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(55 - 56) Accommodation / Food 56 - Food and beverage service activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities 56.1 - Restaurants and mobile food service activities
180 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
16 September 2025
Employment effect (start)
18 September 2025
Foreseen end date
31 December 2025
Description
Popeyes will create over 180 new jobs in Italy by end-2025 as part of its expansion plan. The Louisiana-style fried chicken chain currently employs approximately 170 people across eight restaurants opened since its Italian debut less than a year ago.
The brand has established four Milan locations, plus restaurants in Bergamo at Gewiss Stadium, Rome at Maximo Shopping Center, and Turin at MondoJuve Shopping Village. A new Rome location opened September 18 on Via Nomentana, with another planned for Via Tiburtina in coming weeks.
Eurofound (2025), Popeyes, Business expansion in Italy, factsheet number 203336, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://dev.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/203336.
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