Crepeaffaire, the all-day snack concept, is to expand across the UK by opening five new sites a year including further sites under its Express format.

The group, which will open its first international site in Hamburg this autumn, has appointed Prime Retail to find sites in central London and key regional cities.

It is seeking units of 600-1,000sq ft in shopping centre and leisure schemes, high street locations and transport hubs. It is also looking at in-store concessions and kiosks for its Express format.

The seven-strong group is targeting locations such as Covent Garden, Camden, the South Bank and South Kensington in central London, as well as Bath, Brighton, Manchester, Liverpool, Guildford and York.

The company is currently reviewing franchise options across Holland, Belgium and the Middle East.

The company will open its first site in Germany in Hamburg near the end of September, which will be the first stage in a roll out across the north of the country.

Over the next few months, the company is due to open in Reading, Cambridge, Oxford and Richmond.