Wingstop Restaurants Inc. (Nasdaq: WING) announced on May 22, 2026 limited-time Memorial Day weekend bundles: 10 wings for $10, 20 wings for $20, and 30 wings for $30 at participating locations through May 26, 2026, available exclusively via the Wingstop app and Wingstop.com. Classic Wings, Boneless Wings, or Mix & Match available across all bundles. Simultaneously, Wingstop debuted Citrus Mojo as a new limited-time flavor. Donnie Upshaw, Chief Brand Officer, is the spokesperson. Wingstop was founded in 1994, is headquartered in Dallas, Texas, operates more than 3,000 restaurants worldwide with approximately 98% owned by brand partners, and generated over $5 billion in system-wide sales in fiscal 2025. It is the Official Chicken Partner of the NBA.
The Bundles: Memorial Day Is the Year’s Peak Wing Demand Moment
Memorial Day weekend is the highest-volume chicken wing consumption occasion in the U.S. non-football calendar. For Wingstop specifically, it is the peak promotional demand window of the spring season. The $1-per-wing price architecture encourages volume ordering: a 30-wing bundle at $30 targets cookouts, group occasions, and family gatherings where individual serving sizes give way to shareable quantities. For Wingstop’s fresh, never-frozen wing supply chain, that demand concentration requires above-baseline fresh wing inventory staged across all 3,000-plus franchise locations before the weekend begins, with no ability to draw from frozen reserve stock.
Citrus Mojo: A New 13th Flavor with a Specific Ingredient Architecture
Citrus Mojo is described as a zesty blend of citrus, garlic, and mojo-inspired herbs. Mojo is a traditional sauce from Cuba and the Canary Islands built on sour orange or citrus, garlic, and fresh herbs (cilantro, oregano, cumin). Wingstop’s version is a QSR-adapted mojo sauce requiring citrus flavor compound or juice concentrate (orange, lime, or both), garlic flavor inputs, and a dried herb blend delivering the herbal freshness of the mojo profile. The combination occupies a distinct position in Wingstop’s flavor map: citrus-forward and herb-driven, unlike the existing Lemon Pepper (dry, peppery, no herb layer) or the heat-forward sauces.
The 13-Flavor Platform and Its Sourcing Breadth
Citrus Mojo joins Wingstop’s existing 12 flavors, which already span the full spectrum of QSR wing seasoning categories. The most commercially active for sourcing purposes in 2026 are Hot Honey Rub (pure honey and cayenne, direct participation in the swicy trend) and Mango Habanero (mango puree and habanero extract, the most complex dual-fruit-and-heat flavor in the lineup). Both require the same dual-sourcing discipline we documented in Source86’s swicy editorial: the sweet and spicy inputs must be sourced separately, at distinct specifications, and combined at the right ratio rather than purchased as a pre-blended commodity compound.
Why It Matters for Chicken Wing, Citrus Flavor, Honey, and Habanero Suppliers
Wingstop’s Memorial Day bundle promotion across 3,000-plus locations creates the highest single-weekend fresh chicken wing demand event in its non-football annual calendar, requiring fresh never-frozen Classic wing inputs at the size and weight specification and formed boneless wing inputs at the breast meat specification, both pre-positioned at above-baseline inventory levels across the full franchise network before May 23. For fresh poultry processors serving Wingstop’s supply chain, the bundle promotion’s volume-ordering mechanics (10, 20, and 30-wing tiers) amplify the per-transaction wing count above the standard weekend baseline.
The new Citrus Mojo flavor requires a citrus flavor compound (orange and lime profile), garlic flavor input, and a mojo-inspired dried herb blend at the QSR sauce viscosity and flavor concentration specification for application on both Classic bone-in and Boneless wing formats across Wingstop’s franchise kitchen production program. For citrus flavor compound suppliers and dried herb spice blend manufacturers, Citrus Mojo adds a new 13th flavor to one of the most wing-specialized QSR chains in the U.S., requiring a new sauce development and supply qualification program within the existing Wingstop seasoning infrastructure.
FAQs
What are the Memorial Day bundles? 10 wings for $10, 20 wings for $20, 30 wings for $30. Available through May 26, 2026 via Wingstop app and Wingstop.com only. Classic, Boneless, or Mix & Match. Prices higher in AK/HI.
What is Citrus Mojo? A new limited-time Wingstop flavor: zesty citrus, garlic, and mojo-inspired herbs. Available on Classic and Boneless wings.
How big is Wingstop? More than 3,000 restaurants worldwide, 98% brand partner owned. Over $5 billion in system-wide sales in fiscal 2025. Founded 1994, Dallas, Texas. Official Chicken Partner of the NBA.
About Source86
Wingstop’s Memorial Day bundle and Citrus Mojo launch reflect active demand for fresh never-frozen chicken wing inputs at the Classic and boneless wing specification across 3,000-plus franchise locations, citrus flavor compounds and mojo herb blend inputs for a new QSR wing sauce application, pure honey at the sweet-heat sauce specification for the Hot Honey Rub platform, and mango puree and habanero extract for the Mango Habanero flavor at controlled Scoville heat level. At Source86, we connect QSR chicken operators with trusted sourcing partners for fresh poultry, citrus and herb flavor compounds, pure honey, and hot pepper extracts. Contact Source86 today to start your sourcing search.
