Popeyes
American multinational chain of fried chicken fast food restaurants
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| 2024 | Announced plans to open stores in New Zealand and Taiwan. |
| August 2023 | British private equity firm TDR Capital invested in Popeyes UK. |
| January 2023 | Reopened in South Korea, signed agreement with Shilla International. |
| 2022 | Popeyes expanded its restaurant presence with a total of 1,931 locations, including 1,545 restaurants in the United States, 42 in Canada, 344 in international markets, and 50 company-owned establishments. |
| December 23 2022 | Returned to Indonesia, opening first store in Skyline Building, Central Jakarta. |
| April 9 2022 | Opened first restaurant in Romania. |
| January 2022 | Signed an agreement with South Korean Tuna Supplier Shilla International to reopen in South Korea. |
| 2021 | Popeyes introduced a new flounder sandwich to its menu. |
| November 20 2021 | Opened first restaurant in the United Kingdom at Westfield Stratford City. |
| October 2021 | Signed an agreement with Romanian company Sterling Cruise to open 90 restaurants in Romania over the next 10 years. |
| March 2021 | Announced plans to open stores in Mexico and the United Kingdom. |
| March 24 2021 | Signed a master franchise and development agreement with Jubilant FoodWorks to operate in India, Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan. |
| February 25 2021 | Opened first Popeyes restaurant in South Asia, located in Bambalapitiya, Sri Lanka. |
| December 2020 | Announced closure of all locations in South Korea due to poor sales during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| September 2020 | Popeyes' chicken sandwich went on sale in Canada. |
| May 15 2020 | Opened first store in China. |
| October 28 2019 | Popeyes announced the chicken sandwich would return to US locations on November 3. |
| August 27 2019 | Popeyes announced it had sold out of chicken sandwiches nationwide, less than two weeks after the initial launch. |
| August 12 2019 | Popeyes launched its chicken sandwich nationwide in the US, starting a viral marketing campaign on Twitter that prompted responses from other fast food chains. |
| May 19 2019 | Opened first branch in Pasig, Philippines. |
| 2018 | Popeyes returned to the Philippines with a new deal with Kuya J Group. |
| 2018 | Popeyes sponsored Brennan Poole and Vizion Motorsports for the NASCAR Truck Series season finale at Homestead–Miami Speedway. |
| March 2018 | Tyler Matthews made his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut in the No. 99 Popeyes truck at Martinsville Speedway. |
| 2017 | Popeyes offered a limited-time 'Sweet and Crunchy' chicken, featuring fried chicken tenders coated in shortbread cookie breading. |
| July 29 2013 | AFC began offering fried chicken strips dipped in waffle batter, which had been successful in some markets. |
| November 18 2011 | AFC announced the release of a Fried Turducken sandwich featuring the first ever Turducken patty for the Thanksgiving holiday. |
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