along to see what all the fuss was about.
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00:00 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
00:05 [Cheering]
00:07 [Applause]
00:11 A drive-thru pot pies has just opened on Bury New Road in Salford
00:16 [Music]
00:20 The chain promised the first three people in each of the queues free chicken sandwiches for a whole year
00:26 [Music]
00:29 This is Popeyes 47th UK store since bringing their juicy chicken over from the US in 2021
00:37 [Music]
00:41 One of the queue dwellers broke the record for the longest wait time after queuing from 9am the day before
00:47 [Music]
00:51 So come down to Bury New Road for some mouth-watering Louisiana chicken
00:56 (upbeat music)

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