Popeyes

2016 Top 500 restaurant chains

Jun. 21, 2016

More than half of the restaurant industry’s $491 billion in sales come from the Top 500 chains. And these giants grew at a modestly stronger rate, both in terms of sales and store counts, than the industry overall. Restaurant Business focused on the leading 250 performers to identify trends for our first-ever special report delivering lessons from Technomic’s annual Top 500 Chain Restaurant Report. This special package includes lessons for all operators from the largest chains by segment, menu category and more.

Marketing

5 brands whose ads make consumers the hungriest

By Jackson Lewis on Dec. 14, 2016

See which brands excel at making diners think with their stomachs, according to Technomic's Consumer Brand Metrics.

Operations

This week’s restaurant nightmares: New management lessons

By Peter Romeo on Jan. 11, 2017

Get ready for the spread of fake news about serving dog and some creative lying by opportunists.

Popeyes’ buyer sets change in leadership

By Peter Romeo on Mar. 02, 2017

Restaurant Brands International is choosing its own chief for the chain.

Food

How leading chains stack up by menu size

By Lizzy Freier on Mar. 16, 2017

The top and fastest-growing chains don’t always align with average total menu items in their sectors.

Marketing

Chains with the most memorable advertising by gender

By Lisa White on Apr. 07, 2017

The concepts winning with their marketing efforts aren’t necessarily grabbing the full audience. Here’s a look at the chains resonating with different genders as well as those scoring with both.

First amendment rice

By Restaurant Business Staff on Nov. 15, 1997

Citing first amendment protection, a New Orleans judge recently threw out charges of defamation, libel, and unfair business practices leveled against novelist Anne (Interview With a Vampire) Rice last February by Al Copeland, former owner of Popeyes and Churchs.

Top 500 Chains