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Wingstop celebrates 2,000th opening

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May 9, 2023

Dallas-based Wingstop is celebrating its 2,000th opening by releasing a list of "2,000 Ways to Wingstop," highlighting ways to experience flavor in various corners of the world featuring viral menu hacks popularized on social media.

"I'm proud of our team and Wingstop brand partners for driving Wingstop's growth story as we achieve our 2,000th restaurant opening," Michael Skipworth, president and CEO, said in a company press release. "But our story is far from over. In fact, we're just getting started. We have a significant opportunity in front of us to scale Wingstop from 2,000 restaurants today to over 7,000 restaurants with an accelerated pace of growth on our mission to Serve the World Flavor."

The 2,000th store opened Tuesday in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Wingstop recently announced it delivered 20% same-store sales growth in the first quarter of 2023, hit its 19th consecutive year of same-store sales growth in 2022 and plans to eventually have 7,000 restaurants globally.