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Charlotte fast food restaurant dinged for dead bugs, food debris during health inspection
Mecklenburg County’s Environmental Health Division conducts nearly 13,000 restaurant health inspections every year.
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An east Charlotte fast food restaurant received a “B” grade from the Mecklenburg County Health Department for numerous health violations, including the presence of insects and lack of employee protection when preparing food.
▪ Popeyes: 6107 The Plaza, received a score of 83 during its April 16 inspection.
Health department inspectors cited the restaurant after finding a “dead bug” in a women’s bathroom and near a walk-in cooler.
Other violations the restaurant was cited for include:
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Employee drinks on prep tables
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Dishes stored as clean with food debris on them
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Ranch dressing stored above required temperatures
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Employees preparing food without hair restraints or beard guard
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Food debris in food storage areas
This is the restaurant’s first “B” grade.
According to state law, permits are immediately revoked if a restaurant receives a score of less than 70 percent.
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Popeyes Dethrones KFC, Battles Chick-fil-A for Top Chicken Chain | Entrepreneur
Popeyes is now the nation’s No. 2 chicken chain, CNBC reported.
After a decade in the No. 2 spot, KFC has been dethroned by Popeyes and now holds the bronze medal. Chick-fil-A is still No. 1.
Popeyes, a chain owned by parent company Restaurant Brands International, went viral after launching its chicken sandwich in 2019, which set off the “chicken sandwich wars,” with customers lining up for hours at locations across the country. The trend prompted other fast-food chains such as Burger King, Wendy’s, and Sonic to add chicken sandwiches to their menus, causing occasional shortages of poultry.
KFC, which is owned by Yum Brands, has experienced a market share decline over the past year, dropping from 16.1% to 11.3%, according to Barclays research, per CNBC. However, despite its new No. 2 title, Popeyes also saw a decrease in its market share during the same period, dropping from 15% to 11.9%. Chick-fil-A, meanwhile, expanded its market share from 38.3% to 45.5%.
But it doesn’t look like Popeyes wants to say No. 2.
“Game on, Chick-fil-A,” Restaurant Brands International chair Patrick Doyle said at a conference in mid-September, when prompted about its new spot as No. 2 behind Chick-fil-A.
Related: People in the U.K. Are Lining Up at Dawn for a Fast Food Chain’s Chicken
Last month, Popeyes said it was redesigning its kitchens with intuitive workstations and automatic batter makers, as well as improving operational efficiency after the initial frenzy around the chicken sandwich led to complaints about slow and inaccurate orders, Bloomberg reported.
When Sami Siddiqui, Popeye’s president for the U.S. and Canada asked franchisees about “what would be possible” when consistently serving hot and perfect food. Their response was straightforward: “Well, then we’d be Chick-fil-A,” per Bloomberg.
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Viral Side Eye Meme Star Inks Deal With Popeyes Years Later
Since the inception of meme culture, hundreds of unassuming people have become viral overnight sensations, with funny gifs, videos or images of them being used as templates for memes across the board.
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For one 9-year-old who became a Vine meme years ago, that success is about to pay off big time.
Dieunerst Collin went viral after a man videotaped him on Vine thinking he was then-famous Vine star Lil Terrio, who had a catchphrase of saying “OOOH” in an adorable voice.
When the man approached Collin by a soda fountain at a New Jersey Popeyes asking him to deliver the line, Collin side-eyed him in a hilarious loop that’s been used across the internet for years since.
Fans who learned of Collin’s football successes posted a photo of him winning the state championship with the East Orange High School football team in New Jersey, putting up a side-by-side of the original meme and him making the same face years later.
The side-by-side was quickly picked by SportsCenter where it received over 1 million likes on Instagram.
Collin is now an offensive lineman for the Lake Erie College football team in Painesville, Ohio, which caught Popeye’s attention after eager Twitter and Instagram users (and Collin himself) called on the brand to give him an NIL deal, essentially a brand partnership for college athletes.
“I thought this is probably the opportunity I can get with Popeyes to at least reach out,” he told ESPN. “I went on Instagram and decided to post asking everyone to repost and tag Popeyes, not knowing that I would get all the support I got. People just started to join, on my post and people that were on the ‘SportsCenter’ post, and I believe Monday afternoon was when Popeyes DM’ed me and said we actually want to work with you.”
On Thursday, Popeye’s confirmed that the deal had been inked.
Proud to welcome @CollinDieunerst to the fam. pic.twitter.com/nbc61QxIx9
— Popeyes (@Popeyes) January 12, 2023
“Only thing I can say is that I will be promoting that business like crazy,” Collin told USA TODAY. “I actually love Popeyes myself.”
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