Maybe they shouldn’t have started price gouging to such a ridiculous degree.
If Dave Thomas was still alive he would shut down all Wendy’s.
Another US company going under?
Oh noes.
Oh well.
Next.
I wonder if they ever tried, ya know…making their food taste good?
They tried raising prices, they tried shrinkflation, they tried paying their employees as little as legally possible, they tried lowering staffing levels to the least number of employees humanly possible, they even floated the idea of surge pricing in fast food…but the whole time I’ve known Wendy’s to exist, at least in my area, the burgers have been bland and the fries have been soggy and tasteless. And I’m old enough to remember Wendy’s having a bland salad bar to go with the rest of their bland food.
I would settle for cheap again. I used to always have a go to wendy’s meal that was a small chilli, 2 spicy chicken snack wraps and a Jr bacon cheese burger with a small drink (you put the chilli in the wraps and burgers). Since it was all off the cheap menu it used to be well under $10, then it was $15, then $17 and the last time I was there it was just over $20, that is just not a thing anyone can look at and think worthwhile.
i call it cheapflation.
Maybe nobody wants a $10 fast food burger
Where I live, actual home-style cooking at roadside eateries is cheaper.
They forgot to put THE HAMBURGER PATTY on my burger about 8 years ago. I’ve never given them money since.
Hope they go out of business with their $10 burgers and soggy version 2.1 fries.
The inside of the one near me always has a wet floor from some kind of leak, and the light flicker, like it was built in the Rapture food court from Bioshock.
Good now do McDonald’s
Great news! That is happening, McDonald’s has had a few bad years but takes longer.
wendys currently now is just a slop. i remeber going into for the first time 20+years ago, it was more restuaranty feel with better food. i dont think i have even went into one since, by parents still go there to buy the current stuff.
Good riddance. I haven’t given them a dime since their new CEO tried to make his mark at the company by introducing
dynamic pricingprice gouging.Apparently that POS left Wendy’s in July 2025 and now works at The Hershey Company, but the damage is done. I’m never going back. There are better local burger joints around here anyway.
And before that, PepsiCo, so if “CEO” wasn’t enough indicator that he was a complete ghoul.
Yeah Pepsico 2019-2024… And Pepsi is still operating in Russia today unlike competitors that left because of the invasion of Ukraine.
Guy is a complete piece of shit and regularly makes the shittiest decisions. At this point it seems like he’s one of those CEOs the Board hires to implement the shit they want but don’t want to take the flak for.
Has Hershey’s made any changes like that yet? If not, it’s probably around the corner.
The chocolate business is struggling, due to high tariffs. I’m sure it’s a daily issue at Hershey’s right now.
this was the last time I had wendy… after the variable price story I went elsewhere for my fast food burger. everywhere has a big bacon burger… so no loss.
Wendy’s deserves to go under.
Few other places have hyper-inflated their prices to not pay their employees more nor improve their food quality quite like Wendy’s has.
Culver’s and maybe some local joints are some of the very last places its worth buying a burger from. Might as well solely make them at home for now on.
Yeah, the last time I ate at a Wendy’s I was astounded by the decline in quality, especially in comparison with their increased prices.
Last time I ate there I got a deal where I got two burgers and 10 nuggets for free. Nuggets tasted fine. The burger was atrocious. I opted to not even bother unwrapping the second burger because it had been so unpleasant to choke down the first. If I hadn’t been so hungry, it would have been one bite and nope.
Their spicy chicken sandwich is okay. Not my favorite, but good when they’re doing a buy one, get one.
But I agree the prices in general are way too high and the only reason I eat there is because I have a deal where I sometimes get their food for free (in which case I think the price is absolutely fair).
Culver’s is the goat
I worked at Culver’s when I was younger, so when I make burgers at home they essentially ARE Culver’s burgers. Right down to the seasoning.
But I do still love me some Culver’s. I can’t easily do custard or fried cheese curds at home.
The only thing I’ll miss from Wendy’s is dipping their fries in the frosties.
Culver’s is great it’s just too bad they refuse to set up shop in California. The closest ones are right past the border in the side of Arizona.
Culver’s is… interesting.
I find I don’t like the paper-thin style burgers much (though the fish sandwich is probably the best fast-food fish sandwich on the market) but it always gives the impression they’re trying a little harder. The restaurant always seems clean and a bit of effort was done on the appearance, like they’re still in 1978 and taking the family for a sit-down meal there might be an option.
OTOH, the customer base seems to be people who have been going there since 1978, but that could be my location.
They’re opening a new one 3km from my house, next to a McDonalds that hasn’t made a single order correctly since it opened in ~2015, so it will be interesting to see how the market shakes out.
P. Terry’s if you’re ever lucky.
Why can’t I get past the Terry Pratchett similarity?
GNU Sir Terry Pratchett
What about the CEO’s new yacht though? I’m sure it’s very nice.
Culver’s is the best fast food out there, and their prices are still fairly reasonable. I’ve had a bunch of different things off their menu, and they’re all really good. I was hooked on their pot roast sandwiches for a while, them their fish.
“you’ll continue to see hamburger innovation as we move throughout the year,” Cook said.
Everyone eating real food elsewhere due to a lack of “hamburger innovation” at Wendy’s, raise your hand. Thought so.
The last thing I want in my cheeseburger is “hamburger innovation”. The defining selling point of a burger is its elegant simplicity
Just raise your prices more, I’m sure that’ll help!
I literally stopped going there after spending $15 and still being hungry.
Honestly, the ridiculous prices of fast food has been the best thing for my health. I never ate it a lot, but I would sometimes grab something if I didn’t have time to cook or make something at home, now that’s totally off the table, if I wanted to spend $45 for burgers for two people I would take us to an actual local restaurant and get higher quality food that supports a local economy.
I haven’t touched fast-food since before covid.
I never ate it a lot, but I would sometimes grab something if I didn’t have time to cook or make something at home
If your health was an issue due to you barely eating out to begin with, it wasn’t what you were eating that was affecting your health.
Yep we went in the last time for 4 for 5, used to be 4 for 4. Found it was 10 dollars for same thing. Said nope and walked out. Not going back.
“Sir, this is…n’t a Wendy’s anymore. Hasn’t been for, oh i don’t know, years by now. Closed sometime during the Tramp Presidency mess.”
We’ll be saying “when the mess started” for decades.
