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For more than 10 years, Mark Cross&#8212;a born and bred Midwesterner&#8212;wore a suit and tie to work, where he sold hardware and software solutions in the financial industry. But the job never made him truly happy, and after a series of tragic events involving the death of his best friend and his father, Cross began searching for a new path. His answer came in the form of <a href="http://ownabuffalo.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=how-buffalo-wings-rings-became-the-indisputable-leader-in-the-sports-restaurant-category-5164" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings</a>. &#8220;I visited a <a href="https://buffalowingsandrings.1851franchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=how-buffalo-wings-rings-became-the-indisputable-leader-in-the-sports-restaurant-category-5164" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings</a> in Naperville, Illinois and was blown away by the quality of the wings. They were the best wings I&#8217;ve ever had,&#8221; Cross said. After that experience, he began researching locations to open his on Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings restaurant, and on May 31, 2016, he officially broke ground on one of the brand&#8217;s future homes&#8212;Franklin, Texas. &#8220;There are a lot of sports restaurants out there, but there&#8217;s something different about Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings. Their food is always fresh and never frozen, and that kind of care goes a really long way. It really was the quality of the brand&#8217;s food that made me fall in love with the concept,&#8221; Cross said. Craig Tincher, who is planning to open his first Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings location new London, Kentucky, decided to become a franchisee with the brand for a similar reason. &#8220;My wife and I, Leslie, had been talking about getting involved in the restaurant industry for years, but could never really decide on the right direction. We started looking for a franchise that would fit the needs of the London community while at the same time offering quality food,&#8221; Tincher said. &#8220;We first checked out a Buffalo Wild Wings, but we just didn&#8217;t enjoy their food. When we visited a Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings, everything about it&#8212;the food, the atmosphere the service&#8212;was all elevated in a way not normally seen in a sports restaurant. We knew it was the perfect fit.&#8221; Backed by the demand for an alternative to traditional sports bars, Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings has cemented itself as a go-to option for families looking to watch their favorite sporting events in a friendly atmosphere. For all of these reasons and more, Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings has emerged as the indisputable leader in the sports restaurant category&#8212;and they have the numbers to prove it. Since 2006, the brand has seen a consistent increase in revenue, with 13 percent growth of year-over-year annual unit volume. In 2008, Buffalo wings &amp; Rings reported an average unit volume of $800,000. By 2013, that number had doubled. And by the end of 2015, Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings boasted a new milestone&#8212;a record high AUV of $2 million. &#8220;We&#8217;ve worked hard on the brand every day for the past 10 years. We&#8217;ve reengineered our brand to make it more attractive to multi-unit and single-unit operators&#8212;we have enhanced marketing, upgraded products and a streamlined kitchen service model. We also dedicated ourselves to an ongoing strategy to further align our corporate staff and franchisees. As a result, we&#8217;ve seen consistent growth in new franchise units year after year,&#8221; said Philip Schram, chief development officer for the brand. Ultimately, Nader Masadeh, the CEO of Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings, believes that his family-friendly sports restaurant differentiates itself from virtually every other casual dining option in the category through its multi-faceted offering; at the font of the house is a casual dining and at the back is a quick-service kitchen. Together, it allows guests to feel like they are at the ultimate club level for casual dining. &#8220;Without question, that makes us a unique. Our guests get the experience of a great sit-down meal from a menu that has diverse, hand-made options and incredible flavors. At the same time, our kitchen is straightforward and uncomplicated,&#8221; Masadeh said. &#8220;Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings was built on the foundation that we can be more than a chicken wing joint, and we have always focused on the food and experience rather than the gimmicks. I joined this brand for the opportunity to build a concept that presents a new value-add to the industry. Our people, our food and the experience we give to our customers is second-to-none.&#8221;<div>To learn more about franchising with Buffalo Wings &amp; Rings, <a href="https://buffalowingsandrings.1851franchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=how-buffalo-wings-rings-became-the-indisputable-leader-in-the-sports-restaurant-category-5164" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here. </a>&nbsp;</div>

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