Wing Zone featured in the TC Palm

Wing Zone was recently featured in the TC Palm in an article entitled, “Treasure Coast wing shops ready for Super Bowl onslaught.” For the article, local Wing Zone owner, Steven Fritz, shared his insight on the world of wings during Super Bowl weekend. On Super Bowl Sunday, Wing Zone in Port St. Lucie plans to sell 5,000 wings in a two hour period; an event that has had the restaurant planning since January 24th to ensure that they have enough sauces, as well as celery and wings to meet the demand of the customers who line up in the parking lot for these delicious morsels. Last year alone, Wing Zone did 40 million in system wide sales, demonstrating the need for wings over Super Bowl weekend. Click here to view the full article.

Treasure Coast wing shops ready for Super Bowl onslaught
By CATHY REEDER

The Pittsburgh Steelers and Green Bay Packers are gearing up for the Super Bowl.

So are wing joints around the country.

General Manager Steven Fritz of the Port St. Lucie Wing Zone has a 15-page manual from corporate headquarters — just for Super Bowl logistics. It's the biggest sales day of the year.

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Wing Zone featured on Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta"

Wing Zone was recently featured on Fox 5's "Good Day Atlanta." The segment aired yesterday and featured an awesome wing-saucing demo with Wing Zone co-founder and CEO Matt Friedman, who discussed why chicken wings are everyone’s favorite Super Bowl food. Matt brought some of his famous chicken wings and a variety of sauces to the set and taught the anchor how to sauce wings, while talking all about Wing Zone and how Super Bowl Sunday is the biggest sales day of the year. Also, Fox 5 posted information about Wing Zone's "Flavor Bowl" in which an individual has a chance to win a $200 giftcard to Wing Zone! Click here to view the segment, and also to find out about information on the "Flavor Bowl!"

Secrets for the Perfect Wings

Wing Zone Founder Matt Friedman shared the secrets to perfect wings -- be they winged, messy and hot or boneless and a little milder!

Be sure to check out Wing Zone on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/WingZoneNation , where they’re hosting their first official Flavor Bowl.

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Wing Zone featured in The Green Bay Press-Gazette

Wing Zone was recently featured in The Green Bay Press-Gazette with an article entitled "Green Bay Packers wins bring in green for businesses." The article focuses on the Super Bowl Sunday sales spike from the perspective of local Green Bay retailers. Wing Zone gets to start off the article with a business forecast from Wing Zone’s Green Bay franchisee, Randy Bardouche, who says he expects the Super Bowl Sunday rush this year to exceed the average volume of four full business days. Bardouche further discusses his preparation for the big day, and how many wings he expects to sell. Click here to view the full article!

Green Bay Packers wins bring in green for businesses
By NATHAN PHELPS

Take the volume from four regular business days and cram them into a few hours Sunday.

"It usually starts getting really heavy at 3 p.m. and goes until about 8 p.m.," said Randy Bardouche, an owner of Wing Zone, 1635 Main St. "If the Packers win, I expect it to go all night long, because that was the trend with the NFC championship game."

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Wing Zone featured in the Dayton Business Journal

Wing Zone was recently featured in the Dayton Business Journal in an article discussing the rise in sales over Super Bowl weekend. Ramzi Anubtawi, local owner of the two Dayton Wing Zone locations, shared his experience with readers on the influx of business that he encounters on Super Bowl Sunday. On a typical day, Ramzi said sales range from $2,000 -$2,400 however for the upcoming Super Bowl Sunday, Ramzi hopes to reach $9,000 - $10,000 in sales which makes it his busiest day of the year. Similar increases in sales is experienced across the 80 Wing Zone locations, making the Super Bowl the busiest day for chicken wings throughout the year. Click here to view the article in its entirety.

Wing Zone readies for Super Bowl rush
By GINGER CHRIST. January 28,2011

When the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Green Bay Packers square off in Super Bowl XLV, Ramzi Anubtawi will be ready for the game day rush … of customers.

Anubtawi, the Dayton-area franchisee for Atlanta, Ga.-based Wing Zone, said Super Bowl Sunday is “just a crazy day.”

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Wing Zone published in the Dayton Business Journal

Wing Zone was recently published in the Dayton Business Journal discussing expansion plans in Dayton and across the state of Ohio. Local Dayton franchisee Ramzi Anubtawi, who owns two existing Wing Zone restaurants, has plans to open at least three more stores in the market over the next five years including a new location in Vandalia by mid-2012. The first Wing Zone was opened in 2005, and the Dayton restaurants are the only locations in Ohio. This leaves a huge opportunity for brand development statewide. Click here to view the full article.

Wing Zone plans to expand restaurants across Dayton, Ohio
By GINGER CHRIST, Jan. 28,2011

The Dayton chicken wing market is furthering its wingspan.

Ramzi Anubtawi, the Dayton-area franchisee for Wing Zone, plans to open three more stores in the Dayton market in the next five years, including the launch of a store in Vandalia by mid-2012.

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Wing Zone featured in The Leaf-Chronicle

Wing Zone was featured in an article entitled "Veterans hiring even Jan. 27 at LP Field," in the Leaf-Chronicle of Clarkville, TN. The article focuses on a hiring event for veterans and how franchising could be a great career choice for these veterans. Wing Zone provides a great opportunity for these veterans to make a career transition. Click here to view the full article.

Veterans hiring event Jan. 27 at LP Field
By Jake Lowary

Next week, veterans and their spouses looking for work will have the chance to meet with recruiters at LP Field.

The American Legion, Purple Heart Services and the Military Spouse Corporate Career Network are hosting the RecruitMilitary Opportunity Expo on Jan. 27 at the home of the Tennessee Titans.

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After 18 Months of Work, Wing Zone Open in Panama

Wing Zone was recently featured by QSR in an article called “After 18 Months of Work Wing Zone Opens in Panama" The article was based off of an in-depth interview with Matt Friedman about Wing Zone’s first international location in Panama. Matt did a great job showing that this location has already been successful with first day sales tripling normal sales and talking about the strategy of finding owners locally-based to the international city was a must-do. Check out a portion of the story below or read the full article here.

After 18 Months of Work, Wing Zone Opens in Panama

For 18 months, executives at Atlanta-based Wing Zone laid groundwork for the brand’s launch into international expansion. In November, they finally tasted the fruit of that labor when the first international Wing Zone unit opened in Panama.

Matt Friedman, founder and CEO of the chicken wing chain, says it’s safe to say the opening was a success.

“Our opening day of business we did $4,800, which is three times what we’ll normally do on an opening day,” he says. “Our expected first week of sales will be somewhere between $25,000–$30,000, which is pretty awesome. (Read More)