WingStreet

WingStreet
Wholly owned subsidiary
Industry Fast Food
Founded 2003
Headquarters Dallas, Texas
Products Chicken Wings
Revenue Increase USD (2005)
Parent Yum! Brands
Website www.wingstreet.com
WingStreet and Pizza Hut co-located restaurant on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, California

WingStreet is a restaurant chain specializing in chicken. It is owned by Yum! Brands, which also owns its sister franchise Pizza Hut. As of September 2008, there were close to 1,600 locations in the U.S., Canada, and Australia.[1] They are almost always co-located with Pizza Hut.[2]

History

Pizza Hut franchises began offering buffalo chicken wings in 1995. In 2003, Yum! launched WingStreet as a hybrid combo unit with an existing Pizza Hut franchise.[3] In 2007, Pizza Hut/WingStreet opened their 1,000th restaurant. In 2007 and 2008, a thousand WingStreet stores a year were opened. On October 19, 2009, Company president Steve Udovic publicized WingStreet's national launch.[3] The chain predicted aggressive growth, adding more than 4,000 locations by 2010.[4]

Wings

WingStreet restaurants sell breaded and traditional Buffalo wings for take-out and delivery. Their sauces include Teriyaki, Spicy Garlic, Honey BBQ, Garlic Parmesan and Buffalo (Mild, Medium, and Hot), as well as cajun and ranch dry rubs. They also offer sauce-free "Naked" wings.

WingStreet offers two styles of wings: Bone-Out (boneless) breaded wings and Traditional non-breaded, bone-in wings. The chain once served Bone-In breaded wings, however they have recently been removed from the menu.[5]

Aside from chicken wings, the restaurant usually offers additional sides such as fried cheese sticks, chicken tenders, apple pies, and potato wedges. Moreover, certain locations may offer curly fries, jalapeno poppers and onion rings.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "WingStreet to double number of locations", PizzaMarketplace.com, 18 September 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  2. ↑ Slawsky, Richard. "Chicken wings take flight", PizzaMarketplace.com, 6 July 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  3. 1 2 Cyrek, Christopher (October 20, 2009). "Pizza Hut going after wings market". Dallas Business Journal. Dallas, Texas: American City Business Journals, Inc. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  4. ↑ Press Release, Reuters, 8 May 2008. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "WingStreet Wing Types", WingStreet.com Wing Types, Retrieved April 13, 2016
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