East Coast Wings Will Double Stores

East Coast Wings & Grill (Winston-Salem, N.C.) has announced it will have more than 60 locations under development by year-end.

The chicken wing franchise has 31 existing locations and plans to triple its total restaurant count by 2018. It has signed agreements to develop 80 new restaurants within the next five years, according to Triad Business Journal. At this pace, the chain will average more than 23 percent new unit growth this year.