The ones in the Philly metro area, which covers South Jersey and Delaware, the Popeyes are in predominantly black areas. You go west of Philly in the burbs, where the money is at, and you'll be hard pressed to find one.
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The ones in the Philly metro area, which covers South Jersey and Delaware, the Popeyes are in predominantly black areas. You go west of Philly in the burbs, where the money is at, and you'll be hard pressed to find one.
Right. All the Popeye's are in poor areas around here. You not gonna find any Popeys in places like Hopewell and West Windsor en shit. Fuck no!!!
Most Popeye's are franchises. The owners could buy one and put one there if they wanted to.Right. All the Popeye's are in poor areas around here. You not gonna find any Popeys in places like Hopewell and West Windsor en shit. Fuck no!!!
Same reason ya'll only have 1 Waffle House in the city. Up North, the white folks aint big on southern food.But ask yourself why haven't they.
The smarter strategy since obviously Popeye's can't meet the supply for the demand of chicken sandwiches would have been to make them on Sundays when Chick-fil-A is closed. Could make a killing on that one day and probably meet the demands capitalizing on their opponents weakness.
Selling the sandwiches one day a week instead of seven makes no sense.
If anything they're probably under supplying on purpose to keep the demand high.
Why isn't there a trader Joe's in harlem or the heights? Cause sometime people aren't smart enough to put a franchise in prime real estate where they can capitalize... Why is there a lack of soul food spots and West Indian spots in cac areas? Cause some people don't realize how much money they can make off of cacs and their non cooking ass...hell you could charge them double even triple the price than in black areas and them dumbass cacs will buy it but lots of bizz are naive to certain demographic spending habits with a particular product... Me and boys been saying since the 90s they needed a IHOP in harlem it took into the 2000s for somebody smart enough to put it there... Sometimes areas juss don't have certain bizz cause bizz owners juss don't know how marketable some areas are... Like I said Popeyes in 6 diff predominantly cac areas in ManhattanBut ask yourself why haven't they.
They not under supplying on purpose..they juss didn't know their product was gonna get this much push...social media and the consumer made it bigger than they could ever imagine... Now they got to play catch up
Nah, I don't think there doing it on purpose at all. Advertising something you can't consistently keep in demand is bad business also.
Some people have linked Popeyes to being a “hood” restaurant because of the commercials. You have the black spokeswoman and some of the past commercials like the Jerry Rice one have those people saying Popeyes targets black people. I live in Alabama and neither Popeyes or ChicFilA seem to be MAJOR restaurants here. Restaurants like McDonalds, Burger King and KFC are in every little city and town and can be found 15-20 minutes apart, restaurants like ChicFilA and Popeyes are scattered out and are like 45 minutes to a hour apart
I'm off work this week so I went by Popeyes before they opened.
One of the workers was outside smoking a cigarette telling us that they won't have more sandwiches until Thursday and that Popeyes is about to stop selling the sandwich.
Once the store opened up the employees were so happy to tell customers that they weren't selling the sandwich today.
You could hear the glee in their voice.
One of the workers was outside smoking a cigarette telling us that they won't have more sandwiches until Thursday and that Popeyes is about to stop selling the sandwich.
Once the store opened up the employees were so happy to tell customers that they weren't selling the sandwich today.
You could hear the glee in their voice.
I lived in Atlanta 5 years. Worked in Smyrna at IBM after finishing CAU. Trying to say a few white burbs have popeyes is a reach from the reality that its in the hood the most. Its also ok to admit that popeyes is for the most part a hood spot and for decades only had churches as direct competition.
my moms went by the one in by her house in Carol City, they told her all Popeyes wont have the sandwich for a week. They wasnt ready
Oh don't get me wrong i still would've fucked this cac up if he propositioned my mother with this chic fil a bullshit
https://www.businessinsider.com/popeyes-workers-describe-chicken-sandwich-demand-chaos-2019-8
For Popeyes and Chick-fil-A, the chicken sandwich war still rages on. And at the frontlines of the battle are the employees — managers, sandwich makers, shift leaders, and cashiers — some of whom are working more than 60-hour weeks and many days without breaks in order to quell the public's craving for chicken sandwiches.
Business Insider spoke with five Popeyes employees across the US about working at the chain during the so-called "chicken wars." Workers say that they are overwhelmed and exhausted, and many are considering quitting their jobs.
"I was working like a slave in the back prepping the buns with pickles and the spicy mayo," said an 18-year-old Popeyes crew member in Orange County, California.
This employee and other Popeyes' worker have been granted anonymity in order to allow them to speak frankly about working conditions and the situation more generally at Popeyes. The Orange County employee estimated that he made at least 600 sandwiches on Saturday during an 11-hour shift. One order consisted of 35 spicy chicken sandwiches.
"Popeyes restaurants experienced unprecedented volumes over the last couple of weeks. All restaurant employees have worked very hard. We are very grateful for all that they do for Popeyes guests," a Popeyes representative said in a statement to Business Insider.
'Everyone wanted to quit'
A sign posted inside Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in the Queens borough of New York.
Reuters
Employees told Business Insider that when the chicken sandwich was rolled out, the response was almost immediate and overwhelming.
"Everyone wanted to quit so bad because it was that bad," the 18-year-old Popeyes crew member in Orange County, California said. "We have never seen it get this insanely busy."
According to the employee, his location sold out of the chicken sandwich at around 6 p.m. the first day. The next day, it was sold out by mid-day.
He added: "My experience at Popeyes has been fine till this sandwich has come."
One now-former Popeyes employee who worked at a Newark, New Jersey, location told Business Insider that she actually did quit last Wednesday "in the middle of making two sandwiches." Crowds had been building at her location as the viral debate over who had the superior chicken sandwich raged.
For Popeyes and Chick-fil-A, the chicken sandwich war still rages on. And at the frontlines of the battle are the employees — managers, sandwich makers, shift leaders, and cashiers — some of whom are working more than 60-hour weeks and many days without breaks in order to quell the public's craving for chicken sandwiches.
Business Insider spoke with five Popeyes employees across the US about working at the chain during the so-called "chicken wars." Workers say that they are overwhelmed and exhausted, and many are considering quitting their jobs.
"I was working like a slave in the back prepping the buns with pickles and the spicy mayo," said an 18-year-old Popeyes crew member in Orange County, California.
This employee and other Popeyes' worker have been granted anonymity in order to allow them to speak frankly about working conditions and the situation more generally at Popeyes. The Orange County employee estimated that he made at least 600 sandwiches on Saturday during an 11-hour shift. One order consisted of 35 spicy chicken sandwiches.
"Popeyes restaurants experienced unprecedented volumes over the last couple of weeks. All restaurant employees have worked very hard. We are very grateful for all that they do for Popeyes guests," a Popeyes representative said in a statement to Business Insider.
'Everyone wanted to quit'
A sign posted inside Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in the Queens borough of New York.
Reuters
Employees told Business Insider that when the chicken sandwich was rolled out, the response was almost immediate and overwhelming.
"Everyone wanted to quit so bad because it was that bad," the 18-year-old Popeyes crew member in Orange County, California said. "We have never seen it get this insanely busy."
According to the employee, his location sold out of the chicken sandwich at around 6 p.m. the first day. The next day, it was sold out by mid-day.
He added: "My experience at Popeyes has been fine till this sandwich has come."
One now-former Popeyes employee who worked at a Newark, New Jersey, location told Business Insider that she actually did quit last Wednesday "in the middle of making two sandwiches." Crowds had been building at her location as the viral debate over who had the superior chicken sandwich raged.
Truth be told, there are many fast food franchises are that "owned" and operated by black people. Just because it's not a mom & pop spot with "Madea's" on the sign doesn't mean a black person isn't profiting off of it. One of my childhood friend's dad(a black man) has 10 Burger Kings in traditionally white areas. They made him rich off that bullshit food.
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