I'm sure a hedge fund won't cut quality, gut the business, then ultimately declare bankruptcy while laying everyone off or anything...

I had no idea public opinion had turned on Wendy's. I had always considered them a superior fast food burger and I look forward to whenever they add the pretzel bun to the menu.

Wendy’s died with Dave Thomas.

I used to frequent a Wendy’s near where I worked at the time. Everything still looked and tasted exactly like it did in the 1980s.

I went there again a week after Dave Thomas died and everything was different. The meat was smaller and tasted different, the fries were overcooked. It was obvious what changed and why.

On the wall next to the registers was a giant poster memorializing Dave and talking about how they would always do things “Dave’s way.” I never went back.

…There is an exception to this. Wendy’s tried a long time ago to open restaurants in Japan and failed. But several years ago they did it again, this time partnering with another existing fast food restaurant called First Kitchen. The participating locations have the genuine Wendy’s logo next to theirs and a lot of the classic menu items including the shakes.

It doesn’t taste like classic Wendy’s, but it tastes way better than what I remember from the last time I ate a Wendy’s in America.

Wendy's isn't a "rival" of Five Guys or In-n-Out. That's like calling The Lexington Legends "rivals" of The San Diego Padres, and New York Yankees. The latter are playing in a different league.

Trian Fund Managment (Trian Partners) is an “activist investor.” Expect them to disassemble Wendy’s.

IOW, prepare to say goodbye to Wendy’s as we know it.

Fuck Wendy’s. Their quality and service went to shit years ago. BK is better now.

Bun, mayo, toppings, burger, bun

Fries and shake combo for 20 dollars

Fast food sucks.

You mean to say that all the savings from their AI drive-through agents hasn’t helped???

While dropping from 11.5 to 10.4 % is definitely the wrong way to go, 10.4% in a crowded field doesn't seem that bad. There is a lot of competition with McDonalds only having a 15.4% if the LLM is to be trusted.

Til there are Wendy's outside of the US.

Oh how the turntables...

The very last time I ate at a Wendy's, the burger I got was literally full of hair, like dragged across a dirty floor. I immediately complained and sent pics to their complaint department. It took them two months to respond, telling me I'd be contacted by the owner of the restaurant. It took him another month to respond, saying he'd like to meet me in person to apologize. Three months to get a reply... I told him I had no intention of meeting with him, I did not accept his apology, and I would never eat at a Wendy's again. Moreover, I put the pics up on the review page for their location. They shut down a few months later.

Wendy's can get fucked.

Wendy's accused of cutting beef with plant-based material, health markers improved, people enraged and ready to slam!

Wendy's lost me when they stopped giving a tiny cup of melted cheese for your fries upon request. Last time I went, they wanted 75¢ for a half filled ketchup cup of cheese. Nickel and dimed themselves to death.

Its not the high beef prices or aging stores, its just low quality control.

Wendys went downhill hard in recent years. I used to love their hamburgers more than any other nationwide chain. Now I order a burger from them and it's dry as fuck and flavorless. And it's more expensive than a competitor. It got to the point that McDs was even a better option because of the consistency.

Their fries are also unforgivably terrible. Soggy, undercooked, and flaccid piles of starch with potato skin tips that taste like burnt paper.

Really a shame because I grew up going to Wendy's and had a fond view of the place. The only thing left that is any good is the frosty.

Around here Wendy's went the way of Burger King, terribly managed, full of uncaring workers.

Begun, the franchise wars has.

They owned Tim Hortons once upon a time.

They were crashing and burning since 2002 anyways, just shoot it and put it out of its misery.

Introducing the Never Frozen vegetable protein with a side of beef burgers!

Restaurant chains that don't farm and ranch their own ingredients should consider saying bye bye. Especially national and international chains.

Bye bye McDonald's - you overpriced undersized hamburglers.

I hope Beef prices go to $1000 a pound so that we can end that horror show of torture on cows and the planet. Wendys be damned!

Sir, this is a Lemmy.