Have you noticed chicken sandwiches popping up at nearly every restaurant from Popeye's to Swiss Chalet to Red Lobster?

The hot chicken sandwich and all of its cousins are having a meteoric rise up the pecking order of poultry&nbsp;products.

, of all places,&nbsp;is selling chicken — but&nbsp;

&nbsp;host&nbsp;Paul Haavardsrud&nbsp;and senior business producer Tony Seskus&nbsp;look at what the cluck is going on with chicken sandwiches in Canada and the United States.

Chicken sandwiches are clucking up restaurant menus and consumer choices across North America

The chicken sandwich wars are raging in North America! Have mercy, the popular sandwiches are clucking up restaurant menus across both Canada and the United States. CBC business producer Tony Seskus looks at the business moves at play in the chicken coop — and we also hear from directly from Her Majesty the Queen of Hot Chicken in Nashville, André Prince Jeffries, about how the meal got its start.

When it comes to hot real estate, try a love letter for your housing

With housing prices skyrocketing and demand for real estate through the roof in Canada, some prospective buyers have taken to writing letters to sellers to try and get the edge on the competition.

Senior producer Jennifer Keene&nbsp;asks if&nbsp;an old fashioned &lt;&lt;billet-doux&gt;&gt; to your potential home seller actually works?

Perhaps the only words that matter in a bidding war the ones that come with dollar signs and additional zeros — namely, money.

Is money all that talks in real estate, or does it need a boost from a love letter?

With housing prices skyrocketing and demand for real estate through the roof in Canada, some prospective buyers have taken to writing letters to sellers to try and get the edge on the competition. But does it really work to send a real estate love letter, or should you just save the ink and shell out the cash?

These days, artists like Celine Dion and the White Stripes supply the soundtrack to commercials, edging out the classic albeit cheesy earworms of decades past.

Producer Anis Heydari explains why the era of 'big jingle' is on the way out, but both small local businesses and irony continue to put jingles into our ears.

Can you sound more like melting cheese? The fate of the commercial jingle explained

The lowest price is no longer the law and Juicy Fruit may not be the taste that's going to move you anymore — at least when it comes to the music we hear in advertisements. Instead of jingles, artists like Celine Dion or Tegan and Sara supply the soundtrack to today's commercials versus the musical slogans of decades past. Producer Anis Heydari explains why the era of 'Big Jingle' is on the way out, but local jingles are still worming through your ears.

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A "Mother Clucker" chicken sandwich from Calgary's Cluck N Cleaver is just one version of the popular food item.

Why did you cross the road? To get a hot chicken sandwich — along with everyone else!

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