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Popeyes will introduce chicken nuggets later this month

By Jonathan Maze on Jul. 13, 2021

The chicken chain will take “the quality and flavors” of its now-famous chicken sandwich and put them into “poppable” form later this month.

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The biggest chicken restaurant chains in the U.S.

By Restaurant Business Staff on Jun. 24, 2021

Consumers were all about chicken in 2020, which helped many of the largest chains, according to the Technomic Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report.

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KFC plans to do something it hasn’t done in years: Grow U.S. units

By Jonathan Maze on May 25, 2021

The chain, buoyed by its chicken sandwich and digital efforts, expects to finish 2021 with more domestic restaurants than it had the previous year. It would be the first time in 17 years.

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Will Burger King's chicken sandwich hurt its sister chain Popeyes? Probably not

By Jonathan Maze on May 21, 2021

The two sandwiches are similar, but RB's The Bottom Line notes that the burger chain is probably late with its version as the market for such items has exploded.

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Comfort-seeking customers flocked to chicken chains in 2020

By Patricia Cobe on May 20, 2021

The leading chicken concepts in Technomic’s Top 500 sales ranking all showed positive growth during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Burger King, Taco Bell and Portillo’s all jump into the chicken sandwich fray

By Jonathan Maze and Patricia Cobe on May 18, 2021

The chains are all taking national their own takes on the popular product that has engulfed much of the restaurant industry and drained supplies of chicken.

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KFC's U.S. sales thrive, thanks to digital and chicken sandwiches

By Jonathan Maze on Apr. 28, 2021

The tightening of chicken supplies is making it difficult to keep up with demand. Sister chains Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and Habit all saw sales grow over 2019 levels.

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