Until now, Popeyes had been paying the family of Al Copeland $3.1 million a year in royalties, reports The Times-Picayune. While the fast food chain now owns the recipes for the famous chicken and ...

Popeyes is offering a throwback deal on its ... In 1972, founder Alvin C. Copeland Sr. opened a restaurant in New Orleans called Chicken on the Run, selling traditional Southern-fried chicken.