There’s only one good thing about nonsense holidays like National Ice Cream Day or National Donut Day: If you like the food being celebrated, restaurants have events where you can get discounts or free items. National Chicken Wing Day, July 29, is no exception. [More]
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July 29 Is National Chicken Wing Day: Here Are Some Deals And Stunt Foods
By 7.29.17 — Updated: 7.30.17
Police: Father & Son Team Stole $41K Worth Of Chicken Wings From Their Employer
By 12.8.15
Some days you just need to start off with some news about meat theft, and today is one of those occasions: a father and son team near Syracuse, NY have been accused by police of pilfering about $40,000 worth of chicken wings from the restaurant where they both worked as cooks. Update: the dad in this duo had committed prior crimes against meat. Last year. [More]
Buffalo Wild Wings Says It’s Hiking Menu Prices By The End Of November
By 10.28.14
Tis the season to be chomping away on platters of chicken wings while watching football, but your Sunday sports binges might come with a heftier check soon: Buffalo Wild Wings says it’s increasing the price on menu items by an average of about 3%, as chicken wings are costing restaurants more these days. [More]
McDonald’s Has 10 Million Pounds Of Frozen Unsold Mighty Wings
By 12.19.13
Mighty Wings, McDonalds’ attempt at fast-food wingage, didn’t go over well with consumers. Maybe it was the pricing, well above sports bars and other wing outlets at about $1 per wing, in a restaurant that offers actual burgers for a dollar. The product didn’t take flight, and now McDonald’s is stuck with 10 million pounds of wings. [More]
McDonald’s Franchisees Having Trouble Competing With Sports Bars For Wing Market
By 10.15.13
McDonald’s is spending all sorts of money, hiring celebrity endorsers like Russel Wilson and Colin Kaepernick (and erecting poo-like sculptures) to market the fast food giant’s Mighty Wings. But some franchisees say they just can’t compete on price with less expensive wings available at your local sports bar. [More]
This Ad For McDonald’s Mighty Wings Looks Like Something You’d Scoop Out Of Kitty Litter
By 9.30.13
Even though you can get chicken wings from any family restaurant or sports bar (or buy them at the supermarket at make some yourself), McDonald’s sure has invested a lot of money into advertising and marketing its Mighty Wings. But whoever thought that this sculptural representation of the fast food product looked at all appetizing should really consider a new line of work. [More]
Are McDonald’s Mighty Wings To Blame For Higher Chicken Prices?
By 8.30.13
Even though you can get chicken wings at any number of restaurants and bars across this great nation — and they are incredibly easy to cook at home — some people are still excited by the notion that they’ll be able to get “Mighty” wings from McDonald’s starting next week. But are these wings going to cause the price of chicken to soar? [More]
We Know We Love Them But Why Are Chicken Wings So Popular At Super Bowl Time?
By 1.30.13
Chicken wings are a powerful food — they lead people to crime and cause us to worry about their price going up. But why are they so important during Super Bowl parties? Is Taco Bell right, are vegetables the losers and fried foods the necessary snack material for the big game? Though we’ve come to accept their presence every February, the popularity of chicken wings all leads back to the humble sports bar. [More]
Pair Arrested For Stealing $65K Worth Of Tyson Chicken Wings
By 1.28.13
With chicken wing prices on the rise, it looks like the tasty bird bits have become a hot commodity. Two Georgia men have been arrested and charged with making off with a massive amount of frozen wings from a cold storage facility. [More]
Robbers Would Rather Steal Domino's Chicken Wings Than Pizza
By 3.1.10
It wasn’t exactly the crime of the century, but several folks’ nights were ruined last week when a pair of armed robbers attacked a Domino’s delivery driver and made off with $36 worth of chicken wings. [More]
Pizza Hut Offers Opposite Of Volume Discount For "50 Cent" Chicken Wings
By 2.24.10
Pizza Hut is now running a promotion for 50-cent chicken wings. That’s per wing, not per order. Not the best price around, but a sensible pricing scheme. In theory. Brian writes that he discovered where this promotion begins to fall apart. [More]
Iowa Woman Claims Rodent Of Unusual Sauce Served As A Hot Wing
By 8.29.09
I’m no connoisseur of chicken wings, but I’ve heard that they aren’t supposed to contain fur. However, that was what a woman in Des Moines allegedly found in her hot wings. She’s stashing the unacceptable food item in her freezer until further notice. Is it an Iowa Fried Mouse, or something else that doesn’t belong in a meal?
Pilgrim's Pride Bankruptcy Causing Buffalo Wing Shortage, Superbowl Panic?
By 1.26.09
When Pilgrim’s Pride, a processor of chicken, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier this year, did it decrease chicken wing production? Are we on the verge of a chicken wing crisis?
Shylockian Shrink Ray Extracts Pound Of Flesh From Tyson Frozen Chicken Wings
By 1.2.09
BUH-KAW! Tyson’s five-pound bag of frozen chicken wings is now Tyson’s four-pound bag of frozen chicken wings.
