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TIL A restaurant in Long Beach, CA, was found to be serving Popeye’s chicken and passing it off as their own. They would buy the chicken at Popeyes and upcharge for their own chicken and waffles d…
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Original Title: TIL A restaurant in Long Beach, CA, was found to be serving Popeye’s chicken and passing it off as their own. They would buy the chicken at Popeyes and upcharge for their own chicken and waffles dish. Once found out the owner refused to apologize.
I don’t actually have a proper kitchen back there
Great thing to say as a restaurant owner.
Honestly pretty good ad for Popeye’s…
I love fried chicken and I’m sure I’d be satisfied if I was unknowing served Popeye’s at a nice restaurant.
Would you be satisfied that you paid $15 for half of a $10 Popeye’s meal and some frozen waffles?
If I didn’t notice then it worked.
My point is that Popeye’s is good enough that I wouldn’t notice.
You ever get their red beans and rice? That stuff has no business being that good for fast food. It tastes just like what you’d get in New Orleans.
I mean, technically it is from New Orleans.
I heard they also secretly replaced their coffee with Folger’s Crystals.
An upcharged from the store price
I worked at a restaurant that didn’t stock all fruit/veg. When somebody ordered something they’d send me across the street to the grocery store, and then I’d bring the stuff through the back entrance. Seems similar here
Sometimes at the pizza joint we would get bad mushrooms from the truck. They were presliced and maybe someone let them set out at the factory? But sometimes they’d be slimy right off the truck. I’d toss them out, place a refund request, and then go to Kroger at 2-3AM after we closed to buy all their button mushrooms and slice them up.
Even more rare that we’d be so low I would go buy out two Kroger’s. They aren’t even 24 hour anymore. It’s a shame, grocery shopping in the middle of the night after work was pretty nice.
That’s not at all similar. You’re buying the ingredients not the cooked food.
Yes, sure but same happens for cooked stuff… You know almost every restaurant buys their premade food from a vendor right? Then the restaurant just reheats it–unless you are eating at a place that is doing all dishes from scratch… But that is rare these days.
They’re still open as catering with the same name lol
How the hell did they discover this lmao
From the article:
The restaurant’s troubles started after a customer allegedly saw Sweet Dixie employees carrying Popeyes boxes into the kitchen.
Maybe they were just having a party lol
That would be maybe even more damning. The employees of a fried chicken place getting their own food from across the street would send me running from that place.
Doesnt every restaurant do this with Sisco?
Exactly. This is why every Americanized Chinese buffet tastes the same. Same for sports bars and so many other restaurants. They all get their food from either Sysco or Shamrock.
