Lemon Pepper Holdings, which is rolling out US chicken brand Wingstop across the UK, has applied to open a site in the Edinburgh St James Quarter scheme in the unit previously earmarked for @Pizza, marking its debut in Scotland.
Wingstop also has new restaurants lined up in the Cabot Circus scheme in Bristol, and at the former Bella Italia site in Manchester’s Piccadilly Gardens opened its 13th UK site last month, in Birmingham’s Bullring.
It currently operates seven dine-in sites in the UK, plus six delivery kitchen units.
In May, Wingstop, which has more than 1,500 locations worldwide, announced a minority investment in its UK franchisee Lemon Pepper Holdings.