Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is an American multinational chain of fried chicken fast food restaurants founded in 1972 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Often referred to as Popeyes and sometimes as Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits or Popeyes Famous Fried Chicken & Biscuits, it was acquired by Sandy Springs, Georgia–based AFC Enterprises, originally America's Favorite Chicken Company, in 1993. According to a company press release dated June 29, 2007, Popeyes is the second-largest "quick-service chicken restaurant group, measured by number of units", with more than 2,500 restaurants in more than 40 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and 30 countries worldwide including Bahamas,Bahrain, Canada, China, Costa Rica, the self-declared state of Northern Cyprus, Republic of Georgia, Germany, Guyana, Blue mountain state Honduras, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Suriname, Trinidad, Turkey, Vietnam and United Arab Emirates. About thirty locations are company-owned, the rest franchised. As of January 2014, Popeyes has over 2,500 restaurants worldwide according to their website. - Source: Wikipedia
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