PROPERTY
Visitors to the Valley who might have starved to death a few years ago if they wanted to eat only chicken burgers are now being spoilt for choice.
Sure there was always McDonalds in the Valley mall, but chicken has never been their main marketing thrust.
The chicken choice for hungry punters drawn to the Valley entertainment precinct changed last year with Country Chicken opening up on the Wickham Street side of McWhirters. Soon after Nandos chicken began trading in Licorice Lane in the TCB building across the mall.
Well, if the owners of those two fastfood outlets thought that Maccas and each other was the end of competition for a while, then their feathers could soon be well and truly ruffled.
The fitout is rapidly gaining pace for an Oporto chicken burger store in what was the TAB outlet on the southern side of the main Valley mall.
One of the big names behind this franchise is former Gloria Jeans owner David Cacciola and the Indie will get an update in coming days of when this outlet will open.
Still only a rumour at this stage, but the Indie is also looking into claims that the former Vietnamese Bakery that sadly closed its doors and deprived Indie staff of very reasonably priced ham and salad rolls just a few shops up from the Oporto venture some months ago might be a Red Rooster outlet!
All this seems good news for hungry music punters ... but not so much for the nation's current chook population.
