Also, they have Palantir AI tangled in their management and running the supply chain.

The same company that is trying to make the entire world a surveillance state, and are giddy about their AI being used to kill military targets.

Explains why they haven't updated the menu since forever. Conservatives fear anything new.

I stopped ordering from them because they pay their employees garbage wages and expect them to perform like they're being paid at a king's ransom.

Case in point the Wendy's near me was running with two people for over half a year. This was long after the pandemic by the way.

Where does one get this analysis?

Good to know, thanks.

Same I love me some Wendy's chicken nuggets and sandwich. A frosty once in a while is nice. Even enjoyed some of their breakfast stuff they added a few years back. Not a damn cent since Trump 2024/figured out they repub donors. Eat shit. Love driving by and seeing the Wendy's empty as fuck.

so they did this to themselves. nice.

Damn now I have to add it to the list with Steak and Shake

I stopped ordering from them because of the heartburn and reflux. I stopped meeting friends there because of their morals. And I'll mock them endlessly for sponsoring their own destruction.

I hope that the employees from all these Wendy's (nutsonyourchin, I'm sorry!) land jobs at Costco and that local restaurants succeed at establishing roots in the ashes of this cursed company.

I stopped ordering because the food is shit, but now I'll never give them another chance

This is good to know. Now I have more ammo to never go there again. I will miss their spicy chicken sando tho, it's my favorite of the fastfood chicken sandos, but that's a small price to pay.

Go woke go broke lmfao

That Wendy is kind of a bitch wow

I ended up at one this weekend and was taken aback by the prices.

So, comparable to everyone else in their "food genre"

Yeah, we used to do the $4.20 meal. Four items off the dollar menu plus tax was $4.20, usually JBC, nugs, fries, frosted. Paired great with a joint. Many, many trips back in those days.

NJ changed their state tax, and thus ruined the $4.20 meal.

I used to love Wendy's and went to Wendy's a little while ago and just got a burger no fries nothing else and it was like 9 dollars. I was blown away and never want to go back. All these cheap chains jacked up their prices and saw temporary profits but then customers realize it's not a good deal and stop going. Late stage capitalism really sucks.

A lot of sit down restaurants are about the same quality as fast food used to be and twice as expensive. It's just not worth it to eat out

Of all the fast food restaurants, I still go to Wendy's like once a year. And you aren't kidding. The 4 by 4 shrunk, and before, it was $4, but now $7.

The one-use app coupons brought it back down. But f that noise.

It's still cheaper than the average lunch in my city, where meals cost $12-15.

Wendys has the best deal on a meal that I know of, if you are really hurting. You can get the $6 bag which is about 800 calories plus drinks. You could technically survive on $7 a day there if you drink a few drinks while there.

Now it’s a weed shop.

Not for long!

Was looking for this comment. Was not disappointed.

There's a Wendy's by me, a few summers ago in the drive thru lane cockroaches would just climb on your car, windshield, it was nasty as hell. This happened twice and I told a friend about it, and he's like "Oh you mean the roach Wendy's." Sigh. I was coming down off meth binges so I didn't really care, just needed enough hot food to pass out.

And that's my pitch for a Wendy's commercial, which hasn't happened yet.

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When I said bring back the 90s I did not mean health and food insecurity!

Of course he will as will the shareholders see record profits. Doesn’t matter if they kill the brand to do so either.

Wow, nine hundred ninety-nine billion, nine hundred ninety-nine million dollars! No wonder they're not profitable!

Them suggesting dynamic pricing is why I stopped going there. ...Well that, and because for the prices they are already charging, I can simply get better quality food.

They were the first to suggest dynamic pricing. It was received poorly.

Don't give 'em ideas to drive it into the ground even faster! I didn't GAF about the corporate jackasses, but plenty of low income people need their jobs - especially with what's coming soon after all the fuckery Trump has been subjecting the country's economy to.

Yep their fries are awful

Honestly, for me, it was when they took the grilled chicken sandwich off the menu. They had the best grilled chicken in fast food, and they replaced with a thoroughly mid wrap.

They merged with Arby's in 2008, so none.

They're publicly traded but still have a high stock ownership by private equity. Arby's is directly owned by private equity.

To be fair, ingredients have continued to climb in price, especially beef. The fast food model was always unsustainable without sacrificing quality even further and raising prices.

shrinkflationed to hell, and people generally stopped eating there when there are better options.

I'll guess something with "equity" or "capital" in its name is behind it.

Over the last ten years or so, every US restaurant got it in their head that salads should cost the same as every other meal on the menu. When I can make seven salads at home for less than the price of one at a restaurant, I'm simply going to make salads at home.

I fucking love the summer salad. I can't afford it, so I've only had it like twice, but it is delicious. I don't get how a pile of leaves can cost more than $10

More details please!

One time I ordered a plain cheeseburger and received a bun with lettuce tomato and mayonnaise and no patty or cheese. That was sadly not the last time I went to Wendy's but I don't recall it ever being good since then. That was maybe ten years ago and I haven't been back in 6 or more.

You could have gone back the same time and got a free burger!

I noticed the same. I was all about Wendy's back in the day. Then the good mobile deals left, the quality dropped, they changed their nugget recipe so it sucks ass and I can't even eat the spicy nuggs anymore. Dave would be upset by the drop in quality.