AFC Enterprises' Popeyes QSR chain touted its growing presence from one to 14 stores in Twin Cities with a New Orleans jazz band that spontaneously played a marching tune outside the city’s Nicolett Mall downtown. It marched down Hennepin Avenue, handing out Mardi Gras masks and leading revelers to a Popeyes food truck that was giving away Handcrafted Tenders. Several banners were unfurled that said, “Popeyes has arrived.”