Popular fast-food chicken chain combines 2 menu favorites to create new sandwich

Alabama Life & CulturePopeyes new Honey Chicken Biscuit.PopeyesBy Brandon Champion | bchampio@mlive.comTwo favorites have become one at Popeyes. The beloved fast-food fried chicken chain revealed its new honey chicken biscuit on Monday. The new sandwich mimics one fans have been creating and posting online for years, but with Popeyes expertise behind it. It pairs the chain’s famous Louisiana fried chicken with a larger version of Popeyes buttermilk biscuit, paired with two sachets of sweet honey sauce, all for just $5. It hit menus nationwide on Monday. “At Popeyes, quality and bold flavor guide everything we do, and we’re always looking for new ways to bring our most iconic items together,” said Matt Rubin, Popeyes Chief Marketing Officer. “The Honey Chicken Biscuit is exactly that: our craveable chicken, our iconic buttermilk biscuit, and sweet honey sauce, crafted into one new sandwich. It’s simple, it’s unmistakably Popeyes, and it shows the kind of culinary care that turns flavors people already love into something entirely new.”The sandwich is like options recently released by McDonald’s and Chick-fil-A. Founded in New Orleans in 1972, Popeyes is also known for chicken tenders, fried shrimp, and other regional items. There are about 4,000 restaurants in the U.S. and around the world. Brandon Champion is a National Trending Reporter for Advance Local based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Focused on restaurants, food and retail as well as the outdoors including hunting, fishing and national parks....