Michael Skipworth

“I would like to start by taking a moment to recognize our brand partners, restaurant team members, and global support center team members for their continued commitment to Wingstop.”

“The commitment from our brand partners and team members has been impressive, all of this while operating in this evolving consumer environment.”

“You know, I think maybe it's the way we're looking at it. It might be somewhat similar to how you phrased the question. But we've talked about, you know, over the past year how much our business, compared to other restaurants, does over-index a little bit to that lower-income consumer.”

“We appreciate everyone joining our call. As we enter 2026, I could not be more excited about what is in front of us here at Wingstop. Our 2025 results showcased the resiliency of our asset-light, highly franchised model and demonstrated the opportunity we have to scale Wingstop to over 10,000 restaurants globally.”

“Coming into 2025, our priorities were clear: accelerate our global footprint as we scale towards our goal of over 10,000 Wingstop restaurants, execute the national rollout of our new kitchen operating platform across our 2,500 domestic restaurants and deliver average unit volume growth as we scale towards our target…”