Arby’s is purchasing Buffalo Wild Wings for $2.4 Billion dollars.
“Buffalo Wild Wings is one of the most distinctive and successful entertainment and casual dining restaurant companies in America,” Arby’s CEO Paul Brown said in a statement (via USA Today). “We are excited to welcome a brand with such a rich heritage, led by an exceptionally talented team. We look forward to leveraging the combined strengths of both organizations into a truly differentiated and transformative multi-brand restaurant company.”
Twitter brought the takes after the news was made public. Here’s a sampling of the social media reaction:
Arbys buying out bufalo wild wings has created a massive horizontal monoply that will severeley effect the toilet paper industry
— PFTCommenter (@PFTCommenter) November 28, 2017
Cannot stop thinking about the possibility of Arby's and Buffalo Wild Wings offering a beef-n-cheddar buffalo wing hybrid.
— Matt Lindner (@mattlindner) November 28, 2017
Uhm @Arbys - There are BETTER investments other than @BWWings - Their menu rests in the same cemetery as @PapaJohns - Is it April 1st already??
— Daym Drops Gems (@DaymDrops) November 28, 2017
Uhm @Arbys - There are BETTER investments other than @BWWings - Their menu rests in the same cemetery as @PapaJohns - Is it April 1st already??
— Daym Drops Gems (@DaymDrops) November 28, 2017
Buffalo Wild Wings just got acquired by Arby's for 2.9 billion in what some are calling the "diarrhea deal of the century."
— Owen Benjamin (@OwenBenjamin) November 28, 2017
Arby's buys Buffalo Wild Wings for $2.9 billion, meaning that they will finally be able to claim to serve actual meat moving forward.
— Will Reeve Jr. (@WillReeveJr) November 28, 2017
Arbys buying out bufalo wild wings has created a massive horizontal monoply that will severeley effect the toilet paper industry
— PFTCommenter (@PFTCommenter) November 28, 2017
Arbys is buying Buffalo Wild Wings? Your Christmas dinner meal planning just got a whole lot easier, recently divorced dads.
— Tim Siedell (@badbanana) November 28, 2017
If Buffalo Wild Wings is worth $2.4 billion, then I am worth, like, a trillion bucks https://t.co/X9yq9ksDds
— Kevin Nguyen (@knguyen) November 28, 2017
But when modern dining is based on polar ends of experience -- high-concept restaurants and free-form food trucks and carts -- there isn't a whole lot of room for a doughy, inauthentic middle. Buffalo Wild Wings discovered this the hard way.
— Jason Notte (@Notteham) November 28, 2017
Buffalo Wild Wings is now part of the same company as Arbys, this is a sad day https://t.co/9YrVBW8Br3
— Mike Murphy (@mcwm) November 28, 2017
When Arby's food shows up on Buffalo Wild Wings menu pic.twitter.com/YrVjs9pC5s
— Reese Waters (@reesewaters) November 28, 2017
