Wing Zone Sponsors Atlanta’s First Ever Chicken Wing Festival

Fast-Growing Atlanta-Based Takeout & Delivery Chain Eyes ‘People’s Choice’ Award

ATLANTA (Tuesday, March 01, 2005) - Wing Zone, one of the nation’s fastest-growing takeout & delivery chains best noted for its award-winning 25 flavors of fresh, cooked-to-order Buffalo chicken wings, announced today it will play a lead role as a primary sponsor and participant in the first ever Atlanta Wings Festival, taking place April 16-17 on Auburn Avenue.

Wing Zone will be serving up its full array of 25 signature flavors of Buffalo wings at the debut event, including Garlic-Parmesan, which recently won the “Most Creative Sauce Award” at the National Buffalo Wing Festival, in Buffalo, NY. At the Atlanta Festival, Wing Zone will compete for the city’s first ever “People’s Choice” wing award.

“With our home-base in Atlanta and Wing Zone locations popping up around the nation, it was important for us to support this historical local event as a key sponsor and to share our beloved wings and sauces with our home town constituency,“ said Stan Friedman, Executive Vice President and a partner in the Wing Zone Franchise Corp. “It’s the perfect way to celebrate our success, by embracing the community that has supported our product and business for so many years.”

With more than 70 locations operating nationwide and 35 more in development, interest in the Wing Zone franchise concept has significantly “heated up,” particularly since it received coverage on the Prime Time Food Network program “Roker on the Road” and won back-to-back awards at the National Buffalo Wing Festival in 2003 and 2004. In fact, in 2005 alone, Wing Zone has awarded franchises to eight new individuals, including the signing of its 100th store, which, appropriately, will open in the Atlanta market this August. It will be Atlanta’s third Wing Zone location, with yet another scheduled to open later this summer in Kennesaw.

Friedman and many members of the corporate team will join Wing Zone franchise owners Jeff Morris, Marie Chaffin, Byron Spencer and Noble Benefield (franchisee for Wing Zone store No.100) at the festival, where they will all focus on satisfying the appetites of wing lovers of all ages, with Wing Zone’s infamous fresh chicken wings and sauces in 25 delectable flavors.

For more information on the Atlanta Wings Festival, visit www.atlantawingsfestival.com.

About Wing Zone

While earning customer loyalty from consumers nationwide, Wing Zone is also receiving recognition from within the food service and franchise industries. In fact, Wing Zone was rated a Top 20 New Franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine (Jan. 2004), included in Bond’s Top 100 Franchise Opportunities, ranked in Franchise Times’ Fast 55 and was recognized by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing, privately held companies in America. 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 expanding with several Wing Zone locations, Scott and Friedman began franchising Wing Zone in 1999. Wing Zone currently has more than 70 locations with 35 more in development to open by the end of 2005.

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