KFC’s New Chicken Sandwich Is Giving Popeyes a Run for Its Money — and the Numbers Prove It Posted byJustin Chan April 29, 2021April 29, 2021 Leave a comment on KFC’s New Chicken Sandwich Is Giving Popeyes a Run for Its Money — and the Numbers Prove It For the past two years, KFC and Popeyes have gone head-to-head in the chicken sandwich war.