Posted on 02/21/2017 5:33:16 AM PST by rktman
Burger King and Tim Horton's owner Restaurant Brands International is nearing a deal to acquire Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, according to a Reuters report.
First reported last week, the deal could help the Georgia-based Popeyes reach more global diners and boost Restaurant Brands' already strong roster of restaurants. A deal could be announced as early as this week, sources told Reuters.
Shares of Restaurant Brands were slightly positive on Monday, while shares of Popeyes were slightly negative.
Some analysts have welcomed the idea of a deal.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...
I remember Zesto’s in Atlanta as a boy.....LOVED that food! You name it, they had it.
Popeye’s isnt all that half bad.
But we just got Chick-fil-A, so sorry to the sailor man.
I love Popeye’s.
Finally getting a chick-fil-a soon in Reno. Guess Sunday’s will be Popeyes. ;-)
Does that mean all of their commercials will be like BK and sonic.. two guys. No families at sonic or BK, I guess. The two men in a car commercial is weird, esp the one in a bathrobe. I just can’t do sonic because those commercials are creepy.
Popeyes is is good but to be honest our Albertsons Grocery stores not a mile away does a good job with fried and grilled chicken in their Deli. 8 pieces of Chicken, Pint of Cole Slaw and Hawaiian brand rolls for $8.99. With the Wife’s excellent mashed potatoes we are set for two meals.
Popeyes does have IIRC two pieces of chicken for like $1.50 on Tuesdays. The wife often gets six pieces on the way home from work. Great deal if you are OK with legs and wings. The drag about Popeyes in So Cal is that sometimes I’ll catch a National TV commercial when they are running a limited time special like Crawfish. Forget about ever getting Crawfish in So Cal franchises.
Who owns the Popeye character? Hanna Barbera or someone?
Just curious...
There goes Popeyes I guess. Burger King used to be good, not any more, at least to me.
On August 23 of 1973 I had just been discharged from the Air Force. I returned home to Arabi Louisiana a small town on the eastern border of New Orleans. A friend invited me to go get some fried chicken at Popeye’s. So we went and had lunch at the very first Popeye’s that had ever been built. Mr. Copeland started his empire in Arabi and it spread like wildfire! Before Popeye’s he had several donut shops in the New Orleans area and I worked at his Arabi store one summer. He was a real entrepreneur and the locals were saddened by his death from cancer and sale of Popeye’s to an out of state interest!
I think the Sonic guys are pretty funny, but their commercials would never draw me there to eat.
Yup. A lot of us remember Al Copeland. Lived out in Metarie if I recall correctly.
“Albertsons Grocery”
Their fried chicken is in regular rotation in this house. Excellent!
Used to have a mercy license, at the time IIRD we dealt with King Features Syndicate. But it’s been quite awhile.
A Popeyes restaurant that’s hitting on all cylinders is a great thing, but they’re sort of touch and go. Not as wobbly as Church’s (and not as great when they’re doing everything right, either) but they could definitely stand to improve upon their management and quality control.
I’m not impressed with Burger King, haven’t been for a very long time. Sounds like the death knell for Popeyes to me, since Burger Kings are closing left and right around here.
I love Chick file A but Raising Canes is better. They’re out of Louisiana and don’t think they’re anywhere near nationwide.
The boycott of the Chick introduced millions to the good chicken and the lines are still Long.
Popeye came from King Features and still is syndicated by them but the early shorts are owned by Time Warner. As for the chicken chain, it was said they wanted to get away from the name Popeye’s and rebrand as Louisiana Kitchen but most people still think of them as Popeye’s and the full name is Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen
Wiki:
>>Alvin C. Copeland claimed he named the stores after the fictional detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in the movie The French Connection and not the comic and cartoon character Popeye the Sailor. Copeland would claim facetiously that he was “too poor” to afford an apostrophe. The chain later acquired rights to use Popeye the Sailor for marketing. The company’s early brand became deeply tied to the cartoon star with its sponsorship of the Popeye & Pals children’s show in New Orleans, and the character appeared on items from packaging to racing boats. In late November 2006, AFC announced the mutual termination of their licensing contract with King Features Syndicate, effectively ending their association with the Popeye characters.
https://www.marketplace.org/2012/11/29/business/food-and-drink/well-blow-me-down-popeye-out-popeyes
Popeye’s Chicken existed way before French Connection & “Popeye Doyle”
Ah, yes! King’s Features!!
And of course Time Warner has a piece of the Popeye action.
Thanks for that education.
Interesting that after the termination of the license, the restaurant still (apparently by agreement) got to use the name. I guess the owner decided it wasn’t worth it to try to make the restaurant continue to pay.
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