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Wingstop deal to expand Virginia presence

June 25, 2012

Neil Frank, a former strategic marketing manager/software engineer, has signed a deal with Wingstop to open three locations in Virginia. The first is slated to open in Fairfax County this fall.

Frank signed the agreement a after moving to Ashburn, Va. from San Jose, Calif. He is currently scouting sites throughout Fairfax and Loudoun counties in Northern Virginia.

"Wingstop is still pretty new on the East Coast, and Fairfax and Loudoun counties are open areas for development," Frank said. "That gives me an opportunity to get in on the ground floor and develop this great concept."

Formerly a strategic marketing manager and software engineer, Frank says the independent contracting business was moving at the same pace as the national economy, so he decided leave the corporate world and open his own business.

"I had never heard of Wingstop until some friends announced they were opening one in San Jose," he said. "So I tried the wings and loved them. And I like the simplicity of the concept and how you can order wings with some heat, but they have other options, too."

Frank’s three-store development agreement will bring a total of four Wingstop locations to Virginia. There is currently a location in Alexandria.