FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Bellmore Wing Zone Presents: Flavor/Hunger Stimulus Package
To Celebrate Opening, Delivery/Take-Out Chicken Wing Chain Offers 5 Free Wings to Every Facebook Fan
BELLMORE, NY (November 22, 2010) – Chicken wing cravers have called, and Wing Zone, the 100-unit chicken wing delivery/take-out specialists, has answered, as the flavor sensation opened its newest location at 2760 Sunrise Highway in Bellmore, NY on November 22.
To celebrate its opening, Wing Zone of Bellmore wants every Long Island resident to experience a taste of their second-to-none flavors by offering five free wings to every one of their Facebook fans, via a coupon available on the Wing Zone Facebook page. No purchase is necessary, and the coupon is good for the entire first week of the Bellmore store's opening.
"Call it our taste and hunger stimulus package," said Matt Licht, owner of the newest addition to the Wing Zone family. "We are pulling out the red carpet for wing eaters all over Bellmore. I can promise you that once you taste our product, you will be a customer for life."
Wing Zone has become famous over recent years by not only introducing its cluster growth strategy in which multiple Wing Zone locations will open in surrounding communities, but also being featured on the Food Channel, TODAY Show, ESPN and in USA Today, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal for its founders' story and flavor-bursting sauces.
Founders Matt Friedman and Adam Scott created the chain that dares you not to crave more of its tasty wings in 1991 at their University of Florida fraternity kitchen, where they cooked up wings/homemade sauces and delivered the award winning Buffalo chicken wings all over the campus. Soon thereafter, the founders began expanding their concept, later settling on Atlanta to headquarter their franchising efforts.
"We are on a mission to treat millions to our product, and Matt Licht is the perfect franchise partner to help us do so," Friedman said, noting the brand's recent decision to expand internationally as well. "Bellmore will be a vital addition to our expansion plans throughout New York. Matt Licht brought the first Wing Zone to the state back in 2004, with the East Meadows location, and now he's helping us expand our presence and spread the word about the tastiness of our product in Long Island with the Bellmore opening."
This year, to support Wing Zone's progressive saucing style, Bellmore wing fanatics who try the sauces are encouraged to tell Wing Zone-nation all about it via its Social Media outlets. Friedman said the chain will interact with Bellmore residents in their personal space, daily, via these outlets. The 5 Free Wings coupon is a way to stimulate growth and open up online communication.
"We encourage our friends to follow us, Tweet us, friend us, and interact with us via MySpace, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The 5 Free Wings deal is just the first of many real time specials and interactive contests we plan to offer there. Social Media provides us the ability to interact with our customers in their personal space," Friedman said.
Wing Zone's extensive menu offers 15 unique flavors of fresh, cooked-to-order wings, including favorites such as Nuclear, Honey BBQ, Lemon Pepper, Ragin' Cajun, Garlic Parmesan, and Spicy BBQ. In addition, Wing Zone offers salads, grilled sandwiches, burgers and a variety of appetizers such as chicken fingers, mozzarella sticks, battered mushrooms, onion rings and cheese fries.
"So come on down and check us out!" said Licht. "But first log on to Facebook and grab your coupon at www.Facebook.com/WingZoneNation. Your first five wings may be free, but they definitely will not be your last!"
About Wing Zone
Wing Zone was founded in 1991 at the University of Florida by Matt Friedman and Adam Scott, who cooked wings with homemade sauces in their fraternity house kitchen and delivered them to fellow college students. After opening several Wing Zone locations, Scott and Friedman began franchising Wing Zone in 1999. Wing Zone now has nearly 100 locations open across the U.S. For more information about Wing Zone visit www.wingzone.com.