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Then, in March 2008, Popeyes founder Al Copeland, who had built the fried chickenâpeddling chain from a single unit into a global enterprise of some 800 units, died at the age of 64.
Early logo prior to 2008. Popeyes restaurant in Houston, Texas, United States. Popeyes Mighty Good Fried Chicken was first opened in Arabi, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans in St. Bernard Parish, on June 12, 1972, as Chicken on the Run, owned by Al Copeland to compete against Kentucky Fried Chicken.