Wingstop

Operations

Wingstop posts 16th consecutive year of same-store sales growth

The fast-casual chain released preliminary Q4 sales showing a 12.2% same-store sales increase.

Leadership

Wingstop names a new COO

Mahesh Sadarangani, formerly of CEC, replaces Larry Kruguer, who resigned last month.

Lawrence Kruguer will leave in March, making him the fourth executive to leave the company in the past year.

Christina Clarke becomes the fast-casual chain’s third marketing head in the past 18 months.

Wingstop and Chipotle both proved that online orders can move the needle in the fast-food business, says RB’s The Bottom Line.

The sales increase comes despite a nearly 23% jump in wing prices.

The chain's longtime leader foresees changes for a concept that has been careful not to move with every market ripple.

The chicken wing chain has purchased a building in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Texas.

Is it generating a net gain in transactions for the restaurant industry? Maybe not. But the chains doing it are seeing their sales, profits and transactions rise.

But chicken wing prices rose 10% amid high demand and supply issues.

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