Customers going into one of the two-dozen Wings Over buffalo-style chicken-wing franchises across the country won’t find raspberry chipotle sauce on the menu — unless they are in Florida.
What’s unusual, though, isn’t the Florida establishments’ sauce preference. It’s that Shawn Rouse, the co-owner of the two franchises in the state, was allowed to put the sauce on the menu to begin with.
And the sauce is just part of it. Wings Over restaurants can incorporate the city or region where they’re located into the name — say, Wings Over Washington, D.C. — “to make it feel more homey,” says , president of the Agawam, Mass.-based Wings Over franchise chain. In addition, stores in college towns, where Wings Over is popular, don’t have to open until 4 p.m. and can close at 3 a.m. to 4 a.m. Usual weekday hours are 11 a.m. to midnight.
“We really endeavor to let our franchisees have more of a say in the company,” Mr. Simonds says.
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