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- Chick-fil-A is the most popular chicken chain in America, according to a recent Market Force survey. But, I don’t get the hype. Its food is just ok.
- Popeyes just released a new chicken sandwich that competes with Chick-fil-A’s most famous offering, and it’s much better in every way.
- Not only is Popeyes’ sandwich cheaper and bigger, its chicken is crispier and juicier, its pickles crunchier and tarter, and its bread thicker and toastier.
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I confess: I just don’t get the hype about Chick-fil-A.
I don’t think it’s terrible. I just don’t think it’s as amazing as everyone says it is.
Granted, my Chick-fil-A experience has been pretty limited. I’ve had its fries, and they aren’t great. I’ve had its frozen desserts, which are also just OK. But Chick-fil-A is about the chicken, right? Chicken is what the chain is known for, specifically its chicken sandwich.
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So I expected the world from its chicken sandwich. Maybe that was the problem. Maybe I should have just given Chick-fil-A’s chicken sandwich more space instead of pushing for something that wasn’t meant to be.
This is where Popeyes comes in. Popeyes is more than a fresh-fried rebound, more than just a salt-of-the-earth Louisiana chain carving out a life in the North. Popeyes and I come from different worlds. In college, I passed by one of its restaurants every so often, never even thinking to enter.
Only after Popeyes released its new classic chicken sandwich did I realize just how much I was missing out on.
You should never settle.
True love is a chicken sandwich that makes you feel full, whole, and taken care of. It’s a bun that envelops your chicken in a comforting embrace, a thick slab of juicy, crispy chicken that reminds you of a Southern city you’ve never been to, and pickles and mayo that thrill. True love is a chicken sandwich that makes you feel held.
I know Chick-fil-A’s chicken sandwich has many lovers out there, but just hear me out. I’m going to show you why you, too, should never go back to Chick-fil-A — if there’s a Popeyes in town.
I went to a Chick-fil-A and a Popeyes in Manhattan and brought back a couple of their chicken sandwiches.
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Popeyes’ chicken sandwich costs $3.99 at the Manhattan location I went to.
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It’s hot and heavy.
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Source: Business Insider – ijiang@businessinsider.com (Irene Jiang)