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Business Wars Daily

Twitter War Fuels Rush on Popeyes’ Chicken Sandwich

Business Wars Daily

Wondery

News, Daily News, Business News, Business

4.6716 Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Today is Tuesday, September 3, and we’re looking at Popeyes vs. Chick-Fil-A.

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One, three. From Wondry, I'm David Brown, and this is Business Wars Daily on this Tuesday, September 3rd.

1:08.6

I just can't help myself.

1:10.7

The Twitter war between Popeyes and Chick-fil-A has made some people just as mad as wet hens.

1:16.2

Okay, now that's off my chest.

1:18.0

Seriously, if you haven't heard about this Twitter war, let me get you caught up.

1:21.5

On August 12th, Popeyes debuted a new chicken sandwich called simply The Sandwich.

1:27.5

It was the fast food chain's biggest launch of a new menu item in 30 years,

1:32.3

and as many observers have noted, Popeye's new chicken sandwich,

1:36.5

seemed an awful lot like Chick-fil-A's classic delicacy.

1:40.5

Crunchy, batter-fried chicken, pickles and spicy, or bland mayonnaise squished in a brioche bun.

1:47.2

To some, it was outright fast food plagiarism.

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