U.S. Football Snacks Double With Drought Withering Crops
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A six-minute drive from Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the National Football League’s Buffalo Bills, Duff’s Famous Wings partner Phil Kinecki is worried by two things: The team’s performance and the price of chicken.
An eighth straight losing season for the Bills, who haven’t made the playoffs since 1999, would hurt the restaurant’s sales, and the cost of chicken wings, a game-day staple, has almost doubled in the past year. Bars in Buffalo, New York, popularized deep-fried wings in the 1960s, and Duff’s sells about 1,200 pounds of them when the Bills play, 50 percent more than most days. Americans eat about 25 billion wings annually, industry data show.