Wingstop Is Launching a New Offshoot Called "Thighstop"

his sounds like an exercise product that stops your thighs from expanding. But it actually does the opposite . . .

Wingstop is launching a new offshoot business called THIGHSTOP that sells chicken thighs instead of wings.

There's a nationwide wing shortage, and wholesale prices are three times what they were a year ago. But big meaty thighs are still abundant and half the price. So that's why they're doing it.

You can't actually GO to a Thighstop restaurant. They're running it as a virtual "ghost kitchen." So you have to go toThighstop.com, or order through DoorDash. Then Wingstop does the cooking. It's more of a marketing thing than a real restaurant.

The menu is pretty simple . . . just thighs, boneless thighs, and all the same flavors Wingstop has.

The CEO of Wingstop admits it might be a hard sell at first, because thighs aren't as popular as wings and breasts. But he thinks that can change, and says thighs "just don't get the appreciation they deserve." 

(CNN/Chewboom)

Rapper RICK ROSS owns a bunch of Wingstop locations, and he's in Thighstop's first ad that they posted on Twitter.

Hear Scott and Sadie's take on the story here...