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<div style="color: #222222;  ">Like many fan favorite foods, bacon has its own holiday. <span data-term="goog_272995510" tabindex="0" style="border-bottom- 1px; border-bottom-style: dashed;  #cccccc; relative; top: -2px;  0;"><span style=" relative; top: 2px;  -1;">This Saturday</span></span> many restaurants are celebrating International <wbr>Bacon Day, pushing their porky offerings top customers eager to celebrate.</div><div style="color: #222222;  "></div><div style="color: #222222;  "><a href="http://wingzonefranchise.com/?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=qsr-magazine-wing-zone-brings-national-bacon-day-to-the-forefront-5727" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wing Zone</a>'s best-selling burgers, the Smokehouse and the monstrous, stacked "Widowmaker" both feature crispy bacon. The "Widowmaker" is four patties, four slices of cheese and four slices of bacon. And for the Wing Zone fans, it's the perfect way to celebrate the food holiday.</div><div style="color: #222222;  "></div><div style="color: #222222;  ">&#8220;Up until this year &#8230; I wasn&#8217;t aware that there was a National Bacon Day. I&#8217;m not surprised by any stretch; I think it deserves to be a true national holiday that gets a little bit more recognition,&#8221; says Wing Zone CMO Dan Corrigan.</div><div style="color: #222222;  "></div><div style="color: #222222;  ">With the rise of the 'better burger' segment Wing Zone has invested in higher quality ingredients to top them with too, including applewood smoked bacon.</div><div style="color: #222222;  "></div><div style="color: #222222;  ">Their wings even got the bacon treatment with the first Flavor Face-off in-store offerings: BBQ Bacon Nirvana, which Corrigan says could make a reappearance.</div><div style="color: #222222;  "></div><div style="color: #222222;  ">&#8220;People either loved or hated it. Some stores sold really well and others not so much,&#8221; he says. &#8220;It was another niche that we will probably look to bring back at some point if it&#8217;s something that our fans are still craving.&#8221;</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div><a href="https://www.qsrmagazine.com/news/wing-zone-pushes-little-known-national-bacon-day?utm_source=1851franchise.com&utm_medium=article&utm_campaign=qsr-magazine-wing-zone-brings-national-bacon-day-to-the-forefront-5727" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here</a> for the full article.&nbsp;</div>

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