History
Pizza Hut franchises began offering buffalo chicken wings in 1995. In 2003, Yum! launched WingStreet as a hybrid combo unit with an existing Pizza Hut franchise. In 2007, Pizza Hut/WingStreet opened their 1,000th restaurant. In 2007 and 2008, a thousand WingStreet stores a year were opened. On October 19, 2009, Company president Scott Bergren publicize WingStreet's national launch. The chain predicted aggressive growth, adding more than 4,000 locations by 2010.
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