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Chick-fil-A dumps spicy biscuit, adds egg white sandwich

WASHINGTON — Chick-fil-A is adding a new item to its breakfast menu for the first time in six years, but apparently at the expense of an already popular breakfast sandwich.

Chick-fil-A’s new egg white grill, starting at $3.35, includes a smaller “breakfast-sized portion” of grilled chicken breast, egg whites, and cheese on a multigrain English muffin. It has 300 calories and 25 grams of protein.

 that Chick-fil-A is also getting rid of its spicy chicken biscuit, which as necessary to make room for the egg white grill.

Chick-fil-A said it’s adding the egg white grill after getting positive feedback from customers in test markets.

Chick-fil-A entered the fast food breakfast battle in 1986 with its chicken biscuit.

Jeff Clabaugh

Jeff Clabaugh has spent 20 years covering the Washington region's economy and financial markets for ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ as part of a partnership with the Washington Business Journal, and officially joined the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½ newsroom staff in January 2016.

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