Buffalo Wild Wings
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Formerly called
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Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck (1982–1998) |
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NASDAQ: BWLD S&P 400 Component |
| Industry | Restaurants |
| Founded | 1982 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Founders | Jim Disbrow Scott Lowery Bernard Spencer Elizabeth Brock |
| Headquarters | Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
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Number of locations
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1,175 (as of February 2016) |
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Area served
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United States, Canada, Mexico, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Panama. |
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Key people
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Sally Smith (CEO) |
| Products | Chicken Wings, Shareables, Sandwiches and Burgers |
| Revenue |
 US$1.81 billion (FY 2015)
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US$138.5 million (FY 2015)
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US$95.1 million (FY 2015)
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| Website | buffalowildwings.com |
Buffalo Wild Wings is an American casual dining restaurant and sports bar franchise in the United States, Canada, Mexico, The Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates which specializes in chicken wings and sauces.
As of February 2015, it had 1,070 locations (485 directly owned by the company, and 585 franchised locations) across all 50 U.S. states and DC. An alternate nickname in recent usage by the company is B-Dubs.
Buffalo Wild Wings was co-founded in 1982 by Jim Disbrow, Scott Lowery and Bernard Spencer. Disbrow, Lowery and Spencer came up with the idea one weekend when they got together in Kent, Ohio, for Disbrow to judge an amateur figure skating competition at Kent State University in 1980. They decided to open up their own restaurant, first in Columbus, Ohio, and then in Westerville, Ohio one year later.
Originally called Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck, from which the abbreviation bw-3 was created (the third W was for the beef on weck sandwich, a staple of the Buffalo region), in 1990 Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck began to franchise. In 1998 the name was changed to Buffalo Wild Wings Grill & Bar.
The corporate headquarters was located in Cincinnati, Ohio until 1997 when it moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In 2010, the company announced an expansion into Canada. In February 2012, Buffalo Wild Wings reported $495 million in total assets. In 2015, Buffalo Wild Wings expanded in the United Arab Emirates when it opened a restaurant in Dubai.
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