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Activist Investor Takes Aim at Buffalo Wild Wings Restaurants

Hedge Fund Operator Thinks Chicken Chain Due for Some Cost Trimming, Optimizing Store Mix
CoStar News
July 27, 2016 | 10:15 P.M.

Activist investor Richard McGuire III, managing principal of hedge fund Marcato Capital Management, has amassed a 5.1% share of restaurant operator Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (NASDAQ: BWLD) in the past month. The move is widely seen in part as a real estate play as the Minneapolis-based chain “owns and operates” 603 of eateries ---more than half of its 1,160-plus eateries.

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