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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.

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

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!

theres other no-traditional chains that popped here when there wasnt in our state. mcdonalds, BK, wendys is falling the wayside. seen a new jollibee opened up

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Begun, the franchise wars has.

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.

Oh how the turntables...

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.

If beef prices come back down, it's a good time to buy a dip.