

Standard & Poor’s and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Chicago Mercantile: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. US market indices are shown in real time, except for the S&P 500 which is refreshed every two minutes. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account In September, the company announced plans to invest $400 million in improving the brand over the next two years - $250 million toward updating restaurant tech, kitchens and remodeling, and $150 million to advertising and digital products. While Restaurant Brands expands Popeyes, it’s also working to turn Burger King around. There are about 2,860 Popeyes locations in the US, and nearly 3,930 globally. “We also need to ensure we’re providing guests with a consistent experience across a diversified set of ordering modes and platforms.”Įarlier this year, the brand announced plans to open 200 new locations in the United States and Canada, among other locations globally. “Making Popeyes more convenient to guests goes beyond development opportunities,” Cil said. As restaurants rely more heavily on digital orders, they have to make sure that customers get a consistent experience, another key expectation when it comes to fast food. National Sandwich Day has chains serving up sandwich deals today Craving a fried chicken sandwich but don’t want to brave the crowds at a chain restaurant? Our food and drink team recommends the chicken sandwich at The Commodore or Cheeky Sandwiches, which both require wait times far less than an hour.Cody Scanlan/Holland Sentinel/USA Today Network/Imagn If the promise of long lines don’t scare you off, you can find a list of Popeye’s New York locations on their official site. The chain picked a Sunday return date to troll its main competitor, Chick-fil-a, which is famously closed on Sundays.) Now, the sandwich is back on the menu to stay after making its return yesterday. It hasn’t quite been six months since, in the fact of unprecedented demand, Popeye’s announced they had officially run out of their surprisingly popular new menu offering (just 68 days, to be exact).

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No one seemed to be taking them up on the offer.Īt one point, a passerby walked back and loudly asked, “What’s this line for? What the hell, are they giving out free food?” which prompted someone to yell back in return, “It’s the chicken sandwich! Haven’t you been on the internet in the last six months?”

Two men were slowly walking up and down the line of those still waiting outside, carrying a few bags and whispering, “Sandwich. He had to go all the way to Tokyo to have one,” said one man waiting on line, pointing to his friend.
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The line, which weaved through the store three times before extending out the door and down the block, was full of a mix of some of the sandwich’s die-hard fans as well as some newbies who were hoping to try the fried hit for the first time. The first weekday lunch rush after the return of Popeye’s chicken sandwich was a predictable madhouse today, with an hour-long wait at the chain’s Times Square location.
