When beef prices climb, a restaurant like Chili's or Applebee's can advertise chicken specials and find ways to entice customers to order more affordable proteins. But when a chain focuses on one specific protein as part of its brand identity, its options become limited. Buffalo Wild Wings advertises boneless wing specials when bone-in prices rise, and WingStop, despite its name, sold chicken thighs in 2021 when wing prices skyrocketed, according to CNBC. Still, the more specific your offering, the ha ...