Popeyes Keeps Mardi Gras Afloat in the Face of Covid Parade Cancellations

The Louisiana chain transforms its New Orleans locations to reflect festivities' flavor

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Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is trying to fill the gap left by canceled Mardi Gras parades in its hometown of New Orleans by festooning its locations to resemble the event’s famous floats.

The pall cast by the coronavirus pandemic and its incumbent social distancing measures loomed over plans for this year’s Mardi Gras, threatening to squelch the festivities that would normally fill the streets with color and music on Fat Tuesday (Feb. 16). In normal times, New Orleans event production company Kern Studios would be making some of the parade’s most flamboyant floats.

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