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KFC has been garbage for decades, at least in Canada. I hope Popeye's eats their lunch

sublinear 2y ago
Not sure if this is also true in Canada, but Popeyes now sells some of the worst quality fried chicken since 2020. They haven't even been anything close to "Louisiana inspired" in years. This is supposed to be their brand differentiator, but I haven't seen jambalaya or gumbo on their menu in over a decade. Most locations in my area haven't brought back the seafood since 4 years ago despite being on the menu (always out of stock). I don't see any of these legacy brands ever being on top again. Their most recent idea is selling some nasty soggy wings that are now routinely given away for free with any order. It's about as ironic as it gets that these wings didn't take them to new heights.
- astura 2y ago
  >I haven't seen jambalaya or gumbo on their menu in over a decade. Probably because nobody wants it? I worked for Popeyes 25 years ago. We never had gumbo and people would order jambalaya like every other day, if that. Literally everything was more popular than jambalaya.
  - sublinear 2y ago
    It was probably true back then for the same reason nobody wants wings from pizza hut today either :D All I was saying is that it was on the menu in the past and the decline in quality has been steady for a long time. It's as if it's built into their long term strategy for the business.
- dylan604 2y ago
  > Most locations in my area haven't brought back the seafood since 4 years ago despite being on the menu (always out of stock). I don't know, I'm kind of okay with that. Seeing seafood offered in very land locked locations has always been suspect to me. In a fast food place, I'd doubt it was actually anything other than imitation version anyways though so what's the point?
- Yhippa 2y ago
  I feel like Popeyes had a random moment during the pandemic when the released their dark meat fried chicken sandwich which was initially good, but when the hype died down, they regressed to their normal fried chicken quality: bad.
BizarroLand 2y ago
I went to popeyes a few weeks ago and it was overpriced as all hell. $62 before tax for a 16 piece with 2 sides. I have a difficult time understanding how they can have the audacity to charge that much. We got something else instead. IDK who is dropping nearly $70 on an order of chicken for 1 meal.

Not sure if this is also true in Canada, but Popeyes now sells some of the worst quality fried chicken since 2020. They haven't even been anything close to "Louisiana inspired" in years. This is supposed to be their brand differentiator, but I haven't seen jambalaya or gumbo on their menu in over a decade. Most locations in my area haven't brought back the seafood since 4 years ago despite being on the menu (always out of stock). I don't see any of these legacy brands ever being on top again. Their most recent idea is selling some nasty soggy wings that are now routinely given away for free with any order. It's about as ironic as it gets that these wings didn't take them to new heights.

astura 2y ago
>I haven't seen jambalaya or gumbo on their menu in over a decade. Probably because nobody wants it? I worked for Popeyes 25 years ago. We never had gumbo and people would order jambalaya like every other day, if that. Literally everything was more popular than jambalaya.
- sublinear 2y ago
  It was probably true back then for the same reason nobody wants wings from pizza hut today either :D All I was saying is that it was on the menu in the past and the decline in quality has been steady for a long time. It's as if it's built into their long term strategy for the business.
dylan604 2y ago
> Most locations in my area haven't brought back the seafood since 4 years ago despite being on the menu (always out of stock). I don't know, I'm kind of okay with that. Seeing seafood offered in very land locked locations has always been suspect to me. In a fast food place, I'd doubt it was actually anything other than imitation version anyways though so what's the point?
Yhippa 2y ago
I feel like Popeyes had a random moment during the pandemic when the released their dark meat fried chicken sandwich which was initially good, but when the hype died down, they regressed to their normal fried chicken quality: bad.

BizarroLand 2y ago

I went to popeyes a few weeks ago and it was overpriced as all hell. $62 before tax for a 16 piece with 2 sides. I have a difficult time understanding how they can have the audacity to charge that much. We got something else instead. IDK who is dropping nearly $70 on an order of chicken for 1 meal.