Popeyes to open RI stores

Popeyes to open RI stores

ATLANTA (AP): Popeyes Chicken and Biscuit plans take its Cajun flavor to Indonesia.

The restaurant, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based AFC Enterprises, has signed a deal to open 56 restaurants with an Indonesian company within five years. The agreement is with Pop Indo, which operates other restaurants and manufactures restaurant equipment.

Under the deal, as many as three Popeyes will open by the end of the year in Jakarta and Bandung.

Popeyes, which specializes in Cajun food, had 1999 systemwide sales of US$ 1 billion, has more than 1,425 restaurants in the United States and 21 countries.