More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Burger King, Popeye’s get OK to build Ripon stores urger King and Popeye's Chicken at the Ripon Crossing shopping center received the green from the Ripon Planning Commission on Tuesday. Sunny Ghai has always wanted to move his fast-food restaurants to Ripon. He's the franchise owner of Burger King, including the one in Lathrop. No surprise that Ghai was thrilled Tuesday when the Planning Commission approved the Major Site Plan Permit for both his Burger King and Popeye's Chicken development, based on the findings and subject to the staff report, while adopting the Negative Declaration for the project in the Ripon Crossing shopping center..