[pastarocket]

Maybe there is a chance that you can eat some Louisiana style fried chicken, butter milk biscuits, and order some Timbits in Canada. FeelsGoodMan

Parent company of Tim Hortons and Burger King is paying $1.8 billion cash to buy the Popeye's restaurant chain.

Tim Hortons' parent company buying Popeyes chain - NEWS 1130 (http://www.news1130.com/2017/02/21/tim-hortons-parent-company-buying-popeyes-chain/)

OAKVILLE, ON. (NEWS 1130) – The parent company of Tim Hortons and Burger King says it will pay US$1.8 billion cash to buy the Popeyes chain of chicken restaurants in a so-called friendly deal.

Restaurant Brands International is offering US$78.70 for each share of Popeyes, a 19.5 per cent premium to the stock’s close on Friday.

The proposed takeover requires various approvals and sufficient shareholder support but Restaurant Brands International expects the deal to close by early April. Restaurant Brands was formed three years ago when 3G Capital-backed Burger King bought Tim Hortons Inc. for $11 billion.

Restaurant Brands International has more than 20,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries. Popeyes would add 2,600 restaurants in the United States and other countries including Canada.

“Popeyes is a powerful brand with a rich Louisiana heritage that resonates with guests around the world,” says Daniel Schwartz, RBI’s chief executive officer. “We look forward to taking an already very strong brand and accelerating its pace of growth and opening new restaurants in the US and around the world.”

The restaurant is best known for its Louisiana-style fried chicken and buttermilk biscuit.

[minoru_tanaka]

http://i.imgur.com/QwW31FP.jpg

[originalhypa]

In theory it's awesome.
But consider what Restaurant Brands did to Tim Hortons and chances are they'll fxxk up Popeyes too.

http://foodology.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tim-hortons-steak-5-620x369.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/8f/e2/72/8fe2726a00f78739f4bee3378f6fa581.jpg

https://parkerpages.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/photo-9.jpg


BOOOO!!!!!!

[6o4__boi]

wasn't there a popeye's in Coquitlam before?

[Spoon]

wasn't there a popeye's in Coquitlam before?

Been closed for years, it turned into a KFC.

All I remember about Popeye's was their jambalaya. It was decent, but it was pricey as heck for small portions.

[Armind]

CHURCH'S FTW

[6o4__boi]

it's a love-hate relationship i have with church's

feels like ever 3rd meal i get from them, i get some kinda food poisoning
and i always feel like shit a couple hours after eating a meal lol

[originalhypa]

I used to love Lee's country fried chicken until I went to one in Abbotsford before a Heat game. I bought a family pack for our little tailgate party and grabbed a juicy piece for myself. After peeling off the skins and eating it like a slob,I dove in to take my first bite. That's when I realized that the piece that I was eating was way past rotten.

Lee's proclaimed jihad on my guts that night.

[minoru_tanaka]

In theory it's awesome.
But consider what Restaurant Brands did to Tim Hortons and chances are they'll fxxk up Popeyes too.

http://foodology.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tim-hortons-steak-5-620x369.jpg

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/8f/e2/72/8fe2726a00f78739f4bee3378f6fa581.jpg

https://parkerpages.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/photo-9.jpg


BOOOO!!!!!!http://i.imgur.com/mRFw5.gif

http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/031/543/718.gif

[fliptuner]

The Lee's (renamed John's) in PoCo has always been good for me. I only get the crispy/spicy though.

[punkwax]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy-potQN01M

[originalhypa]

Well, now I want fried chicken for lunch.
And waffles.
Why isn't there a chicken and waffle house around here?!

http://cdn-image.travelandleisure.com/sites/default/files/styles/tnl_redesign_article_landing_page/public/images/amexpub/0038/2121/201308-w-best-chicken-and-waffles-birch-and-barley.jpg?itok=9shC88Do

[ZN6]

Demographic that works at Tim Horton's. 'Nuff said. They aren't known to be quick or overly attentive to detail or quality.

At some busy Tim Horton's locations, there's like 8-9 people behind the counter and stuff comes out slow as molasses, so it's the training that I think that's lacking big time and the quality of staff being hired is just bad.

On average I have to wait 3-4 minutes after I paid for a steeped tea with two milk and 1 sugar. No, it's not a fresh batch being brewed either. It's supposed to be a 30 second process; dispense milk, dispense sugar, then pour in the tea and stir.

[smoothie.]

popeyes sucks though.

churchs > la > lees > kfc > poop > popeyes

[Manic!]

We need Mary Browns. They have one in Merritt and I had a chicken sandwich on a quick pit stop. It was so good.

[ZN6]

I agree that Churches is #1 by far. original thigh and dunked in gravy. :sweetjesus::sweetjesus::sweetjesus::sweetjesus::s weetjesus::sweetjesus::sweetjesus::sweetjesus:

You don't know church's until you've put their gravy on everything on their menu. I've done it. It's amazing, even gravy on the apple pie is FUCKING AMAZING.

[Soundy]

I agree that Churches is #1 by far. original thigh and dunked in gravy. :sweetjesus::sweetjesus::sweetjesus::sweetjesus::s weetjesus::sweetjesus::sweetjesus::sweetjesus:

You don't know church's until you've put their gravy on everything on their menu. I've done it. It's amazing, even gravy on the apple pie is FUCKING AMAZING.
I legit just HEARD my arteries harden a little.

[vitaminG]

Well, now I want fried chicken for lunch.
And waffles.
Why isn't there a chicken and waffle house around here?!


the score on davie has pretty decent chicken and waffles, also theres a korean chicken and waffles place in lansdowne mall i think.

best thing about popeyes was the biscuits though.

also this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pyW6w5B7Aw

[originalhypa]

I legit just HEARD my arteries harden a little.

With all that grease in your diet, your arteries are the only thing that's going to get hard on your body.

:awwyeah:
:noyoudidnt:
SwiftRage

[jackmeister]

after reading this thread i decided to have church's for lunch

6.99 for leg + thigh + reg fries + reg drinks

:alonehappy:

[Dragon-88]

I like going to King Chicken during Happy Hour. $1 Leg(I get 5), batter is a litter different than others, but the chicken is so juicy and plump that I cant resist, and the value is too good.

[SoNaRWaVe]

:sweetjesus: churches....

about to pick up this deal soon

http://www.churchschickenbc.ca/marchc/c2.png

[6o4__boi]

^ damn, price went up

that deal used to be $5 flat

[Hondaracer]

have yet to utilize the 24/7 walk through window at the hastings location since moving close by lol..

one time after bowling at Dell lanes in surrey we went next door to churches at like 1am walking through the drivethrough window.. needless to say you feel pretty dirty eating chicken in whalley on the hood of your car when your shitfaced

[vitaminG]

I go that whalley churches all the time when I'm working nights. Nothing better than a beer and fried chicken while I watch global news at 5am

[doggface]

I'm living in New Orleans right now and I would still say Church's > KFC > Popeyes.
The biscuits from Popeyes are pretty good though, and their sweet tea, which is like pure sugar.

[Blah_Teggie]

:sweetjesus: churches....

about to pick up this deal soon

http://www.churchschickenbc.ca/marchc/c2.png

You do know Chrurch's always has that deal right? You walk in, pull up churchschickenbc.ca on your phone, scroll down to that coupon and show the cashier. No coupon, no cutting required.

[westopher]

Everything That company touches turns to shit. That microwaved cardboard they call food is not going to translate well to fried chicken. It should be illegal to serve that fucking crap they call a breakfast sandwich at Tim Hortons.

[donk.]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y98RlXbs9jE

[twitchyzero]

had LA chicken today
not as spicy as Church's but definitely a lot juicier/crispier

will have to give that King Chicken happy hour a try since I prefer dark meat :ifyouknow:

[twitchyzero]

not gonna lie...I want to try some of this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_3WzxpdUc0

[ShanghaiKid]

Don't mean to derail the thread a little.. but in light of chicken and waffles

Screen Door if you're ever down in Portland OR:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/80/7a/7f/807a7f1c65f1c1acc65fcf7c94697e2b.jpg

A transcendent food experience for me.

[SoNaRWaVe]

You do know Chrurch's always has that deal right? You walk in, pull up churchschickenbc.ca on your phone, scroll down to that coupon and show the cashier. No coupon, no cutting required.

yes....that is exactly where i got that coupon from. there is this one cashier at the fraser 41st location that always asks me if i want more than one order of those when i show them the coupon on my phone.

[Vansterdam]

Popeyes is fucken dope. the one that was in Coquitlam years ago was in such a shitty area.

now if only chik-fil-a or wingstops can come here that be great

[MG1]

Don't mean to derail the thread a little.. but in light of chicken and waffles

Screen Door if you're ever down in Portland OR:

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/80/7a/7f/807a7f1c65f1c1acc65fcf7c94697e2b.jpg

A transcendent food experience for me.

To derail the thread even further.............. I can't wait to see this become a reality.

High speed train proposed between Portland and Vancouver - British Columbia - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/high-speed-train-proposed-between-portland-and-vancouver-1.2919486)

I know it would never happen, but I'd be all over that. Only if seniors rates apply, Gulolol.


BTW, has anyone been to Seattle or Portland via Amtrak's Cascadia?

[dachinesedude]

churches with the gravy :sweetjesus:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj3n3uU2zww

[winson604]

I like going to King Chicken during Happy Hour. $1 Leg(I get 5), batter is a litter different than others, but the chicken is so juicy and plump that I cant resist, and the value is too good.

Same, sometimes on my way back from Superstore I can't help but place an order. Not as good as Churches but for the price it's hard to beat, made fresh every time too so shits piping hot.

[godwin]

You guys do realise for a business where 6% profit margin is considered exceptional, one has to leverage economy of scale aggressively to please everyone from employees to investors. Chicken is probably one commodity US over produces (ever wonder why friend chicken is everywhere in places like Korea?)..make sense for QSR to go into that market.

[RS_Pat]

LA chicken or bust!

[MarkyMark]

Everything That company touches turns to shit. That microwaved cardboard they call food is not going to translate well to fried chicken. It should be illegal to serve that fucking crap they call a breakfast sandwich at Tim Hortons.

Yet every drive thru is constantly wrapped around the building. I don't get it, I know it's cheap but is that all that matters anymore, or do some people actually think their food is good?

[Hehe]

I am not really a fried chicken fan any more. But I remember back in college, whenever I had that sudden rush of craving for fried chicken, I'd just go with friend to uncle willy's and KO myself with it.

Unlimited fried chicken (you have to go about 30min after opening when they bring out the fresh batch, it's at least as good as KFC) dipped in curry sauce for 10 bucks. :sweetjesus:

[originalhypa]

Yet every drive thru is constantly wrapped around the building. I don't get it, I know it's cheap but is that all that matters anymore, or do some people actually think their food is good?

Let's face it, when you're a laboring slob smoking a cigarette in your dirty coveralls, you probably don't care about the quality of your food. All you care about is "salty and greasy". At least this is what I see from my travels in Port Kells, to Calgary, all the way to Anjou, Quebec. I see more Chevy trucks in the line up than I do Benzes. Maybe that's just because I spend more time in industrial areas?

I'll get my coffee from Tim's these days, but they're not getting any other business from me. Maybe a muffin? It's hard to screw up a muffin. That said, if there is a McDonalds around I'll go there for a coffee. It's cheap, hot, and doesn't taste like burning.

[godwin]

Timmies is also big around hospitals basically places where staff need a cheap caffeine fix. I know plenty of surgeons that prefer Tim's than others. (not to mention most Tim's are open 24 hours), quite an advantage when it is 4AM and you just wrapped in the OR.

The advantage of Timmies have over other places like Starbucks is they have been around longer (continuously and not boom bust cycle), so they have got a lot more strategically located places in their porfolio.

Maybe that's just because I spend more time in industrial areas?

[GS8]

Popeyes is fucken dope. the one that was in Coquitlam years ago was in such a shitty area.

now if only chik-fil-a or wingstops can come here that be great

I used to live around there :okay:. Enjoyed the food though. Long lineups and high prices compared to KFC.

The area has cleaned up but has Richmond like traffic and retardation.

I'd love Chik-fil-a to come here but I imagine there would be backlash because it's a *gasp* Christian company! However, it's harder to operate as a franchise compared to other fast food chains so it would take one dedicated mofo to open one up here.

[originalhypa]

I had Church's chicken today. Ordered a 2pc combo, fries, and an orange crush.
I was flirting with the gal behind the till, and she gave me an extra drum stick for free.

#datgrease
#sogood

[iPee]

More often than not, when I asked for extra at the Churches on Hastings they give you an extra piece or 2 depending what you order. I've only tried this during late night after going out.

[Ikkaku]

#datgrease
#sogood

I don't know if you are talking about the chicken, or yourself :lol