Popeyes Has a New Chicken Sandwich Coming to Menus

This is a "golden" opportunity to try something different.

If you bought school lunch, did you pay with cash each time or did you have an account where money was deducted with each purchase? Either way, getting through that lunch line so you could get to satiating your hunger and socializing with friends was a big part of your school day.

Popeyes wants to remind its rewards members of those lunch periods gone by, by dropping Lunch Money FUNds in rewards members’ accounts to be used on its latest chicken sandwich. It's a variation on the one that started the chicken sandwich wars that led to most of the major fast food chains creating new breaded chicken sandwiches.

That chicken sandwich war never really ended. It’s now sort of a "Chicken Sandwich Cold War" with a skirmish every now and then. Skirmishes in the past month include McDonald’s introduction of a Bacon Cajun Ranch McCrispy and Chick-fil-A testing a different version of a chicken club on a pretzel bun.

Popeyes is hitting back with its own new chicken sandwich and a collaboration with a New Orleans hip-hop duo.

Popeyes New Golden BBQ Chicken Sandwich

While there’s nothing wrong with spicing things up, it’s nice to see Popeyes leaving the heat out of a new offering. Between its last two innovations—Honey Lemon Pepper Wings and Sweet ‘N Spicy Wings—and last year’s Spicy TRUFF Chicken Sandwich, we’re ready for something a little more mild.

Enter the Golden BBQ Chicken Sandwich—buttermilk-battered, all-white meat chicken breast, smothered in Golden BBQ sauce, and served on a buttery-toasted brioche bun with barrel-cured pickles. Guests can customize the sandwich with optional add-ons including a slice of Havarti cheese and Applewood smoked bacon.

To celebrate the new sandwich, Popeyes is launching a Lunch Money FUNds promotion saying it’s dropping lunch money into the accounts of its Loyalty Rewards Members for a free chicken sandwich to ensure FUN is infused back into lunch. But there’s a catch. That money comes in the form of points, and members must spend money to get those points.

The fast food chain is collaborating for the launch of the Golden BBQ Chicken Sandwich with the New Orleans hip-hop duo SaxKixAve, made up of rapper Alfred Banks and Grammy-nominated saxophonist Albert Allenback, for a “Bring Back Lunch” anthem. Near the end of the anthem, Banks reveals the catch, and it’s not simply that the offer is only available to rewards members. Banks does one of those super-fast “disclaimer” monologues, and in that monologue, he reveals the free chicken sandwich comes in the form of 600 bonus points with a $10 purchase.

Fortunately, we know Popeyes chicken sandwiches are delicious—the fast food chain’s original came in number one in a chicken sandwich taste test—so it won’t be too difficult for rewards members to make a $10 purchase before they earn their Lunch Money FUNds.

The Golden BBQ Chicken Sandwich is available starting May 7 at participating Popeyes locations nationwide.

Read the original article on All Recipes.