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title: "Capriotti's Sandwich Shop to Buy Wing Zone"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/b186e0cc-9707-44a4-af39-404bb7fdf799
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/capriottis-sandwich-shop-to-buy-wing-zone-2714629
category: "Chicken"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Chicken"
published: 2021-01-04T20:15:01.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:27:02.141Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/b50f528726b23196dfa06c1cc661a79f6637.jpg
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# Capriotti's Sandwich Shop to Buy Wing Zone

**TL;DR:** Capriotti's Sandwich Shop has acquired Wing Zone, a chicken wing delivery concept. Capriotti's had seen success in 2020, including selling new franchise locations and record profitability for existing stores.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2021-01-04. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/capriottis-sandwich-shop-to-buy-wing-zone-2714629).*

## Story

Capriotti's Sandwich Shop announced on Monday that it has acquired Wing Zone, a chicken wing delivery concept focused on serving college markets.

Capriotti’s said in a press release that it had seen “incredible success in 2020,” including selling at least 106 new franchise locations to multi-unit franchisees and seeing record profitability for existing stores.

As for why it purchased Wing Zone, which is currently also breaking off-premise sales records and selling franchises, Capriotti’s credited a “mutual focus on serving fans and flavor-seekers across the nation the highest quality products both in-store and off-premise as demand for delivery and online ordering skyrockets.”

Restaurant Business Online reported that Wing Zone's sales overall were down 12% from last year. The chicken wing restaurant has just below 70 units worldwide.

Wing Zone CEO Matt Friedman has long been a vocal opponent of third party delivery apps and a champion of restaurants running their own delivery operations.

Capriotti’s press release hinted at collaboration in the delivery space and a continuation of Friedman’s mission.

“Between Capriotti's tech-forward strategy, infrastructure and profitability, and Wing Zone's innovative delivery systems that cater to the rising demand for off-premise dining, both brands will bring each other a tremendous depth of service, meant to cement Capriotti's and Wing Zone as top players in the fast-casual sector,” the release read.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- franchise expansion (topic)
- brand acquisition (topic)
- Wing Zone (company)
- Capriotti's Sandwich Shop (company)
- off-premise sales (topic)
- Capriotti's Sandwich Shop acquisition of Wing Zone (deal)
- delivery concept (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/capriottis-sandwich-shop-to-buy-wing-zone-2714629). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/b186e0cc-9707-44a4-af39-404bb7fdf799).