Wendy's is failing and closing hundreds of locations
they're too expensive they're pushing prices comparable to five guys but without the quality
>>21704712
>>21704712>fast food restaurant closures are national newsDo Americans really?
>>21704712This is the predictable outcome of the corpo suits taking over after Dave's death.
>>21704746yeah it's kinda big financial news when a company fires ~10,000 people
>>21704712They should have focused on a smaller menu of decent things rather than having a gimmick every 2-4 weeks
baconator is a greasy fucking mess and bacon itself is a fucking meme
>>21704761Gimmicks are why anybody has other fast food places other than McDonalds on their minds. The Baconator is the perfect burger -- there's nowhere else to go except to suffer entropy.>>21704763Muzzie moment
>>21704741>five guys>qualitylmao>>21704712I'm sure that they, like all fast food chains these days, are missing the fucking point of fast food entirely. If customers have to jump through seventeen hoops to order their slop at a reasonable price, they'll just stop jumping. They're too fat to fit through the hoops, anyway. When you alienate your base, your downfall is inevitable.
>>21704712I like Wendy's, but there isn't one in my town.
>>21704712That's good news overall. Fast food is terrible. I'm depressed when an actual mom and pop local place closes.What kind of faggot gives a FUCK about corporate fast food? Especially now that it's WAY overpriced? Sure, it'd be better if it were mcds, but they all suck desu, and Wendy's lost my support years ago anyway. Notworththe moneyBurn all of them down.
Good. Bring back my “old fashioned” yellow Wendy’s with a combo meal for 7 dollars. Otherwise I will continue to not eat there
>>21704822It’s always funny when people say shit like this like is some sort of principled defiance. You’re just doing a capitalism exactly as intended.
It's too expensive
>>21704780Yes retard, Five Guys is quality. You are a rape victim retard
Press S to spit on grave, fuck these faggots for switching to shredded lettuceI work at a public middle school and the spicy chicken sandwich there is literally better than Wendy's.
>>21704820i was just thinking about "i wanna rock your body, and then in parenthesis, 'til the break of dawn" 'aw baby -cough- that's rockin'"like an hour ago
>>2170475333 people do not work at each wendies, likely only 5 or 6
>>21704712they lost 90% of their workers. I have never been to a Wendy's that's not entirely run by mexicans
>>21704712They cranked their prices up to absurd levels while at the time reducing their portion sizes and quality. That's just not how business is done, even if it appears to "work" in the short term. They used to be the burger place that was basically McDonald's but tasted like it was made of real food. Was proportionally more expensive because of that but all in all was a decent place to get a very standard burger very quickly. This wasn't even all that long ago I'm talking about either. Being a kid in the early mid 00's, it was pretty much the default "cheap food" option for my buddies and I while we were out riding bikes or whatever.It's nearly fucking inedible now and wildly fucking expensive. I've also noticed the employees always seem very fucking rude compared to other places. I don't expect anybody to dickride me at the fast food window but holy shit at least don't be a fucking cunt on purpose.Pretty much same shit with all other fast food. Any semblance of the old pricing can only be achieved through apps and every restaurant delusionally believes that either every idiot keeps all of these apps on their phone at all times or that they're somehow the special one that people actually want. It sort of worked at first but now I just say "fuck it" and make the burger myself.>You know how goddamn bad American fast food has to fuckup to get lazy burgers like me to cook instead?>Absolutely insane
>>21704753based
>>21704916bro you're like a fastfood historian
These companies need to suffer. Their prices do not match up with inflation. It's pure greed.
>>21704712This would be the perfect time to laugh at them on Twitter. Remember the Twitter banter between the two? McDonald's needs to go in for the kill
>>21704924Nice sarcasm ya got there, Mr. McIDF
their new tendies are fucking good, better than raising canes. no side of bread, though. and although it's cheaper than RC, the tendies are .still a little expensive at around $12 for a 4 piece combo
>>21704712Good riddance. We need less fast food places.
Dave Thomas is rolling in his grave baka
>>21704820>I'm depressed when an actual mom and pop local place closes.this wont prevent that, in fact this is a sign that more of those businesses will be closing and they already are.retard
>>21704746yes a recession and market crash is national news. retard
grab a mop
They have good chicken sandwiches, baked potatoes and chili. We just got one in our middle of nowhere rural area a year or two ago and it was a big deal. I also like their fries and find them unique. I hope they stick around as they're unique in the fast food landscape and good for something different every once in awhile.
Letting Chaim and co take over is suicide. Ford v Dodge.>YOU ARE ONLY TO GIVE US MORE MONEY THAN WE INVESTED FUCK YOUR CUSTOMERS AND EMPLOYEES>b-but if sales are falling we need to raise prices or else we shareholders don't get profit
>>21705166Try dipping the fries into the chocolate frosty. It sounds weird, but the combination is amazing anon.It's a rite of passage.
>>21704854look at this retard that can't cook a burger
>>21704712Ever since I rememeber Wendy's has always been failing.
>>21704712You know, while I like their sexy mascot girl and their trollish social media presence, I don't think I've ever had a good meal at a Wendy's restaurant. Given the choice between a burger from Wendy's and a burger and one from a competitor, I'd pretty much always go for Carl's or Whataburger or even Burger King over Wendy's. I think McDonalds is the only chain serving up worse slop, and they're at least cheaper and faster.
>>21707376wendys is crap 'cuz i forget to season the burgersgrilled chicken is excellent though
>>21704890most of them don't work 24/7, there's usually a rotating staff of around 20-30 people at every fast food restaurant
>>21704712Wendeez nuts hit your chin
>>21705155old wendy's was so comfy
>>21707471this, anon forgot that they only employ "part time" so they don't have to give out benefits or anything by law so between near-24h operations and most employees working half shifts or half weeks there actually tends to be a lot of individual people on staff at each location
>>21704712Well that's what they get for not giving vouchers to those brave israeli soldiers
>>21704746When one of our treasured national institutions suffers financial harm, it's national news.
>>21704916They should bring back yellow napkins and paint their restaurants yellow again. I loved having yellow napkins in my car.
>>21707672>dabbing the chili from your mouth with a yellow napkinThey're never coming back, are they?
>>21704769better less stringy and chewy bacon would be nice
>>21704712Good fuck Wendys
>>21705155>>21707587it's like the grandpa who didnt abuse you had his own burger place
>>21704916>That's just not how business is done, even if it appears to "work" in the short termb-but number go up ~t. shareholder/ board member
>>21704712I thought the baconator was good
>>21707376Wendy's has always been the best of the drive-thru options in my neck of the woods, but in the Northeast we don't have that many fast food options. It tends to mostly just be McDonald's, Burger King or Wendy's with an occasional Taco Bell
>>21704827Good. I love capitalism
>>21704712They will disappear inside of ten years. Just accept it. Enjoy them while you can.
>>21704916>I've also noticed the employees always seem very fucking rude compared to other places.No one has mentioned, but Wendy's particularly did a huge push to hire only...ummm...."vibrant" employees and they all had the look an attitude to kill their customer base. What the fuck did they expect?
>>21705166Their sandwiches stopped tasting good 15 years ago. Anyone can make a baked potato far better than they did, and their chili is just burger remnants that spilled into a container that sat there all day.It's over. Dave is dead, so is Wendy's.
>>21704712>Wendy's is failing and closing hundreds of locationsTheir stuff is too expensive and they either don't have a value menu or it's secretly hidden and not displayed on the drive-thru sign.
>>21709931>but Wendy's particularly did a huge push to hire only...ummm...."vibrant" employeesthat is most fast food places these daysI heard McDs was a low key real estate whatever and it's not hard to see this could be the start of FF joints starting that part of the business model.
>>21704712Good. I hope Wendy's, Burger King, Taco Bell, and every other restaurant who jacked their prices up 100% because covid lose their asses.
>>21704865Idiot. Shredded lettuce was the best move Wendy’s has ever made
>>21709997Shredded iceberg for some reason tricks my dumb monkey brain into thinking the sandwich is better. love it
I've been to Wendy's once (I dont live in the US, they opened one in my city a few years back), had the baconator and it was the worst fucking fast food burger I have ever eaten. It was simultaneously completely tasteless and overwhelmingly greasy, it was all the bad things about fast food without any of the good. I thought they maybe just fucked up because they dont give a shit about overseas branches but from the posts it seems this is just what they are like now. Fuck Wendys
>>21704712Why don't they just stop selling garbage and sell good food instead? Then they would have lots of customers and could lower prices and make up for it on volume instead of trying to stay afloat on three customers per hour.That's how it was when Dave was alive.The training videos are on YouTube. They should watch those and learn how to operate their own restaurants.
Wendys really suck at picking reataurant locations. Even if I'd be lazy enough to do fast food on rare occasions I'd still not go to Wendy's because their locations are so inconvenient and stupid a lot of the time
>>21710184they jewed out harder than any other fast food place. culvers takes their spot as the “more expensive but worth the extra cost” burger place. Hell, with how hard every other chain is jewing out culvers is almost economical at this point. a big mac meal in the usa runs you about the same as a butterburger double meal at culvers
>>21710184Sounds exactly like my experience when they opened a Five Guys here.
Thanks trump>supposed to make food affordable>food is so expensive now>fast food is dying because nobody wants to pay for subpar food they can make themselves that will be better unless they cant cookLel
>>21704712all these fucks deserve to go under for the prices they're charging these days all while the quality sinks lower and lower by the day
>surge pricing>starting corpo twatter sloppery>more expensive than mcdicks which is currently megainflated>now worse than mcdicksgood
Will the name change help?
Wendy's will join Blockbuster and K-Mart
I should buy one last combo meal and eat it while jerking it to the smug anime girl mascot people did a few years back.
I remember you could get a Carolina Classic when I was a kid growing up I. Charlotte Did they have any other regional items like that in other places?
>>21704746You would have to live in a relevant country to understand
>>21704741how did 5g get that reputation quality is shit last time i checked they don't even disclose where their meat is from
good riddance
>>21711336for some reason people line up around the block for raising canes, so probably
>>21704748If theyre smart they'll run an escort service of tight 20 something Wendy cosplayers. I cant see another alternative.
>$7.50 for four chicken tendersWendy's ain't in a baseball stadium what the fuck
>>21704712Wendy's is doing fine. Stores in shitty areas are not.
>>21713575The stock is shit too.
>>21704769Not even close to true. In-N-Out and Chick-fil-A rarely change their menu and are constantly packed. They pay their employees well, demand hard work and a good attitude, use good quality ingredients and have a consistent, fairly priced product. Every other fast food brand is owned and operated by cost cutting kikes and jeets.
>>21704820>burn them all down
>>21713890Wendy's wouldn't be closing so many locations if they only sold the Breakfast Baconator, the Dave's Hot and Juicy, chili, and sodas, all dayTheir fries also suck just pivot to totsAll tots all day
>>21713926I don't use any apps and all my local shops closed.Could be a coincidence?
>>21704712It's merely the first public step of a pump-n-dump. This time next year Wendy's will be owned by private equity that will suck the rest of the money out of the chain while also saddling it with the debt from their purchase of it. Between the drop in quality and price increases needed to feed the PE vampire and service the debt people will just stop going. The PE vampire will then do another pump-n-dump on some naive shmucks that think they can make a go of it but fail miserably because the name is trashed from years of being trash and the whole thing will fold up inside 10 years.
>>21714163I don't use separate applications either. That's why I said login and order online like through a web browser. You still get all the same offers and can order online without using a separate application. Makes the Wendys "app" pointless if you have a mobile or desktop browser.
>>21714638This anon knows; this is just another strip mall company in its death throesPE investors will descend on it like a pack of starving coyotes. I'd be surprised if it lasted another decade.
Man imagine being a burger-flipping wagie and getting shafted right before Christmas
>>21714885? Before the end of the year is the best time to let employees go.
>>21714898>unironically on the company's sideits the worst time of year for it to happen on a personal level, which is the one that matters more than the corporate bottom lines
>>21704712Bring back the kitchen slop burger
>>21714898>MUH ACCRUALSkys
>>21707604Ive worked part time at a restaurant and they will 100% work you 50 hours a week as a part timer. Its kind of crazy what corpos will get away with because no one is actually checking
>>21704712That's Trump's America for ya. Manufacturing is at its lowest output in years. Expect more of this.
>>21715826That's bullshit two of the three places near me closed under Biden and the third one is still going I just never go there because it's in a shitty neighborhood and it's always full of homeless and crazies
>>21704712I have mixed feelings towards Wendy's. On the one hand the sun rooms and yellow cups I'll never forget. The bags of 1$ jr bacon cheeseburgers getting me through college. On the other hand my wife cheated on me with her manager when she was working at wendys and I've never been able to eat at that one since even though it's been 20 years. Now the jr bacon cheeseburgers are almost 4 dollars and come with shitty shreddice. There's nothing left from the world in grew up in. Fast food threads make me sad but probably not for the reasons you would normally think of.
>>21715826get ready for your workload to double for a raise that won't even cover inflation.
>>21715832>hurr durr i no see it so it dint happen!Low IQ thought pattern. VERY common amongst Trump voters. And I misspoke, it was 9 months. Point still stands though.
>>21704712I hope they close the one about half a mile south of me. The manager is a nigger who hates white people. He leaves the soda machine nonfunctional about 80% of the time so that if you want a refill, you have to go up to the counter, wait in line, beg for it, and hope that he doesn't spit in your drink while he has it out of your sight.I quit going to that one and now drive about three miles to go to the next nearest one, which even though it's full of niggers, at least they aren't instantly hostile to non-niggers.
>>21716003>don't trust your lying eyes
>>21713582You weren't fucking joking
>>21716612Yea its abysmal
>>21716612What causes this? Like if they lowered their prices would it really have led to the same results? You would think at worst they would have flat lines but still been higher then this? Why will companies chose death over giving us a good deal these days?
>>21717450because in the past 30 years there's been a shift in business managerial strategy. it's no longer "we need to build the best product", it's "we need to extract profit now". the only way enshittification will be reversed/halted is if something horrible were to happen to ivy league business schools and everyone that teaches at them.
>>21715187you're not entitled to a job
>>21704746Yes anon, the American mind works off of fast food, not using the metric system, not having universal health care, and how to take all the oil from under the ground brown people inhabit and whatever else headcannon foreigners cope with.
>>21719187But all those are demonstrably true? Lol
resurrect yellow wendy's and i'll come back
>>21719235They can't, there is some online weird cult that prefers their "all natural cut 100% sea salt fries" over their previous good ones that didn't have skin and were thicker
>>21705365This
>>21704746>>21719187Yes
>>21719273>trump using data from VC-backed company to tell you that everything is okWhat a fucking clown world lmao
>>21719273>the demand-based app is showing lower prices, so we defeated inflation!yeah by making everyone stop spending because they either lost their job or they're going to lose their job
Used to love em, but I moved to a town where they're all shit, so I haven't been to one since 2018 or so. I like the new fry recipe. And the peppermint frosty was good too.
>>21707514The only non repeatable AI reply here.
The last time I went to a Wendys was over a year ago, the line in the drive thru was long, and then it wouldn't fucking move. Multiple people just left the line entirely. I had an hour to burn before I had to be anywhere so I stuck it out out of morbid curiosity. The issue was that none of the staff could understand one another. The bitch taking orders was Indian, there was one white guy inside arguing with brown people and no work was being done. I finally got my shitty cheeseburger meal but that was the last time I bothered with that dump.
>What if we just lowered the prices?>Nah.
>>21704712They have permanently lost my business until they bring back the old fries. Covid fries are absolutely horrible.
>>21719273kek reminds me of when amazon did an investigation on review brushing and just said "lol everyone just forgot they ordered stuff"
Every Wendy's that I've been to post-covid is staffed by the surliest niggers imaginable. Used to be my favorite fast food place, fond memories of raiding the change jar for late night munchies on the 99c menu. Don't really want to pay $12 for a burger of dubious quality made by someone that clearly hates me.
>>21704748
>>21704712Good?Nothing but darkies working at mine that fuck up every order and frequently, I SHIT YOU NOT, just stop working during business hours to play dominos for money in the middle of the restaurant. Apparently the store has been reported for doing so numerous times but they just keep doing it anyway.
>>21722124It's a good trade. One business is ruined, but many multiple lives are saved.Anyway, same here and I used to love their spicy chicken sandwiches.
>>21704712https://voca.ro/19Ox26hRXoCk
>>21722053its the fault of one anon working at wendys in 2017 that the entire corporate social media world wants to be goofy relatable memers now. i understand why he did the things he did and i enjoyed the shitposts but the consequences have been disastrous for the human race.
Good, I hope all these shitty franchises go bankrupt. I was able to tolerate them when they were cheap and tasty but now they are not.
>>21722124I don't even bother going to fast food places hugely because of this.
>>21717450Stock prices are based on the perception of the stock market's expectations of the company's performance future vs past. For a food company like this it means they've fucked up core fundamentals and now the market expects it to heavily reduce it's performance, in a way that not even closures and firings can temporarily improve.
>>21710440In my country there was a chicken/burger/chips type shop that was a bit more higher class (but still a fast food place) whose prices were not far off double what similar stores were charging, so I didn't go there much. Toward the end of covid and after every other store began raising prices so much that the original store, who never raised prices now had better quality food and with prices similar or even lower than competitors. So why bother going anywhere else?
>>21704712Meanwhile, a new Wendy's is being built near me, basically across the street from where we had one of the old greenhouse style buildings, that was closed around 2013 or so. I'd rather have seen them restore and reuse that, but it was demo'd a year ago and a Popeye's built on the spot.
>>21723374>20 years ago>damn monster energy is like $2 a can>today>sweet monster energy is $2 a canInflation isn't real. It's just an excuse to make people spend more.
>>21719273reminder that like 40% of the country genuinely believes garbage like this
>>21724610I'm talking about real food, not american chemical slop.
>>21704712What the fuck do they put in their spicy nuggies? I always have the most painful and most explosive diarrhea. It's not even that spicy.
>>21723366How does it get to this point?
>>21704746Its the media's way of saying that there were 13 million layoffs this year without directly saying it.
>>21704890This. A small hotel I go to often is only run by 3 people, covering shifts open 7 days a week, 24/7. Corporate has been jewing the "understaffed" and "skeleton crew" shit since covid. Once they all figured out that they can only hire 20% of the staff to run things they kept doing it.
>2 nights ago, decide to give chili a try for first time in years>at least a large in still reasonably priced>"wud u liek tooo add a bag, saar">Live in B.C., fuck my life, have to pay 25 cents just so I can get a fucking to-go bag for my order, "waste reduction" my fucking ass>check bag, of course there's no fucking spoon>ask for one as if I need to for fucking chili>it's a literal fucking stick, no concave shape, literally a stick>no surprise, the chili is lukewarm slopFast food novelty is dead and gone, it's now a humiliation ritual that no self-respecting adult can go through in good conscience, not even in a time pinch, lunch break, or road trip.
>>21710437I noticed all their new locations in my area are in the middle of nowhere, the shitty part town, or down the street from another Wendy's.
>>21723925?
>>21704712Thank goodness for that. The less lame ass fast food places the better
>>21704746Idk if a screen shot from a website constitutes national news.
>I don't get it. >We raised prices while cutting down on quality and portions.>We introduced AI to take your orders>We got rid of all popular menu items>And we even opened up 10 stores for ever 2 square miles>HOW ARE WE FAILING!?!?!
my grandson who is dying of cancer asked me to post this for all of you?
>>21726857best menu item is the taco salad sad because it's carried by the OLD BURGER chilinice hips though
>>21704712I went to a wendy's last week and the burger tasted like fucking nothing. 10 fucking dollars for a flavorless burger. I thought I was getting the flu or something, it legit tasted like nothing except the salt from the ketchup. they should make their burgers fucking taste like something again and then people will eat there.
>>21704712Unfortunately, they deserve it for that stunt they pulled by saying they were going to do surge pricing. >>21704741Also this. I should be able to get a Dave's Double medium meal for like $5-$7, same for the Spicy Chicken sandwich and the little burgers should be $1. Now they're trying to charge you $10+ for the dollar burgers and $20+ for the regular burgers. If they can't afford to charge less than that then they just have to go out of business. There's no two ways about it. Them being able to last at that price would be detrimental for society.
>>21704769The Baconator should have ketchup, mustard, mayo, lettuce, tomato, pickles, and cheese as well then it would be perfect.
>>21704780> If customers have to jump through seventeen hoops to order their slop at a reasonable price, they'll just stop jumping.Exactly. The food is just supposed to be a good price, and then if I get a coupon it should be for a free meal or something ridiculous like a big burger for $1. I shouldn't have to use my phone at any point, let alone having to use coupons on my phone just to get it for what the rpice is supposed to be in the first place (while also having to wave my rights to ever sue them.)
>>21704827I don't understand. Yes, it would be better if there wasn't some rich guy on top keeping the lion's share, but besides that I'm fine with those restaurants existing if they're cheap, good, and convenient. I refuse to participate in this game of squeezing everything out of you at any cost.
>>21710534Breaking the addiction to fast food and getting Americans to cook for themselves is probably the greatest achievement any president has ever done desu
>>21711647Not that I'm aware but McDonald's had a double quarter pounder big Mac called the Mac McKinley in Alaska. best burger they ever did.
>>21704746This is the same country that has a Waffle House Index
>>21726857Tell him I'm jealous
>>21704712They never should've gotten rid of their salad/taco bar.
>>21728503If Waffle House ever crossed the pond the EU would create a complicated, expensive version of using the Waffle House Index to organize migrant relief aid programs just with a different name to disguise it and pretend they were in chargeThankfully most Euros can't wrap their heads around biscuits and gravyMore power to those who do, NGL
>>21725446Did they only give you 1 cracker or 3 like they are supposed to for a large?
Why don't they just watch the training videos with the rapper on YouTube and make the food like that and then they'll make a ton of money again? Instead they'd rather go bankrupt by selling shit tier food and not being fast or reasonably priced.Culver's, In and Out, and Chick fil a all can run a fast food joint why can't Wendy's? Even if there's private equity demanding quarterly profits just sell good food and then they'll be able to open more restaurants and make more profits.
>>21729404>muh in-n-outBarely passable slop praised by californians who need to pretend that they don't live in a shithole.
>>21729950this desuthe only people I hear praise in-n-out are west coast natives that refuse to try anything else, and anyone vice-versa has only commented how they had to wait 45 minutes for an extemely below average burger and fries
>>21704886It's like poetry
>>21719273phew ok I'm just gonna listen to my government now. way easier living in blissful ignorance.
>>21704854Five guys is shittier than in n out at double the price, quality my ass
Just went today after a huge lul in good offers for like a month. What does everyone think of these new sauces?
>>21704712I tried to order a baked potato w sour cream and chives and it was just a microwaved potato with chives sprinkled on. I thought they would at least make the middle fluffy or mixed with stuff, and bare minimum it should have had the sour cream.
Good, I haven't eaten any fast food in well over a decade, it's not food, literal poison, if you eat that shit you are a bad person
>>21704763that's why you add lettuce, tomatoes, and sweet onions to it for free. becomes god-tier
>>21722931I think what's worse is half of them misunderstood it and think that customers want the brands to be endlessly lashing out at them any time they have slightly retarded feedback about the food they makeThe video games industry also picked up on it and it's why it's in the worst state it's ever been