Popeyes’ wildly popular chicken sandwich will make a return soon

After Popeyes introduced its new chicken sandwich, customers ate through the entire inventory in August.

• The chain said it originally bought enough inventory to last from its Aug. 12, 2019, launch date through the end of September.
• However, the sandwich was such a hit that chain announced most stores would run out of inventory by the end of August.
• Now, the chain says the item will return to menus nationwide Nov. 3, the company confirmed to NBC News.
• Nov. 3 happened to be a Sunday — the one day a week Popeyes chicken sandwich rival Chick-Fil-A is closed.
• Select Popeyes restaurants will also hire as many as two new employees each to handle production of the sandwich.