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Specialties
Popeye’s Chicken specializes in Louisiana and other southern style food. Our core product is Bonafide Chicken. We also serve chicken strips, nuggets, and varieties of shrimp. Our sides are NOT to be missed. Try the Red Beans & Rice. Its a favorite. We also serve an amazing Jambalaya which is difficult to find this side of the country.
History
Established in 1972.
Popeyes Mighty Good Fried Chicken first opened in Arabi, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans, in 1972 as «Popeye Family Fried Chicken», owned by Al Copeland. As the company’s official history states, they sold «traditional mild fried chicken [but] business was slow, and the chicken team realized they’d have to sell a spicier alternative to their standard chicken recipe if they wanted to impress flavor-seeking New Orleanians.
Copeland began franchising his restaurant in 1976, beginning in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and added approximately five hundred outlets over the next ten years. B.P. Newman of Laredo, Texas, acquired various franchises in Texas and surrounding states. Two hundred additional locations were added during a period of slower expansion. In 1989, Popeyes, then the third-largest chicken chain, merged with Church’s Chicken, the second largest, though parent company AFC Enterprises operated the two chains separately.