Sam's Chicken
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Company type | Restaurant franchise |
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Founded | 1990 |
Headquarters | Harrow, Middlesex , England |
Number of locations | 40+ |
Key people | Sam Chandrasinghe (founder) |
Products | Fried chicken, grilled peri peri chicken |
Website | https://www.samschicken.com/ |
Sam's Chicken is a British fast food chain with 44 locations.[1] It was founded in 1990 by Sam Chandrasinghe.
Controversies[edit]
In May 2009, the Evening Standard reported that Chandrasinghe said that his staff and shops had been targeted by Tamil youth as part of a hate campaign due to his Sinhalese background.[2]
In November 2013, a Sam's Chicken location was fined £1750 by Ealing Council for illegal dumping of 35 rubbish sacks over seven nights. The shop owner had previously been fined for similar offences in 2011.[3]
In March 2014, food hygiene inspectors discovered that a worker at a Sam's Chicken location in east London had been forced to live in a windowless bedroom behind the kitchen.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Sam's Chicken". Samschicken.com. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Sri Lankan fast-food chain targeted by Tamil revenge mob | News | London Evening Standard". Evening Standard. 22 May 2009. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Fowl-play by chicken shop | Ealing Council". Ealing.gov.uk. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Cheap meat and tales of exploitation behind the chicken shop counter | Business". The Guardian. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2016.