Buffalo Wild Wings Launches Company Refranchising Program

MINNEAPOLIS--()--Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD), (“Company”) today announced that it is now offering for sale certain of its company-owned restaurants. This work is part of the Company’s on-going portfolio optimization process.

The Company has selected 83 restaurants to be refranchised in the following regions:

Canada
Central and Eastern Pennsylvania
Northeast U.S.
South Texas
Washington, D.C.

As previously announced, the company retained The Cypress Group (“Cypress”), a leading restaurant and franchise investment banking firm to manage the initiative. Cypress has more than 25 years of multi-unit M&A and corporate refranchising experience in the restaurant industry.

In order to ensure a consistent and disciplined process, Cypress will coordinate all discussions and distribution of offering materials with potential buyers. Effective immediately, Cypress is entertaining requests and contacting parties regarding participation in the process. Any interested party should click on the link below and include the requested contact and background information:

bwwinfo@cypressgroup.biz

About the Company
Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc., founded in 1982 and headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, is a growing owner, operator and franchisor of Buffalo Wild Wings® restaurants featuring a variety of boldly-flavored, made-to-order menu items including its namesake Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings. The Buffalo Wild Wings menu specializes in 21 mouth-watering signature sauces and rubs with flavor sensations ranging from Sweet BBQ™ to Blazin'®. Guests enjoy a welcoming neighborhood atmosphere that includes an extensive multi-media system for watching their favorite sporting events. Buffalo Wild Wings is the recipient of hundreds of "Best Wings" and "Best Sports Bar" awards from across the country. There are currently more than 1,220 Buffalo Wild Wings locations around the world.

To stay up-to-date on all the latest events and offers for sports fans and wing lovers, like Buffalo Wild Wings on Facebook, follow @BWWings on Twitter and visit www.BuffaloWildWings.com.

Forward-looking Statements
Statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements for purposes of the Safe Harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to the timing and scope of future sales of company-owned restaurants. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements and are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of our management. We have attempted to identify forward-looking statements by words such as, “intends,” “may,” “believes,” “will,” and other comparable terminology. Actual results may vary materially from those contained in forward-looking statements based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, our ability to achieve and manage our planned expansion, the ability of our franchisees to open and manage new restaurants, market acceptance in the new geographic regions we enter (particularly non-U.S. locations), success of acquired restaurants, success of investments in new or emerging concepts, unforeseen obstacles in developing nontraditional sites or non-U.S. locations, our ability to obtain and maintain licenses and permits necessary to operate our existing and new restaurants, our franchisees' adherence to our system standards, the cost of commodities such as traditional chicken wings and supply chain consistency, the success of our key initiatives and our advertising and marketing campaigns, our ability to control restaurant labor and other restaurant operating costs, the continued service of key management personnel, our ability to protect our name and logo and other proprietary information, economic conditions (including changes in consumer preferences or consumer discretionary spending), the impact of federal, state or local government regulations relating to our employees, the sale of food and alcoholic beverages, the effect of competition in the restaurant industry, our ability to increase our credit facilities, and other factors disclosed from time to time in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the factors described under "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 25, 2016, as updated in subsequent reports filed with the SEC. Investors should take such risks into account when making investment decisions. Shareholders and other readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date on which they are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Contacts

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
Investor Relations:
Heather Pribyl, 952-540-2095

Release Summary

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD), (“Company”) today announced that it is now offering for sale certain of its company-owned restaurants.

Contacts

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.
Investor Relations:
Heather Pribyl, 952-540-2095