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Tuesday, 1 March 2016

KFC Outlet Bans All Under-18s From Entering Alone


KFC has banned unaccompanied youngsters from entering one of their restaurants after several violent fights involving teen gangs broke out.

Under-18s can only eat inside the fast-food restaurant in Meir Park, Stoke-on-Trent if they are with an adult.

If they are by themselves, they will only be allowed to enter the premises to order a takeaway.
Last week, a McDonald’s in the same location had to issue their first ever ban on under-18s after police were called to a fight involving 24 youngsters on a nearby road.McDonald’s said it was their ‘last resort’.


Now the KFC restaurant in the same area have followed suit by issuing a similar ban to stop the youngsters causing trouble.

Manager Liam Dalgarno said: ‘The way some of these youngsters act can be scary for staff. People shouldn’t have to experience that.

‘Under-18s are not strictly banned from the premises, they can come in to order their meal but then they have to take it out.

‘A minority had been causing trouble. Really they only came in for the Wi-Fi but we have reduced the distance of it so now it only reaches the doors.

He added: ‘We had problems on a daily basis and we work closely with our PCSOs and police officers.

‘We have gradually started noticing a difference since this policy was introduced and these measures help the staff to feel safer at work.’

Staffordshire Police have stepped up patrols in Meir this month after trouble with gang warfare.
Following the fight on the A50 near McDonald’s, officers made eight arrests and seized two firearms.

KFC has almost 900 restaurants in the UK, but this is believed to be its first ban on under-18s.

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