McDonald's copying Chik-Fil-A

I saw a commercial this weekend that McDonald's is offering a Southern Chicken Sandwich. Plain and fried on a buttery bun with two pickles. Sounds like Chik-Fil-A's. I will have to try it to compare. I love the Chik-Fil-A sandwich but there aren't locations too close to me.

They are also offering a Southern Chicken Biscuit for breakfast.

If any of you have tried either, let me know what you thought.

I think they're giving them away on 5/15 with the purchase of any drink.

Tried it.. ...similar, barely acceptable... but not Chick-fil-a...

This is another one of those things they offer periodically...or maybe I've gotten caught in the thing where I live in a test market and forgot that for a while. At any rate, McDonald's around here has had a Southern chicken sandwich and biscuit for at least a year that I know of, or maybe they offered it about a year or so ago and it's back.

Either way, it's not that impressive. And no one I know can figure out what exactly is "Southern" about it.

And yes, they're giving them away on 15 May with the purchase of a medium or large drink.

2 places to avoid. Makes no difference.

HotDogHead, I agree. I saw one promotional shot and thought, "Chick-Fil-A Copykat!"

It's so tough to top Chick-Fil-A. To me, they're to chicken what In-N-Out is to burgers.

Had a free sandwich today because of the coupons mailed out two weeks ago...in fact, they've just
about emptied their bag of tricks to get people to try them (buy one, get one free, free sandwich
(no purchase necessary), buy a large/medium drink, get a free sandwich/biscuit).

And I noticed one guy in front of me who used up his three coupons on one visit

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Originally posted by MellowRoast

HotDogHead, I agree. I saw one promotional shot and thought, "Chick-Fil-A Copykat!"

It's so tough to top Chick-Fil-A. To me, they're to chicken what In-N-Out is to burgers.

Living in an area where the nearest Chik-Fil-A is 2 hours away, there is the temptation to hope that someone can provide an alternate. Granted the McD southern chicken sandwich is not bad, but it is not Chik-Fil-A by any means, even if McD's does include pickles. Better to wait for the real stuff than try a weak impression.

Good comparison to In-N-Out.

I tried the chicken bisquit.

Salty! I'm not sure if the chicken or the bisquit was the offender.

I tried one last friday on one of my infrequent trips to McDonalds - I took a couple of bites, threw it away and got a Cheese Quater Pounder. Chick Fil-A has nothing to worry about - this ripoff was really crappy.

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Originally posted by mar52

I tried the chicken bisquit.

Salty! I'm not sure if the chicken or the bisquit was the offender.

Given the nutrition on their biscuit... I'd have to go with it as the salt offender. 1 biscuit has 680 mg of sodium, or 28% of the RDI. Ouch!

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Originally posted by MellowRoast

It's so tough to top Chick-Fil-A. To me, they're to chicken what In-N-Out is to burgers.

I've never been to Chick-Fil-A. I tried to look at their website, but it couldn't be more annoying or harder to navigate, something which makes me want to NEVER patronize them. However, I found a location map on some other site which tells me the closest one to me is at least a three-hour drive to another state. I don't wany ANY fast food that badly, so McDonald's will have to suffice.

A southern chicken sandwich and a sweet tea makes a nice little lunch on the go.

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Originally posted by felix4067
I've never been to Chick-Fil-A. I tried to look at their website, but it couldn't be more annoying or harder to navigate, something which makes me want to NEVER patronize them. However, I found a location map on some other site which tells me the closest one to me is at least a three-hour drive to another state. I don't wany ANY fast food that badly, so McDonald's will have to suffice.

We drive an hour to have the Chick a few times a year. I'm pretty sure I would not do 6 hours roundtrip, but if you are in an area of the country that has them, you simply must try one. Get it w/o the butter sauce. Fan tas tic!!!

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Originally posted by stricken_detective
We drive an hour to have the Chick a few times a year. I'm pretty sure I would not do 6 hours roundtrip, but if you are in an area of the country that has them, you simply must try one. Get it w/o the butter sauce. Fan tas tic!!![/font=Tahoma]

I'll go to Chik-Fil-A when I'm close to one, but to me it's not worth the 45 min it takes to get to the nearest one to me.

I ordered the McD's Southern Chick today and asked for extra mayo and extra pickles. It was fresh, it was moist, and chased with a sweet tea, it made for a good lunch.

Tried the Southern Chicken Sandwich last night. It was ok, but doesn't hold a candle to Chik-Fil-A.

I tried it last night also. It was ok -- nowhere near as good as Chik-Fil-A but far better than Arby's version (which I started a thread about recently).

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Originally posted by mar52

I tried the chicken bisquit.

Salty! I'm not sure if the chicken or the bisquit was the offender.

Have you ever tried biscuits made with with Bisquick?J/K!

I happen to love drop biscuits made with bisquick. But I can not understand why anyone would want to eat a chicken sandwich.

Especially one made with chicken that's been fried.

I had one of the McDonalds version when it first came out and the puny bun along with 2 pickles @ $2.89 was not a good deal. granted the piece of chicken wasn't bad but nothing I would go back for.

Got the free (with drink purchase. hmmm, not really free) chicken biscuit this morning and except for the biscuit being dry and the chicken being tasteless and dry, it was great.

I had the sandwich last week, and can say both are not worth the price. Doubt I'd go back even if either were really free. The free sandwich (with drink) goes to about 7 or 8pm tonight.

Kevin

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Originally posted by angeltearsmc

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Originally posted by mar52

I tried the chicken bisquit.

Salty! I'm not sure if the chicken or the bisquit was the offender.

Given the nutrition on their biscuit... I'd have to go with it as the salt offender. 1 biscuit has 680 mg of sodium, or 28% of the RDI. Ouch!

that's really not that bad. 28% would be less than 1/3 your salt intake for the day. For 3 meals per day, that's not bad considering most people intake 2-3x the RDI for sodium.

I had one of the free ones today. Quite frankly, I found it to be very tasty. I have never been to a Chic A Fil or what ever so I cannot compare.

Walt

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Originally posted by KOK

Got the free (with drink purchase. hmmm, not really free) chicken biscuit this morning and except for the biscuit being dry and the chicken being tasteless and dry, it was great.

I had the sandwich last week, and can say both are not worth the price. Doubt I'd go back even if either were really free. The free sandwich (with drink) goes to about 7 or 8pm tonight.

Kevin

is there anything on the sandwich? Like mayo or something? I thought it looked really dry in the commercial

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Originally posted by fattybomatty

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Originally posted by KOK
Got the free (with drink purchase. hmmm, not really free) chicken biscuit this morning and except for the biscuit being dry and the chicken being tasteless and dry, it was great. I had the sandwich last week, and can say both are not worth the price. Doubt I'd go back even if either were really free. The free sandwich (with drink) goes to about 7 or 8pm tonight.

Kevin

is there anything on the sandwich? Like mayo or something? I thought it looked really dry in the commercial

There was one pickle on my sandwich. Chick-fil-A has two pickles so I may have been short-changed. Nothing else on the sandwich, but I should have asked for mayo, ketchup or maybe some bbq sauce. And extra pickles. The chicken on the sandwich wasn't dry like the biscuit I had, but it still didn't have much taste. The biscuit's chicken was just plain lousy.

Just got back from McDonald's for the free chicken sandwich. It is clearly 100% an intentional Chick-Fil-A knockoff, pure and simple.

Nice try, but it's still not up to Chick-Fil-A quality. Think about it: it's very hard to top a pioneer in any field of endeavor.

Well I just got back from MCD after having a "free" one with soda and fries. $4.02 Sandwich is priced a real rip-off $3.89 in NY Metro area. I had to ask for fresh fries and was shocked how puny the sandwich looked. I guess I don't really need to go to Chick-a-fil if this is anywhere near comparable.

I took my daughter by for the free one yesterday. She liked it, but did comment that the bun seemed small.

McD would need to start with real chicken for that to happen.

I don't understand what all of the fuss over Chick-Fil-A "quality" is about. Every time I have been there, I got a sandwich that had obviously been sitting in the foil pouch for a LONG time. Pair it up with some undercooked, cold and soggy waffle fries, and you have an overpriced, unedible meal!

At least the chicken sandwich I had at McDonalds was freshly cooked. (And not on free sandwich day!)