B&Q stores to host KFC drive-throughs

Fried chicken empire KFC yesterday announced it had signed a deal with B&Q China to set up drive-through restaurants at selected stores.

The first of the new KFC restaurants will be located at three B&Q stores in Shanghai, Qingdao and Wuxi. In the next three years, KFC plans to open 100 more drive-throughs in China through partnerships of this kind.

The move, together with a similar one taken by McDonald's China last year, provides a glimpse at the sort of expansion other chain restaurants may follow in coming years, said Guo Geping, chair of the China Chain Store & Franchise Association (CCFA).