Dickey’s Barbecue Pit Launches First Virtual Brand – Wing Boss
March 31, 2021 · ·
Texas-style barbecue restaurant debuts delivery-only concept featuring chicken tenders and pit-smoked wings as additional revenue stream for franchisees
No one does pit-smoked wings like
Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, which is why the world’s largest barbecue concept recently launched
Wing Boss, the brand’s first-ever virtual concept starring pit-smoked wings.
Wing Boss first launched at the original Dickey’s location in Dallas, Texas, and has since expanded to over 40 restaurants with continued growth month-over-month. Serving as a new revenue stream for franchisees, Wing Boss will debut in 20 additional locations throughout April with more locations in the works. Since introducing the virtual concept, Dickey’s has seen an incremental increase in profits of over 1%.
A maple in April is a force to be reckoned with. The sap is flowing with a vengeance, squeezed by specialized cells that expand during the heat of day to create more pressure in a maple tree than in the inside of a car tire.
The people who make maple syrup, a hearty tribe called sugarmakers, capitalize on this pressure by drilling holes in the tree, a process known as tapping. Taps allow the treeâs pressure to push the sap, which the sugarmakers refer to as âwater,â out of the tree and directly into a collection system.
Unlike most sugarmakers, David Knudsonâs business, Montana Mapleworks, doesnât have a sugarbush â that is, a stand of sugar maple trees â to call his own. Instead, he leads an itinerant sugarmaking life, scouting for maple trees and striking deals with the landowners to let him tap their trees. These benefactors include his urban neighbors; several Norway maples in the alley behind his house are, as we speak, quietly draining their
Zalat Pizza opened in 2015 and quickly became Dallas’ favorite late-night pizzeria. They now have ten locations across DFW! Zalat is known for elevating the common pepperoni pizza along with many unique pizza combinations like The Zealot, Pho Shizzle, Elote, Loaded Notato and more. An equally famous and crave-able must have item is their trademarked sauce, Sirancha– a combination of Sriracha and ranch to create the perfect mind-blowing pizza dipping sauce!
The Proper Baking Company traditionally handcrafts and creates authentic British baked goods including meat pies. The owner Tina and her husband (who is originally from Dallas) moved to Dallas from England 9 years ago. They make everything by hand, from scratch, using old English methods. Their aim was to preserve the British tradition of making pies and pasties.
THE PIONEER WOMAN Partners with Zavida Coffee Roasters to Launch New Coffee Line
The Pioneer Woman®, represented by Earthbound Brands, has announced that they have partnered with a leading producer of coffee, Zavida Coffee Roasters, to provide customers across the country with a new, premium coffee line.
Zavida Coffee Roasters, a producer of gourmet coffee for over 40 years, has partnered with Ree Drummond, known as The Pioneer Woman. Mornings come very early on our ranch, Drummond said. Coffee is one of my favorite things about rising and shining, and I love to sip it all day. My coffee line with Zavida Coffee Roasters includes both high-quality coffee beans and single-serve cups in both flavored and non-flavored blends that I think you will absolutely love!