Popeyes Proposed At Former Site Of Lacey Burger King

LACEY, NJ — Lacey Township might get a Popeyes. The Township Planning Board received an application to place the restaurant at the site of the shuttered Burger King.

The Burger King in the Lacey Mall closed last year. The applicant for the property — Lacey Z, Inc. — proposed a Popeyes which would operate from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. every day.

The Planning Board will hold a public hearing for the business as soon as June 8. It could get delayed because of coronavirus restrictions, says Planning and Zoning Board Administrative Secretary Susan Connor. The next scheduled meeting after would occur July 13.

Popeyes has more than 2,700 fried-chicken restaurants around the nation and the world. Many of the restaurants are franchised.

Popeyes began selling chicken sandwiches last August, competing with one of Chick-fil-A's signature products. About two weeks after the launch, Popeyes announced that its newly popular sandwich was officially sold out. The chicken sandwich returned to the Popeyes menu in November.

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