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Quaker Steak &
Lube® Announces 2018 National
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Buffalo Wing Festival
Sponsorship
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Festival Favorite Returns to Back
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U.S. Professional Chicken Wing Eating
Championship
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Westlake,
OH – April 2018 / Newsmaker Alert / The
award winning, family casual dining restaurant, Quaker
Steak & Lube®, operated by TA Restaurant Group (TARG), a division
of TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters), has announced its sponsorship
participation in the 17th Annual
National Buffalo Wing Festival scheduled to take place in Buffalo,
New York, over Labor Day weekend. Quaker Steak & Lube will sponsor
the U.S. Wing Eating Championship for professional competitive eaters at
the chicken wing industry’s largest annual event, commonly known as WingFest.
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 “Quaker
Steak & Lube has been a part of Buffalo Wing Festival for 15 years.
It’s in our blood,” shared Bruce Lane, vice president of operations. “For
years we sponsored the Triple Atomic Hot Wing Eating Contest, then in 2016,
we added backing for the Amateur Chicken Wing Eating Championship. This
year, we’re supporting the premier event of the weekend,” he added.
In
addition to its sponsorship, the Quaker Steak & Lube team will serve
chicken wing enthusiasts more than 20,000 chicken wings (1.5 tons) sauced
in their choice of signature sauces ranging from mild to wild. Quaker Steak
intends to take home a best-sauce trophy, adding to its growing list of
sauce awards. Quaker Steak & Lube’s bottled sauces will also be available
for purchase at the event.
The
U.S. Chicken Wing Eating Championship is an event sanctioned by the International
Federation of Competitive Eating (IFOCE). The WingFest event will feature
wings sauced in Quaker Steak & Lube’s Medium flavored sauce. Champion
eater, Joey Chestnut, will be back to defend his title as chicken wing
eating champion. Others wishing to compete for the $5,000 purse must register
at the IFOCE website (www.majorleagueeating.com)
beginning July 2, 2018.
The
National Buffalo Wing Festival draws in more than 70,000 chicken wing loyalists
each year. The 2018 event will take place September 1-2, at Coca-Cola Field
in Downtown Buffalo. Portions of the proceeds from the 2018 WingFest will
benefit Meals on Wheels of WNY and the Alzheimer’s Association’s WNY Chapter.
More information is available at www.buffalowing.com.
Follow
Quaker Steak & Lube on Twitter
and Instagram at @QuakerSteak
and on Facebook at Quaker
Steak & Lube. For more information, including locations, menu and
online ordering, visit www.thelube.com.
Quaker Steak & Lube is operated and franchised by TA Restaurant Group,
a division of TravelCenters of America
LLC.
About
Quaker Steak & Lube®
The
Quaker Steak & Lube® brand includes nearly 50 locations in fourteen
states across the U.S. Quaker Steak & Lube restaurants combine
unique décor, including gas station memorabilia, classic cars, motorcycles,
and race cars suspended from the ceilings with crave-able food and high-octane
entertainment events. Quaker Steak & Lube has won hundreds of national
and international awards for its wings and more than 20 wing sauces.
For more information about Quaker Steak & Lube, please visit www.thelube.com.
About
TA Restaurant Group
The
TA Restaurant Group includes more than 880 quick service restaurants, full
service restaurants and other food outlets, including ten proprietary restaurant
brands including Quaker Steak & Lube, Iron Skillet and Country Pride.
The TA Restaurant Group is a division of TravelCenters of America LLC.
For more information about TA and the TA Restaurant Group, please visit
www.ta-petro.com.
For more information about Quaker Steak & Lube, including franchise
opportunities nationwide, please visit www.thelube.com.
About
TravelCenters of America LLC
TravelCenters
of America LLC (TravelCenters), headquartered in Westlake, Ohio, offers
diesel and gasoline fueling, restaurants, truck repair facilities, convenience
stores and other services conducts in 43 states and Canada, principally
under the TA® and Petro Stopping Centers® travel center brands
and the Minit Mart® convenience store brand. For more information on
TravelCenters, TA, and Petro Stopping Centers, please visit www.ta-petro.com.
For more information on Minit Mart, please visit www.minitmart.com.
Contact:
TravelCenters
of America
Tom
Liutkus
440-808-7364
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