MRM Franchise Feed: Wingstop Goes European, Church’s Largest Deal and Gioia Says Goodbye

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Wingstop Eyes U.K.Wingstop Restaurants Inc.  is extending its global reach by expanding into the European market. The company entered into an international agreement with Lemon Pepper Holdings Ltd. (LPH), which is set to open 100 locations in the United Kingdom over the next 12 years with the first restaurant set to open by year’s end.

Rita Sharma OBE, founder and CEO of Bestattravel.co.uk, will back the newly established LPH. Other partners involved on the board include Saul Lewin and Boris Kofman of V2 Leisure, which was involved in launching Novikov in the United Kingdom in 2011 and brokered many of London’s high profile restaurant openings, including Sumosan Twiga, Park Chinois, and most recently opened MNKY HSE in Mayfair; as well as…