popeyes
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McDonald's Wants That Smoke With Popeyes, Testing New Chicken Sandwich in Tennessee, Houston
As if they haven’t done enough irreparable harm to our taste buds, it appears that the latest contestant in the ongoing Chicken Wars is none other than McDonald’s. With fast-food chicken generating over $43 billion in revenue this decade and Popeyes unleashing a cultural phenomenon with #TheChickening, it was only a matter of time before…
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They Good: Meet the Team Behind the Epic Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Social Media Campaign
On August 19, 2019, #TheChickening came home to roost when the Popeyes Chicken Twitter account tweeted two simple words in response to Chick-fil-A: “Y’all good?” Naturally, we all wanted to know the face(s) behind such a tweet. Then, I, along with the rest of Black Twitter, noticed a pic floating around of this year’s Brandweek…
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10 Worthwhile Hobbies For These Bored Billionaires Who So Obviously Need Them
1. Cross-country road trips, where they drive to different states just to hunt and eat other rich people. 2. Provide funding for a commercial airline where the people who stand when the plane first lands are immediately ejected from it, shot into the atmosphere, and melted by the sun. 3. Go to the moon, and…
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#TheChickening Claims Another Victim as Woman Destroys Her Car for Popeyes Chicken Sandwich
Okay, okay. Enough is enough. Ever since “The Chickening,” folks have been losing their damn minds over this Popeyes Chicken Sandwich. There’ve been insanely long lines, a sharp increase in white-on-white crime, and all manner of bedlam and chaos as mild-mannered citizens have regressed into neanderthals over $4 worth of fast food. On Tuesday, I…
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I Wonder What Ja Rule Thinks About Popeyes Chicken Sandwiches, Said No One
Gather around citizens: Ja Rule has some thoughts on the cultural phenomenon known as the Popeyes Chicken sandwich—because we certainly wondered and asked! On Tuesday, the rapper and businessman decided to add his thoughts on the deliciously crispy piece of chicken having relations with a couple of pickles between a brioche bun, which made its…
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10 Thoughts on What the Popeye’s Chicken Sandwich Craze Says About Black People and Our Misplaced Priorities
1. Zip 2. Zilch 3. Zippo 4. Zero 5. Nada 6. Nathan 7. Nothing 8. Naw 9. Naught 10. Nigga?
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Man Fatally Stabbed After Cutting the Line to Buy Popeyes Chicken Sandwich
Look, I get it. Be it roasted, grilled, or fried, I love chicken more than the Kardashian clan loves cultural appropriation; more than MAGAts love Jesus Is King; hell, even more than Future loves child support. But on the laundry list of things that I will never in life do, right next to “apologize for…
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The Champ Is Here: Popeyes Announces Sunday Return of 'The Sandwich'
Monday started off with a gut-punch if you’re a Chick-fil-a-vangelist, or a Popeyes worker on a perennially short-staffed shift: The Sandwich has announced its triumphant return to the fast-food restaurant’s menu. The restaurant chain heralded the revival of its beloved chicken sandwich, easily the most buzzworthy fast-food meal of the year, with a new video…
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‘It Consumes You’: Tennessee Man Sues Popeyes for Running Out of Beloved Chicken Sandwich
Craig Barr of Chattanooga, Tenn., is suing Popeyes for false advertising, deceptive business practices, and wasting “countless time” in his pursuit of their very good chicken sandwich, which was put on hiatus after hordes of fried-chicken-enthusiasts caused the franchise to sell out of the beloved sandwich. According to the lawsuit, Barr was wandering the desert…