American multinational chain of fried chicken fast food restaurants
This article is about the fast-food chain. For the cartoon character, see Popeye. For other uses, see Popeye (disambiguation).
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.
A Popeyes restaurant in West Miami, Florida, United States.
Trade name
Popeyes
Formerly
Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken & Biscuits
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Restaurants
Genre
Fast food
Founded
June 12, 1972; 51 years ago (1972-06-12) (as Chicken on the Run) Arabi, Louisiana, United States
Founder
Al Copeland
Headquarters
Miami, Florida
,
United States[1]
Number of locations
3,705 (2021)[2]
Area served
List
United States, Puerto Rico, Guam, Canada, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Cyprus, China, Hong Kong, South Korea, India, Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Qatar, Palestine, Indonesia, New Zealand, Philippines, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, United Kingdom, Brazil, France, Kazakhstan,[3] Poland[4]
Products
Fried chicken
French fries
Cajun cuisine
Seafood
Vegetables
Biscuits
Revenue
US$ 579 million (2021)[2][5]
US$ 5.51 billion (system-wide sales)[2]
Net income
US$ 228 million (2021)[2][5]
Number of employees
2,130[citation needed] (December 2015)
Parent
Restaurant Brands International (2017–present)
Website
popeyes.com
Footnotes / references [2][5]
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.,[6] also known as Popeyes and formerly named Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits[7] and Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken & Biscuits,[8] is an American multinational chain of fried chicken restaurants formed in 1972 in New Orleans, Louisiana and headquartered in Miami. It is currently a subsidiary of Toronto-based Restaurant Brands International. As of 2021[update], Popeyes has 3,705 restaurants,[2] which are located in more than 46 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 30 countries worldwide.[citation needed] About 50 locations are company-owned; the vast remainder are franchised.[9]
^Louis, Billy Jean (August 3, 2018). "Popeyes to move headquarters out of Atlanta". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
^ abcdef"2021 Annual Report (Form 10-K)". Restaurant Brands International. February 23, 2022. Archived from the original on September 9, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022 – via SEC.
^"Popeyes® Announces Agreement to Launch in Kazakhstan". Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
^"Restaurant Brands International and McWin to Grow Iconic Burger King® and Popeyes® brands in Eastern Europe". Archived from the original on June 2, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
^ abc"Restaurant Brands International Inc. Reports Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2021 Results". Restaurant Brands International IR. February 15, 2022. Archived from the original on July 8, 2022. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
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^"About Popeyes". Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
^Engelberg, Adrian (September 24, 1990). "Bob & Gee Tucker: Community Service Important for Married Consulting Team". New Orleans CityBusiness. 11 (6): 23C.
^"Hoovers/Dun & Bradstreet: Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits". Hoovers. Archived from the original on July 7, 2007.
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3,705 (2021)[2]