Wild Wing Café, a Southern-style family restaurant, is scheduled to open in the former Bennigan’s building in Okemos.
According to excerpts from the article:
The new management plans to hire about 120 workers. More than 20 existing Bennigan's employees are expected to transfer to the new restaurant.
LaBelle Management of Mount Pleasant kept the Bennigan's restaurants open in Michigan despite widespread closings nationwide after the chain filed for bankruptcy last summer.
But the bankruptcy hurt the restaurant's image and sales declined at some Michigan locations, said Joe Koz, general manager for the new Wild Wing Cafe.
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