Popeyes Is Selling Fried Chicken for 59 Cents In Honor of Their 50th Anniversary
Popeyes is doing it big for the brand's 50th anniversary!
As part of the month-long celebration, the chicken restaurant is offering a special deal that will have customers celebrating like it's 1972 — the year the brand was founded.
Starting on the official anniversary day of June 12, Popeyes is selling a throwback deal for the signature fried chicken that gave the fast food chain its popularity a half-century ago. Locations will offer two pieces of the popular bone-in-chicken for just 59 cents, the same price it sold for back in 1972.
The deal comes with a $5 order minimum and is only offered via mobile order on the Popeyes app and Popeyes.com. Customers can snag their throwback orders until June 19 when the week-long special ends. And the cheap chicken deal is just the beginning — the brand plans to announce more celebrations as the month continues.
Simple truth did a video about it...
you need to spend 5$ to get it only via mobile order
why 5?
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| Popeyes | |
| Formerly | Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken & Biscuits |
| Type | Subsidiary |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Genre | Fast food |
| Founded | June 12, 1972 (as Chicken on the Run) Arabi, Louisiana, United States |
| Founder | Al Copeland |
| Headquarters | , |
Number of locations | 3,451[2] (2020) |
| Products | |
| Revenue |  US$206 million[3] (2013) |
Number of employees | 2,130[3] (December 2015) |
| Parent | Restaurant Brands International (2017–present) |
| Website | www.popeyes.com |
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen, Inc.,[4] also known as Popeyes and formerly named Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits[5] and Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken & Biscuits,[6] is an American multinational chain of fried chicken fast food restaurants that was founded in 1972 in New Orleans, Louisiana and headquartered in Miami, Florida. It is currently a subsidiary of Toronto-based Restaurant Brands International. As of 2020 Popeyes has 3,451 restaurants, which are located in more than 46 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 30 countries worldwide.[2] About 30 locations are company-owned; the vast remainder are franchised.[7]
Alvin C. Copeland claimed he named the stores after the fictional detective Jimmy "Popeye" Doyle (portrayed by Gene Hackman) in the 1971 film The French Connection,[16][17] which came out a year before the chain was founded, and not the comic strip character Popeye the Sailor.[18] 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.[citation needed] The name is spelled "Popeyes", without the apostrophe commonly used by other restaurant chains such as McDonald's and Hardee's. Copeland claimed facetiously that he was "too poor" to afford an apostrophe.[16]
The chain later acquired rights to use Popeye the Sailor for marketing and used this for 35 years.[18] In late November 2012. AFC announced the mutual termination of their licensing contract with King Features Syndicate, effectively ending their association with the Popeye characters.[19]
Acquisition by Restaurant Brands International[edit]
On February 21, 2017, Restaurant Brands International announced a deal to buy Popeyes for US$1.8 billion.[20] On March 27, 2017, the deal closed with RBI purchasing Popeyes at $79 per share via Orange, Inc, an indirect subsidiary of RBI.[21]
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