Popeyes Limited Edition One Piece Collab is a Hit

Drive-through wait times exceeded two hours at some stores

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By RC Staff

14 April 2026

Key Points

Popeyes gave away collectible wooden bento boxes at six select locations today
Boxes are now selling on eBay for upwards of $300, roughly 20 times the cost of the Luffy Bento Bundle
Popeyes has a password-protected storefront expected to unlock April 15, more boxes may release soon

Popeyes launched its first anime collaboration today, and the lines wrapped around the building before most people had eaten breakfast. A limited number of collectible wooden One Piece bento boxes were on the table, but only for the first 200 customers at a handful of stores across the country. By midday, those boxes were on eBay for serious money, and the rest of the internet was left watching from the sidelines.

Popeyes X One Piece Collab Details

One Piece is one of the best-selling manga and most-watched anime series in history, following Monkey D. Luffy and his Straw Hat crew on a decades-long hunt for the ultimate treasure. The fanbase skews young, passionate, and extremely online. When a brand gets a One Piece collab right, the reaction is immediate.

Alongside the special menu, Popeyes gave away a limited number of collectible wooden One Piece bento boxes to the first 200 customers at six select locations. The boxes were free with the purchase of the Luffy Bento Bundle. No lottery, no online drop. You had to show up.

The six locations were:

Boston: 304 Squire Rd, Revere, MA
Chicago: 621 Ogden Ave, Downers Grove, IL
Los Angeles: 7635 Winnetka Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Miami: 1427 Washington Ave, Miami Beach, FL
New Brunswick: 571 Milltown Rd, New Brunswick, NJ
New York City: 1530 Broadway, New York, NY

Reports from the drive-throughs at several locations described wait times of up to two hours, with walk-up lines running even longer.

Many of these stores sold out of their stock within the first ten minutes they were open. It’s unclear if Popeye’s wasn’t expecting this level of demand or they were content to watch the shitshow unfold.

Popeyes One Piece Bento Boxes Resell

The bento boxes started surfacing on eBay within hours of the drop. Asking prices are running upwards of $300, with some listings higher. For context, the meal that came with the box retailed for $13.99. After eBay’s 13% fee, a seller getting $300 walks away with about $261 in profit on a free item. That’s a $15 meal that printed money for anyone who got in line early enough.

Sold listings are still thin given how recent the drop is, so $300 should be treated as an active ask for now. Prices could settle lower as more boxes hit the market, or hold if demand from collectors stays strong. One Piece fans are not casual about merchandise, and a wooden bento box with official Toei licensing is a meaningful collectible in that community regardless of the Popeyes angle.

Further Popeye's One Piece Merch Releases Soon

This story may not be over. Popeyes has a password-protected storefront live right now that is expected to unlock on April 15. The announced merchandise includes keychains and t-shirts, but what’s actually sitting behind that password page is unknown. There’s a real possibility additional collectible bento boxes or other limited items drop through the online store, which would give resellers who missed today another shot and likely push secondary prices down if supply increases. Keep an eye on it.

Bottom Line

If you got a bento box today, list it now while demand is fresh and the news cycle is still running. If you missed it, watch the Popeyes shop on April 15. Whether the unlock brings more collectible boxes or just apparel, there’s clearly appetite for this collab.

Fast food collabs like this have become genuine resell events. McDonald’s recent Super Mario Galaxy meal and Taco Bell’s Tony Hawk crossover both moved real money on the secondary market, and Popeyes just ran the same playbook at a higher level. The combination of One Piece’s fanbase, physical collectibles, and extreme scarcity made this one of the more surprising fast food flip opportunities in recent memory.