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KFCstore ‘good n town’s other bu sin
A NEWfast food restau rant is set to openinthe towncentre – and observers agree it is finger-lick ing good . KFC, one of theUK’s la chicken chains,will la
uncha
The Mall Maidstone in ea vember,a
of convenience food loca a
KFC store inWeek Street. Ra
resta teur Ulrich Allsebrook, of Frédéric Bistro, sa ness in thea He a
ther tha ura
n seeing ita nega ys “a
sa ny newbusi- dded: “Chain resta nts
reaisagood business”. ura
bring more footfall to the town, so more peoplewill discover the other independent shopsa “I ha
ve never hea in Bluewa
businesses – wha nessesa
ter being ba t is ba
nd resta nts. rdofmore shops d for the other d for busi-
ura
IlsaButler, of the business devel- opment orga tion One Maid- stone, said: “The increa
re other empty shops.” nisa
se in the t
dding to the high number tions in the
rea. TheKFCwill be on the bus sta
tion
level of the shopping centre, oppo- siteMcDonald’s. There isalrea
dya tive,
numbers of pla ra
“We ha nts a
ces to ea t in Maid-
stone is reflective of the cha thewa
course ofa rsa y people use town centres. u- “The la yout of the ea
nge in Mall could be seena a
ve seen arise in resta howthis cha nd coffee shops over the number of yea nd this
chimes with the trend of people coming into town, notalwa essa
ys nec-
meet friends for acoffee or some- thing to ea “Compa
nd.
rily to shop, but sometimes to t.
continue to invest in our towns if they did not feel tha ficient dema
s suf- Mall toa
teries in The safood court
nd itwill be very interesting to see nges thewa
y customers
move through the centre.” Work is being ca ccommoda
outlet,witha re so excited to ha dditional sea
rgest fried storea rly No-
ews for esses’
downsmail.co.uk
Firmto leave towncentre
after 180 years ONE ofKent’s la
rgest la te,a
town centre. Whitehea
the endof its lea
Newnha la
a
reloca fteralmost 1 8 0 yea dMonckton ha
willmove to Eclipse Pa Themoveha
se inKing Streeta rk nea
wfirms is to rs inthe
s come to nd
r junc-
tion seven of theM2 0 inNovember. The new office overlooks the mCourt shopping villa s beenspa
ge.
Ma ging director Stephen Beck said: “We ha
Street foralmost 1 8 0 yea thea
ccommoda
for purpose. “With grea
rried out in the a ngements, we decided to move te the newfood ting.
velopments a rra
ma ger, Suzie Brindle, said: “We a
The Mall Maidstone’s ma na
nies like KFC would not The Mall Maidstone. It’s a t therewa
rience to our customers.” nd dining expe-
ve KFC opena nother
rketing t
proof of our commitment toprovide the best shoppinga
toamore efficient premises. “Na
tinged with sa ha
solicitor in 1 9 9 2 . “Ma
yea
inthe office since I joineda trainee ny of our sta
ve also worked there for ma rs so itwill be very stra driving somewhere else ea
y.” ter empha
ded from King rs but sa
dly
tion is no longer fit sis on IT de-
nd flexible working
turally, the move will be dness, I ha
ve worked sa
ff in Maidstone ny
nge to be ch da
w firm’s growth in recent yea ndcomes twoyea fter its merger withDockla na
rkedby the rs
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