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Chick-fil-A Is Releasing A New Sauce For The First Time In 10 Years
Southern Living reports the chain's first new sauce in a decade is on the way, and fans have noticed; the waiting list is apparently a parking lot.
Watch it as it aired: Hank Ledger on this story, from Weekend Edition at 6:27 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Southern Living's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by Southern Living: “Chick-fil-A Is Releasing A New Sauce For The First Time In 10 Years”.
- Covered on BBN on Saturday, October 17, 2026, at 6:27 AM ET on Weekend Edition, by Hank Ledger.
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What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChick-fil-A is releasing a new sauce, its first in ten years.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola Cruz is outside a restaurant where the wait has been somewhat longer than the drive-through.

Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentHank, I'm in a parking lot at dawn, and I have covered sieges where the line moved faster.

Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentBehind me, forty people are holding the line for a decade of the same sauces.

Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentSir, you've waited ten years for this. How are you holding up?
Marcus DellwoodMa'am, I have been rationing the old sauces since twenty sixteen.
Marcus DellwoodI started using one packet per nugget. It was a dark time for my nuggets.

Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentYou heard it here.

Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentA decade of rationing is ending, and nobody behind me will say what the sauce tastes like, because nobody has tried it.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the whole story is that it's a sauce.

Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentConfirmed, Hank. It's a sauce, and the nuggets have been informed.
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