Popeyes

Leadership

4 restaurant companies awarded top global industry honor

The winners of this year’s GRLC Distinction Awards include several of the world’s largest restaurant operations, hailing from three continents.

Marketing

Pollo Campero puts its spin on the chicken sandwich wars

The fast-casual chain is offering a free meal to any Popeyes employee who shows up in uniform this week.

The chain’s reintroduction of the popular item generated more long lines and customer waits.

Same-store sales rose 10.2% last quarter with help from the popular menu item, which returns on Sunday.

Chefs and R&D teams are launching new menu items at a fast clip. Here’s a roundup of the most recent introductions and menu news.

Franchisees are hiring additional workers as they prepare for a November reintroduction of the popular menu item.

Based on Technomic data, the chain’s chicken sandwich frenzy was bad news for two big rivals. But now it faces pressure to get its supply chain back, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

The chicken chain inks a 1,500-unit deal, becoming the latest concept to make a bet on the fast-growing market.

Get Top 500 data: sales, units and YOY change, average unit volume, and company/franchise units, as well as Technomic’s analysis, growth forecast and more.

Tim Hortons had its best same-store-sales performance in more than two years thanks to an improved image in Canada.

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