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
McDonald’s Brings Back Mighty Wings In Atlanta: Wait, What?
By 4.28.16
You might remember Mighty Wings. Back in 2013, McDonald’s tested the breaded and fried wings after months of testing, and they failed, leaving the chain with 10 million pounds of leftover wings in a freezer vault. The original $1 per wing price point just didn’t appeal to people, especially when they could get wings cheaper in sports bars and the chain still had a dollar menu. The wings are back, though, for a limited time in Atlanta. [More]
Buffalo Wild Wings Blames Sluggish Sales On NFL Season’s Late Start
By 10.29.15
Did you notice something different about the first week of September this year — perhaps a noticeable lack of wing sauce covering your fingers? Sports eatery Buffalo Wild Wings wasn’t able to score as much in the third quarter, blaming its lack of customers on the late start to the NFL season. [More]
Either McDonald’s Is Just Messing With Us Or The Company Is Expanding Tests Of “Mighty Wings”
By 1.8.13
If you’ve ever walked into a McDonald’s and stared at all those chicken McNuggets and McChickens and Chicken McBites and bemoaned the lack of just like, the option to get maybe eight or 16 chicken wings, you’re maybe about to do a happy dance. But the fast food joint is reportedly testing an item called Mighty Wings. Why not just call them McWings? [More]
No NFL Season Could Clip The Chicken Wing Industry
By 3.21.11
Don’t buy that 780-count of wet naps just yet: If the NFL lockout drags on and results in no season this year, the chicken wing industry could suffer massively, a producer of the game-day snack favorite says. [More]
Amusing Complaint Gets Wild Wings To Fix Tiny Wings
By 3.16.10
There are many kinds of complaint letters. I like the funny ones the best, like Tracy’s. Usually a nut for Wild Wings Lunch Buffet’s wings, she was sorely saddened to get a plate of “micro wings” foisted upon her. And instead of celery and dressing – tater tots! Tracy dashed off an amusing complaint letter, and they actually investigated it and will be fixing the wing deficiency! [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]
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.
