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It truly is like bizzaro world that they would put that out there. 
Not really. This is the level of customer service I expect at poepyes. Now if someone were to say "my pleasure" within that time establishment, then it would be bizzaro world.
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On 9/12/2019 at 6:41 PM, Deej said:

Popeye's next gambit? Bring your own bun, chicken, sauce, and pickles. That way their employees get their wish and don't have to do shit but yell at you.

GM Popeye's-house

Went to Popeyes today and over the picture of the sandwich on the menu it says "Be back soon". 

I'm in the intentional shortage camp, but I think it'll bite them in the ass because they're taking too long. Everyone forgets in a matter of days in this society. They should have waited no longer than a week to let social media demand build but they've taken weeks. 

That company is not smart enough to have an intentional shortage.

10 hours ago, RollLeft said:

That company is not smart enough to have an intentional shortage.

cracks me up thinking about popeye’s customer service vs chick-fil-a.  they were simply not equipped to handle the demand for that sammich. 

Quality of employee. Popeye's has the worst employees, ever.

On 9/13/2019 at 4:10 PM, Etexhorn13 said:

The last operational Popeyes buffet is in my wife’s hometown of Lafayette. 

Pics of wife’s “buffet?”

13 hours ago, Deej said:

 

Ha.....now that is funny but inaccurate because that chicken looked decent unlike the real shit they serve.

Probably got the prop chicken at Bush's.

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I think they'd have it back by now if it were intentional.   They're losing a lot of money and brand goodwill at this point.

They aren't losing too much brand goodwill. They have their customer base. That sandwich was just adding new customers, and judging from the new customers I saw, once they were done Instagramming their sandwiches, they weren't going back.

They were probably losing money selling it. I imagine the profit margin is higher selling chicken by the piece. Those lines were chasing off their regular customers. 

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My guess is that every chicken option there is really about selling sides and sodas, which have the highest margin by far.  They were selling a ton of those marked-up empty calories with the sandwiches.   And if the goal of the sandwiches wasn't to bring in new customers who would otherwise go to Chick-fil-A, what was the point?   They came out with a sandwich many if not most people think is better than Chick-fil-A's, but have cemented an impression that you won't get your sandwich quickly (or at all) if you choose Popeyes.  That's a wasted opportunity, IMO. 

6 hours ago, Mojo Hand said:

My guess is that every chicken option there is really about selling sides and sodas, which have the highest margin by far.  They were selling a ton of those marked-up empty calories with the sandwiches.   And if the goal of the sandwiches wasn't to bring in new customers who would otherwise go to Chick-fil-A, what was the point?   They came out with a sandwich many if not most people think is better than Chick-fil-A's, but have cemented an impression that you won't get your sandwich quickly (or at all) if you choose Popeyes.  That's a wasted opportunity, IMO. 

I don't think they fully expected it to blow up like it did. It had been on the menu for at least a month at the one by me, and nobody was ordering it. Suddenly, social media kicked in and it got out of control.

1 hour ago, Deej said:

I don't think they fully expected it to blow up like it did. It had been on the menu for at least a month at the one by me, and nobody was ordering it. Suddenly, social media kicked in and it got out of control.

They were around since Christmas time in my area.

15 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

They were around since Christmas time in my area.

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2 hours ago, C-Man said:

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Because lying about the availability of fast food sandwiches makes someone cool?

49 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Because lying about the availability of fast food sandwiches makes someone cool?

Dallas was one of the test markets starting in May. I find it hard to believe it was anywhere else previous to that.

9 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Dallas was one of the test markets starting in May. I find it hard to believe it was anywhere else previous to that.

I really don't give a shit what you believe.  Apparently this is reason #1,568,109 that Houston area > Dallas.

Would you like a snorkel with that statement?

1 hour ago, deft said:

Would you like a snorkel with that statement?

Whoa...too soon?

1 hour ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I really don't give a shit what you believe.  Apparently this is reason #1,568,109 that Houston area > Dallas.

I live in Houston and eat at Popeyes every single day and I can confirm that they did not offer the chicken sandwich in December. So now that we’ve confirmed that Fudge Nuggets (if that is even his real name) is a fucking liar, the question becomes who put him up to it?

13 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said:

I live in Houston and eat at Popeyes every single day and I can confirm that they did not offer the chicken sandwich in December. So now that we’ve confirmed that Fudge Nuggets (if that is even his real name) is a fucking liar, the question becomes who put him up to it?

I guess it was January because I had one last time I was here... which was from mid-December to early January.  Also it was up in The Woodlands, not sure if that makes fuck all difference

24 minutes ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

I guess it was January because I had one last time I was here... which was from mid-December to early January.  Also it was up in The Woodlands, not sure if that makes fuck all difference

Keep moving that goal post.  What’s next...it was actually in February?

Does The Woodlands not count as Houston / Houston area?  Does early Jan not count as "Christmas time"?  I guess I should have said "New Years time" instead but really didn't think one fucking week made that much difference.

Man, chicken sandwiches are serious business around here.  I'm sorry all you fuckers didn't get one because they were awesome.

I live in Houston and eat at Popeyes every single day and I can confirm that they did not offer the chicken sandwich in December. So now that we’ve confirmed that Fudge Nuggets (if that is even his real name) is a fucking liar, the question becomes who put him up to it?
Follow the money. That's all I can say right now, but follow the money.
16 hours ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

Man, chicken sandwiches are serious business around here.  I'm sorry all you fuckers didn't get one because they were awesome.

See, now we know you're a liar because everyone who's ever tried one in real life agrees they're somewhere between not that great and highly overrated.

Houston chicken timing talk = serious business.

Fudge vindicated?

https://www.businessinsider.com/popeyes-chicken-sandwich-rise-and-fall-story-2019-8

 

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The launch of a legend

Some Popeyes locations started serving the sandwich earlier in 2019, revamping locations to add new equipment, including toasters. In August, Business Insider's Irene Jiang happened to order the sandwich at Popeyes while conducting a chicken-sandwich taste test.

 

On 9/19/2019 at 3:18 PM, utee94 said:

Reason #1,568,109 why I hate people

That's all the reasons you have? Fucking optimist

On 9/19/2019 at 1:51 PM, Fudge Nuggets said:

I really don't give a shit what you believe.  Apparently this is reason #1,568,109 that Houston area > Dallas.

Honestly, if you want to test fried chicken Houston would definitely be top of the list. 

Y'all wait until Frenchy's makes a chicken sandwich 

3 hours ago, Junior Miller said:

Honestly, if you want to test fried chicken Houston would definitely be top of the list. 

Racist?

I was in a tough spot yesterday and decided to drive thru Popeye's. Got a 2 piece spicy with fries. My review was splattered on the underside of my toilet seat a few hours later. 

1 hour ago, Baboontyme said:

I was in a tough spot yesterday and decided to drive thru Popeye's. Got a 2 piece spicy with fries. My review was splattered on the underside of my toilet seat a few hours later. 

So... hit and miss?    

46 minutes ago, Topper13 said:

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Gross.

11 minutes ago, Deej said:

Gross.

It's pretty bad. Another chicken place is doing one with glazed doughnuts for buns. 

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