Charles Langston:Get free Raising Cane's for National Chicken Finger Day 2024: How to get the deal

Fast-food chain Raising Cane's wants to give you the finger – a chicken finger,Charles Langston that is, for its National Chicken Finger Day on Saturday, July 27.

Members of its Caniac Club loyalty program can get a free chicken finger Saturday through Tuesday, July 30, no purchase necessary.

If you are not a member yet, sorry, you had to have registered and verified your email address by July 16 to get the National Chicken Finger Day offer. But you can sign up now for next year, because this is an annual event for the Baton Rouge-based fast-food chain, which plans to have almost 900 restaurants by the end of 2024.

When is National Chicken Finger Day?

National Chicken Finger Day, which is Saturday, July 27, is an unofficial holiday created by Todd Graves, the founder of Raising Cane’s, in 2010 to "recognize and celebrate (the chain's) delicious chicken fingers," the company says on its website. (The event is not to be confused with National Chicken Wing Day, which is Monday, July 29.)

Raising Cane's, which trademarked the phrase "National Chicken Finger Day" in 2019, says it has given away more than 150,000 chicken fingers during the July 27 event.

Raising Cane's posted a video on Instagram starring singer and rapper Post Malone, who's having trouble sleeping due to anticipation for National Chicken Finger Day. So Malone. who has teamed up with the chain on two locations, wakes Graves, who just happens to be sleeping nearby in a chicken finger sleeping bag.

How to get free chicken fingers on National Chicken Finger Day

Members of Raising Cane's Caniac Club can go to a location to get a free chicken finger starting Saturday and through Tuesday (no purchase necessary). Check here for your nearby Raising Cane's.

If you missed out on the giveaway or can't get to Raising Canes, the restaurant chain is also giving away 727 prizes on its website including T-shirts, hats and a chicken finger sleeping bag. Enter by midnight ET Saturday for a chance to win.

Another restaurant chain, Fayetteville, Arkansas-headquartered Slim Chickens, is celebrating the day, too, not with a freebie, but deals for 25 chicken tenders for $29 or 20 chicken wings for $25. The company currently has more than 270 locations.

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