In case you haven’t heard, Popeyes introduced a new chicken sandwich to its menu to resounding success.

After weeks of long lines, viral social media marketing and millions of hungry mouths, Popeyes declared that its customers had officially broken the chicken restaurant.

https://twitter.com/PopeyesChicken/status/1166443046361153537

This gives Popeyes employees a much-needed reprieve from the hordes of customers that had assaulted its many restaurants. Pictures of Popeyes employees looking defeated and exhausted have gone viral on social media as a result.

https://twitter.com/FlowsAndolini/status/1164678386196856839?s=20

As such, Sup Dogs restaurant has decided to do a good deed for Popeyes employees. The restaurant announced on Twitter that it would offer free food to any Popeyes employees in uniform.

“Working in a restaurant is an incredible hard job,” the tweet said. “We respect the grind and appreciate the hard work!”

https://twitter.com/sara__pequeno/status/1166460255653511168

A Chick-fil-A worker in Greensboro took a similar approach and brought food to his competitors in the restaurant industry.

Popeyes is encouraging its customers to download its app to get notifications as to when the chicken sandwich will be released again. Whether the restaurant is actually out of chicken, or if this is just a viral marketing campaign remains to be seen.

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