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RSS FeedsWhile fans fight a Chick-fil-A versus Popeyes chicken war online, Canada chews on its options
(The Star Business)

 
 

24 august 2019 15:01:19

 
While fans fight a Chick-fil-A versus Popeyes chicken war online, Canada chews on its options
(The Star Business)
 


There’s a food fight online, and it’s ruffling feathers everywhere.Whether the cause was an act of fowl play, or a sincere form of flattery, Twitter is chirping and the internet is breaking, with two names tagged on a torrent of tangy tweets flowing from fingertips: Popeyes and Chick-fil-A.To hear The Associated Press tell it, a tweet last week kicked off the kerfuffle when fast-food chain Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen announced a new crispy chicken sandwich.A week later, Chick-fil-A, which holds that while it didn’t invent the chicken, “just the chicken sandwich,” moved to curry favour with fans as the creator of the “original” meat and bun meal.Egged on, the internet erupted and all heck broke loose in a war that might just be as useless as lips on a bird — especially in Canada, were Popeyes’ sandwich isn’t even offered, and Chick-fil-A has yet to really scratch its way into the market.While Chick-fil-A has designs to expand north, by way of Toronto, some hangry Canucks are pleading for Popeyes to import its latest creation here. On the other side of the fence, Chick-fil-A has sparked tempers, rather than appetites, for its history of supporting groups that oppose same-sex marriage.While the world waits for the internet to come home to roost on which chain has a better sandwich, and whether or not it should have a home in Canada, Star reporters from east to west sampled some homegrown options that deserve a footing in this best cluckin’ battle.HALIFAXIn Halifax, you’ll often find people flocking to the iconic Chickenburger restaurant in the suburb of Bedford when they’re feeling peckish for a chicken sandwich.The Chickenburger dishes up food with a side of nostalgia. The restaurant opened its doors in 1940. Customers enjoy its 1950s atmosphere, which includes a working jukebox. According to its website, the venue is reputedly the oldest drive-in restaurant in Canada.“Here our chick ...


 
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