PG County Man Offers $138 Popeyes Chicken Sandwich

SUITLAND, MD — The Popeyes chicken sandwich craze may have reached its peak, at least in the D.C. area: a man in Suitland is selling a sandwich for $100 on Facebook and offering to deliver it for an additional $38.52.

Anthony Washburn posted a picture of an unopened Popeyes chicken sandwich on Facebook, noting helpfully that it was "Brand New, Unopened."

"This is THE chicken sandwich that has everyone on the Internet going crazy," he wrote. "Buy mine & Save yourself the 45 minute wait at Popeyes. I will deliver within a 25 mile radius of Suitland for an additional $38.52. Price is NOT negotiable, No holds!"

It seems likely that it's a joke, but on the other hand, Popeyes' unveiling of a new chicken sandwich has been something to behold.

It all started pretty innocuously. Popeyes posted a picture of their new chicken sandwich on Twitter on Aug. 12. "Chicken. Brioche. Pickles. New. Sandwich. Popeyes. Nationwide. So. Good. Forgot. How. Speak. In. Complete. Sandwiches. I mean, sentences," the tweet reads.

Chicken. Brioche. Pickles. New. Sandwich. Popeyes. Nationwide. So. Good. Forgot. How. Speak. In. Complete. Sandwiches. I mean, sentences. pic.twitter.com/14kXBv4jJw
— Popeyes Chicken (@PopeyesChicken) August 12, 2019

Fast food joints unveil new food items all the time. However, this one was different thanks to social media.

A week later, Chick-fil-A made what appeared to everyone as a snide subtweet: "Bun + Chicken + Pickles = all the [heart emoji] for the original."

Things really blew up when Popeyes tweeted directly at Chick-fil-A in response: "... y’all good?" That tweet has more than 313,000 likes and 85,000 retweets as of Thursday morning.

That prompted other fast food restaurants to jump into the social media fray, and suddenly the Popeyes chicken sandwich was the hottest menu item in town.

But despite all the hype, it seems unlikely that anyone is going to pony up $138 for a day-old chicken sandwich, even with the delivery. Sorry, Anthony.