Chicken wings are a hot commodity. Americans ate more than 1.35 billion wings – that’s enough to circle the earth three times ‑ during the last Super Bowl weekend. For wing-lovers, the food’s huge popularity means more opportunities to indulge and more flavors to try. For wing-makers, it means big business. Americans’ chicken wing obsession […]
“…For any emerging business today, effectively utilizing and growing with technology is key for success. Our unit index measuring system is an essential tool to ensure no trajectories are missed.” – Sam Ballas, CEO of East Coast Wings + Grill https://www.franchising.com/articles/east_coast_wings_new_system_digs_deep_into_unit_performance.html
In a rapidly growing and changing restaurant space, Sam Ballas, CEO of East Coast Wings + Grill, thrives on having a methodical plan and the desire to “grow smart. You have to have vision when you have a 10-year run; with the current look, the current deliverable, can it take you the next 10 years?”. […]
With locations already in Johnson City, Memphis, and Kingsport, East Coast Wings + Grill is planning an expansion further into Tennessee. The fast-growing franchise plans to bring seven new locations to Tennessee and over 350 jobs. Read more below: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/east-coast-wings–grill-heats-things-up-with-tennessee-expansion-300595164.html
East Coast Wings + Grill prepares to make a quarter of a million chicken wings for the Big Game on 2/4. Check out the link to see a peek of how it’s done! East Coast Wings preparing to make a quarter of a million wings on Super Bowl Sunday
Our friends at WBTV in Charlotte tried our famous HBBQ flavor in the eight different heat indexes, including the insanity heat level. How spicy could you go? http://wbtv.com/clip/14081737/east-coast-wings-challenge-how-hot-will-you-go
Thorn and Kruse compare 2017 food trend predictions with actual trends that they noticed over the year and saw that, in line with their predictions, usage of naan bread became more widespread across menus. One example is that East Coast Wings + Grill offers naan bread with the ECW+G Triple Dip. Read more: http://www.nrn.com/food-trends/thorn-and-kruse-take-stock-2017-menu-trends
Sam Ballas, CEO of East Coast Wings + Grill, shares some predictions for 2018 in the fast casual realm. East Coast Wings + Grill is looking towards creating comfort food skillets such as Chicken Mac + Cheese and the Kickin’ Joe. https://www.fastcasual.com/articles/dickeys-freshii-leaders-predict-2018-restaurant-trends/?utm_source=Email_marketing&utm_campaign=emnaFCC12222017&cmp=1&utm_medium=html_email
In an ever-changing marketplace, retail spaces are looking to update their decor and are experimenting with restaurants inside of retail spaces. These initiatives go hand-in-hand with continually anticipating what the consumer wants. Restaurants such as East Coast Wings + Grill are updating decor, menus, and overall focus of their restaurants in order to anticipate guest […]
