Chick-fil-A announce on Wednesday that for the first time ever, it will begin to sell its beloved sauces by the bottle — but for now, only in Florida.
Beginning this month, the restaurant chain will start stocking its 220 Florida locations with 8 oz. bottles of five of its signature sauces, and in April and May, 16 oz. bottles will roll out in grocery stores across the state.
Since the news was announced, social media users have been buzzing, sharing their excitement over the new products as well as their confusion over the bottle design.
Big news! Chick-fil-A announce on Wednesday that for the first time ever, it will begin to sell its beloved sauces by the bottle — but for now, only in Florida
News: 16 oz. bottles of Chick-fil-A and Polynesian sauces will hit grocery stores. 8 oz. bottles of those two, Barbeque, Honey Mustard, and Garden Herb Ranch sauces will be in restaurants
The 8 oz. bottles of Chick-fil-A, Polynesian, Barbeque, Honey Mustard, and Garden Herb Ranch sauces will debut in all of the chain’s Florida restaurants first.
Customers can purchase them on their own, and catering customers will receive the bottles with their orders.
Come April and May, 16 oz. bottles of the Chick-fil-A and Polynesian Sauces will be available to purchase in all Florida Publix, Target, Walmart, and Winn-Dixie stores for $3.49 each.
‘Chick-fil-A Sauce and Polynesian Sauce are our two most popular sauces, so we are extremely excited to offer them at select retail stores outside of the restaurant,’ Michael Patrick, principal program lead of Beyond the Restaurant, said in a press release.
What’s more, all profits from the sale of the 16 oz. bottles will be donated to the Chick-fil-A Remarkable Futures Scholarship Initiative, which will award $17 million in scholarships to employees this year.
They’re pumped! Fans have expressed excitement over the news on Twitter
‘Because our Team Members are truly our “secret sauce” to creating a positive experience in our restaurants, each time a customer purchases a Bottled Sauce at a participating retailer, the Chick-fil-A profits will support Team Members through our scholarship program,’ Patrick added.
The news has fans of the chain sharing their excitement on Twitter.
‘Probably the best news is finding out @ChickfilA is going to be selling their sauces in stores,’ wrote one.
‘Finally, a light in all the bad that is going on in this world,’ tweeted another.
‘I’d like five gallons please,’ said a third, while a fourth chimed in: ‘Finally i don’t have to ask for like 5 sauces to take home.’
What’s with the bottle? Some people are incredibly confused by the bottle design, saying it looks like lotion, sunblock, body wash, shampoo, or conditioner
Some people, though, were incredibly confused by the bottle design. The squeeze bottles are mostly white, with no sauce imagery — making them look more like personal care products than anything edible.
‘Really thought this was a new product from Lubridem,’ quipped one.
‘When I showed my girl this, she thought this was shampoo and conditioner. Smh,’ said another.
Others guessed it was shampoo, conditioner, or body wash, with quite a few pointing out that the bottles look like they contain sunblock or lotion.
More still had the jarring first thought that Chick-fil-A was capitalizing on the COVID-19 outbreak by debuting its own line of hand sanitizer.
Capitalizing? Others joked that they thought Chick-fil-A was selling hand sanitizer — and that they’d considered buying it
‘Tell me why I thought they were selling hand sanitizer,’ wrote one.
‘I thought chick fil a had come out with their own line of hand sanitizer LMAO,’ said another.
While that would have been an odd marketing choice, several people said that wouldn’t have stopped them from buying it.
‘I was bout to go get that overpriced sanitizer without complaining,’ wrote one.
‘I thought I was hand sanitizer, I told my wife “we go in separate cars so we can get 4” usually everywhere are 2 per person,’ joked another.
Another sauce: Last month, McDonald’s sold limited-edition bottles of its world-famous Big Mac special sauce in the UK
Line up! Fans packed the streets of London’s Leicester Square to get their hands on one
Limited: Just 500 bottles of the sauce, which is made using a top-secret recipe, were made
Crazy! Some of the lucky shoppers who managed to nab bottles put them on eBay, with one listed with a buy it now price of £10,000
Last month, McDonald’s sold limited-edition bottles of its world-famous Big Mac special sauce in the UK, and fans packed the streets of London’s Leicester Square to get their hands on one.
Just 500 bottles of the sauce, which is made using a top-secret recipe, were made, with 250 distributed that first day in Leicester Square.
Through the end of March, the restaurant chain will be selling a limited quantity of the special sauce in he UK and Ireland, costing 50p for 50ml.
Some of the lucky shoppers who managed to nab bottles put them on eBay, with one listed with a Buy it Now price of £10,000.