AFC Enterprises, Popeyes' Atlanta-based parent company, is planning to buy 14 KFC restaurants from a bankrupt franchisee, a major push for the fried chicken chain that has only one lone location on Lake Street in south Minneapolis. The deal is part of a $13.8 million purchase of 28 restaurants in Minnesota and California. The new locations in a handful of metro cities will be quickly converted once the bid is approved by a judge.

A bankruptcy judge has approved a deal that allows Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen to buy 14 KFC restaurants in the Twin Cities, even though a bid from another KFC franchisee involved more money, the Star Tribune reports. Creditor GE Capital said it preferred the "certainty" of the smaller offer from Popeyes.

Minnesota-based Home Services of America Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway affiliate and owner of Edina Realty, is teaming up with Brookfield Asset Management to create Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, the Star Tribune reports. The new real estate firm will launch next year and be based in California. Terms of the deal were not released.

The assignment includes Web site redesign and digital support of promotions, social media, mobile marketing and search engine marketing. The first work from the Minneapolis-agency will be a Mood Wing app, a play on “mood ring.”

AFC Enterprises Inc. plans to open more Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen restaurants in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. According to a news release, Atlanta-based chain is buying bankrupt eateries in Minnesota and California. AFC has not said how many locations will be based in the Twin Cites metro.

Hopkins Patch says Gary Boisclair will run against three-term Representative Keith Ellison (D-MN) and challenge the congressman's religious tolerance with graphic television ads