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Move over Mary Brown and Colonel Sanders, a longtime U.S. fast food favourite is poised to take a bite out of the Edmonton fried-chicken market.

Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen is opening its first western Canadian restaurant at 3773 17 St. in the Tamarack area in November, followed by the first Calgary location in Forest Lawn, the company said Monday.

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More franchises will open through the fall and spring.

Popeyes opened its first outlet in New Orleans in 1972 and has grown into the world’s second-largest fast-food chicken chain behind KFC, with more than 2,400 restaurants globally. It opened its 100th franchise in Canada last year.

The company’s food has a distinctly Louisiana-flavoured menu, featuring spicy chicken and fried shrimp, as well as jambalaya, buttermilk biscuits and red beans and rice. The name is an homage to fictional policeman Popeye Doyle from the 1971 movie French Connection.