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Buy a Dick’s Wings & Grill Franchise

Dick’s Wings & Grill is a family-friendly sports bar and casual dining concept established in 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida. The menu centers on Buffalo, New York-style chicken wings in 365 distinct flavors, alongside boneless wings, hog wings, half-pound burgers, sandwiches, salads, and signature waffle fries. Beer and wine are served at all locations, with full bar service available at select restaurants.

Restaurants feature a sports-themed interior with flat-screen TVs throughout the dining room and a children’s entertainment area with video games, drawing families, sports fans, and neighborhood regulars alike. Dick’s Wings operates under ARC Group, Inc., a publicly traded parent company that also franchises the Wing Nutz concept. The brand began franchising in 2003 and today operates a concentrated footprint of restaurants across North Florida and South Georgia.

The brand differentiates through a “Heat + Flavor = 365” flavor approach, giving guests a broad choice of sauces and heat levels across traditional and specialty wing formats. Dick’s Wings positions itself as a neighborhood gathering place with a casual, sport-themed atmosphere built for repeat visits.

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Why buy a Dick’s Wings & Grill Franchise?

Dick’s Wings & Grill competes in a category that has proved durable within US casual dining, with the wings-and-grill format showing consistent consumer demand across economic cycles. To buy a Dick’s Wings & Grill franchise is to enter a segment with proven repeat-customer dynamics, where the brand’s 365-flavor system and long-established market presence provide differentiation from national wing chains and independent competitors.

Dick’s Wings has earned multiple local “Best Of” and “Best Wings” awards across its home markets of North Florida and South Georgia, reflecting strong brand affinity within the communities it serves. The parent company, ARC Group, Inc., has offered reduced franchise fees to US military veterans. Well-established units may carry loyal customer bases built over years of consistent service, which is a key value driver for resale buyers in this segment.

Dick’s Wings & Grill Franchise Costs & Information

  • Minimum Qualifications

    • Initial Franchise Fee

      $30,000

    • Initial Investment

      $250,000 – $750,000

  • Royalty

    • Royalty Fee

      4% – 8%

  • Training & Support

    • Ongoing support

    • Marketing support

Dick’s Wings & Grill – Additional  Information

  1. Training & Support

    Dick's Wings & Grill provides franchisees with management training covering service standards, food preparation, and restaurant operations. Ongoing marketing and advertising support helps franchisees maintain local customer engagement across their territories. Each location must maintain a full-time General Manager with direct unit-level casual dining and alcohol service experience; operators without that background must retain a qualified Operating Partner to oversee daily operations. When acquiring an existing Dick's Wings location, buyers should confirm with ARC Group what management training and onboarding the franchisor provides to incoming owners and any replacement General Managers.

  2. Ideal Owner

    Dick's Wings & Grill suits operators with hands-on experience in casual dining or food-and-beverage management. Each location must maintain a full-time, experienced General Manager with unit-level casual dining and alcohol service experience; candidates who lack that background personally must retain a qualified Operating Partner. The model rewards operators who are community-oriented, comfortable managing front-of-house teams, and focused on building repeat local traffic in a neighborhood dining context. Multi-unit buyers must bring multi-restaurant management experience or plan to designate a qualified Operating Partner under the area development model.

  3. Recognition & Awards

    Dick's Wings & Grill has built a record of local recognition within its home markets, earning "Best Wings" honors from Folio Weekly in Jacksonville, Florida on multiple occasions and from News Leader Online in Nassau County, Florida for five consecutive years. Franchise Business Review included the brand in its Top Food Franchises listing. Individual locations across North Florida and South Georgia have accumulated local "Best Of" dining awards over the years. For resale buyers, this history of local recognition is most meaningful when supported by current customer reviews and community visibility in the specific territory under consideration.

  4. Industry / Market

    The US casual dining segment sees steady consumer demand, with family-friendly and sports bar concepts benefiting from communal dining habits and live sports viewing culture. Chicken wings rank among the most ordered restaurant items in the US, with demand driven by sports occasions, group dining, and the shareable-food trend. The bar-and-grill and family dining format is well-established, supported by consistent household spending on out-of-home dining. For resale buyers, a unit's proximity to sports venues, residential neighborhoods, and high-traffic retail anchors will influence its revenue potential and the depth of its repeat customer base.

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