Buffalo Wild Wings® Celebrates 700th Opening in Tempe, Arizona
September 20 2010 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) today announced the
opening of its 700th restaurant in the United States, located in
Tempe, Arizona, part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. This is the
17th Buffalo Wild Wings in Arizona. To celebrate this milestone
grand opening, the Tempe Buffalo Wild Wings will be executing the
Company’s signature Free Wings for a Year promotion to the first
100 guests through its doors on opening day. The sports grill and
bar will also hold a drawing at 7:00pm for the next seven days to
award seven additional guests with a Free Wings for a Year coupon
book.
Buffalo Wild Wings opened its first restaurant in Columbus, Ohio
in 1982 and has been growing its presence across the country
through franchised and company-owned expansion for the past 28
years. Since the Company’s initial public offering in November
2003, Buffalo Wild Wings has been steadily expanding toward its
target of more than 1,000 restaurants across the United States. The
Company also recently announced that it will be expanding into
Canada in 2011, with a growth target of 50 restaurants over the
next five years.
“The opening of our 700th location is a significant
accomplishment for Buffalo Wild Wings. We’re incredibly proud to
reach this milestone, and I thank the entire team for their
dedication and efforts to deliver the unique Buffalo Wild Wings
experience every day,” commented Sally Smith, President and Chief
Executive Officer of Buffalo Wild Wings. “We are excited to
continue adding new locations that bring our award-winning wings to
the Phoenix and Tempe communities as we move closer to our goal of
more than 1,000 locations across the country.”
As part of the Tempe opening celebration, the restaurant will
donate a portion of sales from its preseason training nights to the
Veteran Ticket Foundation, a local charity that gives free sporting
event tickets to Veterans, Active Duty Military and their
families as a way of saying thank you. The Tempe Buffalo Wild Wings
is located at 705 South Rural Road, Suite 101 in Tempe, Arizona and
will open at 11:00am on September 20th.
About Buffalo Wild Wings:
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., founded in 1982 and headquartered in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a growing owner, operator and franchisor
of Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & BarTM restaurants featuring a
variety of boldly flavored, made-to-order menu items including its
namesake Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings. The Buffalo Wild
Wings' menu specializes in eighteen mouth-watering signature sauces
and seasonings with flavor sensations ranging from Sweet BBQTM to
Blazin'®. Guests enjoy a welcoming neighborhood atmosphere that
includes an extensive multi-media system for watching their
favorite sporting events. Buffalo Wild Wings is the recipient of
hundreds of "Best Wings" and "Best Sports Bar" awards from across
the country. There are currently 700 Buffalo Wild Wings locations
across 43 states.
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