It seems selling fast food restaurants to franchisees is somewhat de rigueur these days: After McDonald’s recently said it’s using that plan to steer its big turnaround plan, Wendy’s announced today that it’ll be selling a total of 640 restaurants in the U.S. and Canada this year as well as its baking operation in Zanesville, OH. [More]
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Wendy’s Jumping On Organic Bandwagon With Addition Of Honest Tea At Restaurants Nationwide
By 4.30.15
Though not many of its fast food rivals have taken the plunge into organic waters, Wendy’s is just going with the trend embraced increasingly by consumers, announcing that it’ll be serving Honest Tea nationwide at its restaurants, brewed fresh by workers and sweetened with fair-trade sugars and natural flavors approved in USDA certified organic foods. [More]
Burger King Quietly Dropped Soda From Kids Meals
By 3.10.15
When Wendy’s decided it January to remove soft drinks from its kids meals, it meant that Burger King was the only one of the big three burger chains to still include soda with their youth-targeted menu. But in the last month, BK has quietly pulled the sugary beverages from its kids meals and menu boards. [More]
Real Person Or Marketing Dept. Creation — Can You Tell The Difference?
February 2, 2015
Take a look in your kitchen cabinets or the shelves of any supermarket and you’ll find seemingly countless products branded with names that sound like they’re based on the name of an actual human being — and many are. But a number of those boxes, cans, and bottles carry names cooked up by the folks in the marketing department. Do you think you’re savvy enough to tell them apart? [More]
Wendy’s Dropping Soda From Kids’ Meals
By 1.15.15
More than a year after McDonald’s announced plans to remove sodas from Happy Meals, the folks at Wendy’s have reportedly decided that they should also stop including the sugary drinks in their kids’ meals. [More]
Wendy’s Worker Doing Funny Voices Shows (Again) How Easily We Are Amused At The Drive-Thru
By 12.8.14
First of all, let me be clear: There is absolutely nothing wrong with a drive-thru worker, or any fast food employee, trying to lighten the mood and amuse customers. But I’ve got to wonder if perhaps the bar for personal interactions is set so low during those transactions that if a worker shows even the least effort in entertaining people, it’s like the most extremely hilarious moment of everyone’s lives, ever. [More]
Dozens Of Arrests Made In Fast Food Wage Protests Around Country
By 9.4.14
As we mentioned earlier this week, supporters of higher wages for fast food workers staged protests in cities all over the country today. According to reports, a number of these demonstrations resulted arrests. [More]
Wendy’s Worker Claims She Was Fired Over Ovarian Cyst
By 8.20.14
A woman in Alabama has sued the owner of the Wendy’s franchise she worked at for six years before being fired for “job abandonment” earlier this year. She says she didn’t abandon her job, but that she was having an ovarian cyst treated. [More]
Drunk, Angry Customer Pulls Employee Through Wendy’s Drive-Thru Window
By 8.14.14
One might think that working at a fast food drive-thru window would provide some measure of protection from angry customers who want to leap over the counter and do bad things to you, but that is apparently not the case. [More]
Wendy’s Testing Out Build-Your-Own Sandwich Idea
By 7.28.14
In our experience, most Wendy’s stores have been willing to mix and match sandwich elements to suit customers’ individual preferences, but at two restaurants near Wendy’s global HQ — where everyone is a perky redhead who never seems to put on a pound, in spite of all the fast food she devours — the burger chain is currently testing a program that makes this build-your-own idea official. [More]
While Other Restaurant Chains Cut Down On Sodium, KFC Meals Have Been Getting Saltier
By 7.2.14
With an increased concern about the role high sodium levels play in high blood pressure, kidney disease and other health issues, a number of restaurant chains have been attempting to cut back on the salt in recent years. A new review of meals from 17 of the nation’s most popular fast food and family eateries shows that most chains are slowly reducing the amounts of sodium in their food (though it’s still very high), while a small number of others have actually gone the other direction. [More]
Map Shows Americans Which Major Burger Chain Is Nearest
By 6.25.14
Now that we know where all the bars are (hey, Wisconsin), where’s an American supposed to get a burger after a few beers? It’s back to the maps, with this handy illustration of which of the seven major burger chains is closest, depending on where you live. Mmm, crunching numbers. [via FlowingData.com] [More]
Man Falls Asleep At Wendy’s Drive Thru, Wakes Up To DUI And No Fries
By 6.17.14
Maybe he was just waiting for a fresh order of french fries? Or perhaps he was just too sloshed to remember that the local Wendy’s drive-thru wasn’t a hotel. Either way, we should probably just be happy he parked his car and didn’t ram it into the building three times. [More]
The Consumerist Quiz: Test Your Fast Food Calorie IQ
May 3, 2014
Earlier this week we told you about the most calorific appetizers, entrees, and desserts at the nation’s biggest sort-of-but-not-really Italian chain restaurants. While most of those dishes were well into 4-digit territory, most of us chow down on fast food more than we do at casual dining restaurants. [More]
Wendy’s Worker Victim Of New Awful Thing Kids Are Doing Now: The “Smack Cam”
By 4.25.14
File this one under Newest Scary Thing Youngins Are Doing To Freak Adults Out: A Wendy’s employee says a two kids approached her at work with a video camera, only to smack her in the face and run away laughing. Cue news outlets blasting “SMACK CAM THREAT HITTING YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?” all over the evening news. [More]
Being Naked At The Wendy’s Drive-Thru Won’t Get You A Baconator, But It Will Get You Arrested
By 3.20.14
No shirt, no shoes, no service – even in the drive-thru lane. A 52-year-old Pennsylvania man faces a number of criminal charges after allegedly driving to the pick-up window at a Wendy’s naked, not once, not twice, but three times. [More]
Which Other Restaurants Have Dough Conditioner Azodicarbonamide On The Menu?
By 2.10.14
Last week Subway announced that it would stop using azodicarbonamide, an ingredient known as a dough conditioner that’s also a chemical found in yoga mats, shoe rubber and other synthetic leather. It’s recognized as a safe ingredient in the U.S., but is banned in Europe and Australia as a food additive. But of course, Subway isn’t the only fast food restaurant to use it. So where else can you find azodicarbonamide? [More]
Wendy’s Announces New Requirement To Ensure Crate-Free Pork Production By Suppliers
By 2.3.14
Wendy’s is taking their commitment to animal welfare seriously. No, they aren’t going to stop selling animal products, but they are taking steps to ensure their pork suppliers are accountable for phasing out gestation crates. [More]
