Tortilla Mexican Grill has confirmed four new locations with global food travel experts SSP, to open in 2024. 

Currently the SSP and Tortilla franchise includes five sites across the UK, with Manchester Piccadilly train station being the most recent to open in H1 2023.

Continuing this relationship, the fast-casual Mexican restaurant brand has an “exciting pipeline of opportunities in 2025.”

Tortilla’s growth strategy targets transport hubs and universities.

Its operating model is suited to franchising, with a ”simple kitchen setup being easy to replicate”, while Tortilla’s central production food model provides consistency of food quality and enables franchisees to quickly train employees.

Richard Morris, CEO at Tortilla, said: “At Tortilla, our fundamental purpose is to provide outstanding food, at excellent value for money and great service.

”Our relationship with SSP has been hugely successful since we launched with them in 2019 at Euston station in London. Whilst Covid inevitably impacted the rate at which we opened sites, we have since launched record breaking sites in London Gatwick and Bristol Airport, as well as Leeds MSA and Manchester Piccadilly station.

“We are excited to continue our partnership with more UK travel locations, and potential European equivalents over the coming years given SSP’s strong foothold across 37 countries globally,” he added. 

Cathy Granby, business development director at SSP, said: “SSP are delighted to continue our relationship with Tortilla, as we see the brand becoming more and more popular across all our locations within our travel hubs.

The offer is good value, travels well and is great quality. All the key ingredients for a successful travel food offer.

”We look forward to opening more locations with Tortilla over the coming years.”

At the end of last year, Tortilla Mexican Grill reported a revenue increase of 13.8% in FY23, against the comparable prior year period to £65.7m 

The fast-casual Mexican restaurant group provided a trading update for the financial year ended 31 December 2023 with like-for-like growth of +3.7%.

The company said this performance was slightly behind previous expectations due to ”subdued consumer confidence” impacting demand across the eating out market, in particular during Q4.