Wendy's To Re-Interview And "Reboot" Employees
While Wendy's has done an awful lot in the last few years to revamp its menu — new burgers, better fries, fresher ingredients — it hasn't done much to update its staff. But that may change soon, with the announcement that the fast food chain plans to start re-interviewing its employees in an effort to only retain the best folks behind the counter.
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Wendy's Black Label Burgers Have Cheese & Guacamole Instead Of Whiskey
Hoping for a zing of whiskey in your burger? Wendy's Black Label burgers might make you think of a certain Mr. Johnnie Walker but instead of booze, these sandwiches are just offering some "high-end" ingredients to lure customers in.
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Wendy's Set To Dethrone Burger King As #2 Fast Food Destination
In the over 40 years since Wendy's began slinging burgers, the fast food chain has never been able to slip past competitor Burger King, which seemed to have a permanent lock on the runner-up slot behind McDonald's. But the newest numbers indicate that while the Ohio-based burger joint is set to leap-frog BK into the number two spot in total sales, even though it has almost 1,400 fewer stores in the U.S.
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Wendy's Hot 'N Juicy Not So Juicy: Consumer Reports
December 8, 2011 12:30 PM
Our sensory-specialist siblings over at Consumer Reports have tasted the Dave's Hot 'N Juicy burger from Wendy's, and have declared that the burger, while thicker than previous Wendy's offerings, isn't all that juicy.
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Wendy's Worker Attacks Pregnant Customer For Complaining About Cold Food
Last week, a pregnant woman in Illinois complained to a Wendy's staffer about being served a cold burger. Little did she know that such a minor issue would lead to her being chased down in the parking lot.
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Shake Shack, Smashburger Lead Growth Of "Better Burger" Chains
Smaller fast-food chains that make "better" burgers are growing faster than their larger rivals, according to a new report — though in some cases, the chains are still very small. Shake Shack grew by 133% in 2010, and now has seven stores. Smashburger had the second highest growth rate, at 116%. and now has 93 branches.
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Help Make Our Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items Even Bigger
It's been more than four years since we first posted
The Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items, in which readers shared their inside scoops on how to score hidden fast food gems like "Naked Chicken" at Popeyes or take advantage of TGIFriday's Five Easy Pieces policy. There have been several requests to update and expand the list, so we're going back to the source: you.
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Wendy's: Where $1.39 Is 99 Cents
Adam doesn't ask for much. He just wants to be able to walk into his local Wendy's and buy Value Menu items for the 99 cents that the chain advertises nationwide. This dream eludes him, though, because all of the restaurants in his area charge $1.39 for the 99-cent menu items. Sure, it's still cheap, but that doesn't mean it doesn't bother him.
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Wendy's Sues Wendy's Franchisees For Refusing To Cook Up "Hot N Juicy" Burgers
If you're a fast food mega chain in the midst of an image overhaul, it probably doesn't help if some of the eateries that bear your name don't play along. At least that's what Wendy's is saying about franchisees who refuse to install equipment necessary for making the company's newest burger.
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Florida Restaurant Sues Wendy's Over "You Can't Fake Fresh" Slogan
Many of the trademark infringement stories we cover involve
mammoth corporations picking on smaller, unrelated businesses, but this one's a bit different. A small chain of seafood restaurants in Florida has filed a $2 million lawsuit against Wendy's over the use of the phrase "You can't fake fresh."
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Science Confirms In-N-Out Burger Is The Best And McDonald's The Worst
Almost a year ago, our survey-loving siblings at Consumer Reports asked several thousand readers to rate burgers from 18 burger chains and to no one's surprise,
McDonald's came in dead last. Not satisfied with merely finding the best and worst beef-on-a-bun, CR decided to go for the super-sized option, rating 53 restaurants in five categories to find which ones provide the best food, service and value to customers.
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Wendy's Employee Arrested For Using Fire Alarm System To Make A Grand Exit
Just about anyone who hates their job has occasional thoughts of
making a grand exit that their idiot boss will remember forever. But here's a word of warning before you do something stupid: Don't pull the handle on the fire alarm system when you walk out of the building for the last time.
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Bad Weather Leads To Tomato Shortage At Wendy's
Bad weather in Mexico and Florida, two of Wendy's biggest sources for tomatoes, has pushed many of the chain's restaurants to switch to a "by request only" policy for getting tomatoes on your sandwiches.
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Wendy's To Sell Off Arby's Chain
Just three years after combining in a $2.2 billion merger, Wendy's and Arby's are about to part ways. The supersized 2008 deal created the world's third-largest fast-food chain, but Arby's has struggled and parent Wendy's/Arby's Group is now ready to slice the roast-beef chain out of the family.
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Speak Up At The Wendy's Drive-Thru Or You Might Get Punched In The Face
Next time you're ordering a Frosty at the Wendy's drive-thru, be sure to speak loudly enough so that the person taking your order can hear you. If not, she might just come outside and rip those cheap extensions out of your head.
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Study: We're Getting Fatter Because We Can't Resist Combo Meals
It's becoming more and more rare for customers to walk into a fast food restaurant and order individual meal components off the menu. Why do that when you can just order a #4 and get the sandwich, fries and drink together? It makes sense, but a new study says our penchant for buying bundled meals is causing us to eat more than we should.
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Wendy's Ready To Take "Natural" Fries National
In August, we wrote about how Wendy's had
begun testing a new kind of French fry made from skin-on potatoes and seasoned with sea salt. It looks like the tests were successful because the fast food chain is about to put the fries on the menu nationwide.
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Ever Wonder What Happened To The Real Wendy's Wendy?
She's been the (illustrated) face of the Wendy's fast food empire for over 40 years, but Wendy Thomas — daughter of the chain's founder Dave Thomas — has preferred to let that pigtailed drawing of her do the talking in the years since.
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KFC, McDonald's, Wendy's, Taco Bell And A&W Combine To Make The World's Worst Pizza
In June, we wrote about the
Frankenburger, an experiment in which the Village Voice attempted to form a Voltron sandwich from the best bits of many fast food burgers. But the folks behind this video seem to be on the hunt for the most atrocious combination of fast foods — and they just might have succeeded.
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Vote Here For Worst Ad In America 2010!
September 25, 2010 4:15 PM
Now that the
nominees have been announced for Consumerist's First Annual Worst Ad In America Awards, it's time to get your vote on!
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Does McDonald's Really Have The Worst Burgers?
In the current issue of Consumer Reports, our science-minded siblings asked readers to rate the burgers at 18 different restaurant chains on a scale of 1-10.
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Wendy's Cook: I Pulled Knife On Co-Worker For Serving Bad Bacon
An employee at a Wendy's in Connecticut has been charged with second-degree assault, first-degree reckless endangerment, threatening and breach of peace after allegedly pulling a knife and threatening to stab a co-worker. But he claims it was all for a good reason: He was upset at the other employee for serving bacon that had dropped on the floor.
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Wendy's Testing "Natural" Fries In Some Areas
Perhaps unhappy with the fourth place finish of its french fries in the
annual Zagat fast food survey, Wendy's has recently begun testing a new recipe for fries that goes along with the company's new emphasis on "real" ingredients.
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5 Kids Meals With Adult-Size Calories, Fat
Next time you're grabbing some breakfast with your children at McDonald's, Wendy's or Burger King, you might want to pay attention to the nutritional information for the kids meals you order. The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine just released its list of the Five Worst Fast Food Meals to highlight those G-rated meals with R-rated calorie counts.
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Possibly The Best Review Of Wendy's, Or Anything, Ever
Although Zagat says Wendy's makes the third-best burger of American fast food chains, this Google review may convince you that the House That Dave Built belongs at the top of the heap. Runt of the Web claims to have found this somewhere on Google but its source link comes up empty.
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Five Guys Named Best Fast Food Burger In U.S. By Zagat Guide
Earlier this year, the burgers at quickly growing fast foodatrorium Five Guys made the Center for Science in the Public Interest's
list of most calorie-filled meals in the country. Perhaps that's why the voters at the Zagat Guide recently chose Five Guys as the best burger in the country.
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Wendy's Makes Me Sweat It Out To Save A Buck With E-Coupon
Tom is frustrated that a Wendy's drive-thru crew treated a coupon he printed off the company website as if it were a counterfeit bill. He was grilled like a hamburger as he waited to see whether or not his dollar off would be approved by the all-powerful manager.
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Wendy's Ditches Crappy Bacon, But You Might Have To Pay More
For quite some time, fast-foodies have complained that the flimsy, translucent bacon on Wendy's sandwiches like the Junior Bacon Cheeseburger paled in comparison to the Applewood-smoked bacon the eatery uses on the Bacon Deluxe or the Baconator. That's all about to change as Wendy's phases out the cheaper pork product. Unfortunately, that means you might end up paying more.
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Man Robs Wendy's, Calls Them Twice To Complain About Lack Of Cash Stolen
Most folks who successfully pull off a robbery at a fast food restaurant are happy with whatever cash they were able to make off with. But not one man in Atlanta, who wanted the employees of the Wendy's he'd held up to know that he was disappointed with his haul — and that they'd better start selling more Baconators in preparation for his next heist.
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Wendy's Employee Caught Using Credit Card Skimmer To Steal 135 Identities
How many times have you handed over your credit card at a fast-food joint and never thought twice about the security of your identity? Here's some news that might give you pause — an employee at a Wendy's in Washington state has been charged with using a card skimmer to steal the identities of 135 customers and racking up around $75,000 in fraudulent charges on those accounts.
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Wendy's New Salads Have "Real" Ingredients, Same Old Calories
Starting today, Wendy's has decided to healthy-up its image with a new line of salads that uses, among other things, what the fast-food chain calls "real" ingredients. But if you think real ingredients means fewer calories, you're mistaken
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Papa John's Somehow Tops Customer Satisfaction Survey
While Domino's has scrambled to re-imagine their pizza recipes and Pizza Hut continues to basically give away their pizzas for a pittance, it was Papa John's who apparently made the best impression on eaters in the last year. The Kentucky-based chain has topped not only its pizzeria rivals, but
all fast foods in an annual survey of customer satisfaction.
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Wendy's Drops Donna Summer Hit Over Misheard Lyrics
Donna Summer's 1978 hit "Last Dance" won a Grammy and an Oscar, sold over 5 million copies, and reached Number 3 on the Billboard chart. But none of that matters to the tastemakers at Wendy's. The fast-food chain has dropped the Karaoke Disco Fever CD — which included the Summer hit — from its kids meals because some customers apparently thought the line "when I'm bad I'm so, so bad" was actually "when I'm bad I'm so, so horny." We can only wonder what they would have thought of "Love to Love You Baby."
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The Frankenburger: What Happens When Burger King, Wendy's and McDonald's Collide
Forget the Double Down or the
McGangBang, the ultimate fast food burger has been found — the Frankenburger. And when I say "ultimate," I literally mean this could be the final thing you ever eat.
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Wendy's Employee And Customer Reenact Jerry Springer Episode At Drive-Through
Wendy's employee Lorissa Mendez and Wendy's customer Ashley A. Roberts have been feuding over the father of Mendez's child. Ashley and her two friends
pulled up at the drive through at 1 a.m. Sunday morning while Lorissa was working, and according to Lorissa they started "talking shit" about her. Lorissa responded by throwing a cup of fruit punch in Ashley's face. The police were called once Ashley tried to climb through the drive-through window to get at Lorissa. Meanwhile someone at the counter was probably wondering why his Frosty order was taking so long to fill.
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California County Wants To Take The Toy Out Of Your Happy Meal
If your kids pester you into purchasing McDonald's Happy Meals, they could be severely disappointed the next time they visit Santa Clara County in California, where the county supervisors have voted to pass a law forbidding toys in Happy Meals and other fast food kids meals that don't meet the county's nutritional guidelines.
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10 Fast Food Items Worse For You Than The KFC Double Down
KFC's Double Down — the bacon sandwich where two pieces of fried chicken replace the bread — has been catching a lot of flack lately; much of it deserved. But a quick comparison of the nutritional (for want of a better word) info between the Double Down and some items on the menus at other fast food joints shows that the
"warped creation of a syphilitic brain" might not be as bad for you as a salad at Wendy's.
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Eat More Roast Beef Sandwiches At Arby's For Less
Strapped for cash and got a jones for Arby’s? Good news for you — the company announced they’ll be offering more lower-priced items, including the roast beef sandwich, curly fries and their “jamocha” shake to entice customers dealing with budget constraints.
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McSpaghetti & 14 Other Fast Food Failures
Have you ever had McSpaghetti? How about a basket of piping hot, deep-fried chicken livers from your local KFC? These are just a few of the not-so-popular menu items that made ChicagoNow's list of the 15 Worst Fast Food Fails.
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Is Wendy's Looking To Hook Up With Carl's Jr.?
Fast food's cutest redhead is wooing the burger business's West Coast bad boy, as a new report says the parent company of Wendy's is cooking up a last-minute bid to buy Carl's Jr. owners CKE.
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Strangely Beautiful Map Shows Territory Controlled In The Fast Food Wars
I had always assumed that McDonalds' hamburger hegemony of the United States, if not the world, was complete. I was wrong. Clearly, I need to leave the Northeast more. The above map shows the dominant burger chains in different parts of the United States. The black dots represent the density of McDonald's, and other colors represent...everyone else.
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Wendy's: If You Want Tomatoes You Will Have To Ask
Crappy freezing weather in Florida has resulted in a lack of acceptable tomatoes to put on your burger, says Wendy's. So, if you want tomato, you will no longer get it automatically. You're going to have to ask,and even then you might not get the sort of luscious tomato experience you are accustomed to at Wendy's.
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Chick-Fil-A Has The Best Drive-Thru
—>The Chicago Tribune informs us that the quick-service industry publication QSR Magazine ranks fast food restaurants based on the follwoing drive-through attributes: speed of service, order accuracy, menu board appearance, and speaker clarity. Chick-fil-A is apparently unstoppable, stealing the top spot for the sixth time in seven years. More »
Gee, Jay Leno Sure Does Like Talking About Products
—> Edrants.com recently edited together all the moments of Leno & guests dropping product names. Yes, this is just one episode's worth of product references. More »
Doctors Remove Plastic Wendy's Fragment From Man's Lung
—>For nearly two years, a 50-year-old man in North Carolina has suffered mysterious coughing fits, fatigue, and pneumonia. Now he's back to normal after doctors removed a 1-inch piece of plastic from his lungs, which he apparently inhaled while enjoying a soft drink. More »
Rude Wendy's Manager Yanks Customer's Pigtails
—>Everyone who's over the age of 3 and not a lifelong vegan has surely had a confrontation with a haughty fast-food manager. Danny and his family threw down with a Wendy's honcho who tried to get all Studio 54 with them — resulting in a hastily filled-out free burger coupon and a near denial of its redemption — but it looks as though Danny gave as good as he received. More »
Sorry, This Wendy's Coupon Is Not Redeemable For Anything
—>This coupon here, the one promising a free cheeseburger and drink? It's fake. It didn't come from Wendy's, and it certainly isn't a special offer for Allstate customers. If you try to redeem it, you will either leave hungry or short a few dollars. More »
Consumer Reports Declares Wendy's & McDonald's Have Scientifically Superior French Fries
—>Our sister-publication Consumer Reports tested new trans-fat free french fries from Wendy's, BK and McDonald's and have declared that... yeah they basically taste the same as they used to only they don't have trans fats. More »
The Poor, Misunderstood Wendy's Frosty
—>What, exactly, is a Wendy's Frosty? Is it a beverage? Is it a milkshake? Is it soft-serve ice cream? Is it simply a vehicle for delivering diamonds to one's digestive tract? More to the point, is it a beverage or a dessert? Reader Carl doesn't know. Neither does his local Wendy's. More »
Wendy's Employee Gets Prison Time For Putting Hair In Burger
—>Remember Thomas Bender? He was the Wendy's employee in West Virginia who garnished a police officer's sandwich with a ball of pubic hair earlier this year. He's just been sentenced to 6 months in prison and 2 years probation. More »
McDonald's Remains America's Favorite Fast Food Restaurant
—>Consumer research company Experian Simmons (yes, owned by Experian), has released a new study of fast food industry covering the past 5 years, and it looks like we still love going to McDonald's more than any other fast food restaurant. More »
Cops Find "Ball Of Pubic Hair" In Wendy's Sandwich, Act Surprised
—>A pair of West Virginia Wendy's employees are facing misdemeanor charges after dropping a "ball of pubic hair" into a police officer's sandwich. 32-year-old Thomas Bender admitted to garnishing the sandwich, and 20-year-old Joshua Monroe "admitted he encouraged Bender to do it." The officer, though, saw this coming... More »
Do Not Hide An Engagement Ring In A Frosty And Then Hold An Eating Contest
—>Reed Harris wanted a memorable proposal — but he probably should have thought his plan through a little better. He hid an engagement ring in his girlfriend's Wendy's Frosty — and then he and his friends challenged her to a race to see who could eat their Frosty first. What could go wrong? More »
Wendy's Gourmet Mushroom Swissburger Menu Picture V. Reality
—>Hey kids, let's play a game. The first person to find the "gourmet" in this photo wins. And no, identifying the word "gourmet" does not count. Ready? Go! (Thanks to JohnOB1!) More »
There Are Other Sizes Besides Medium And Large, Wendy's
—>Jeff says the Wendy's he goes to is getting a little tricky with their upselling, creating the appearance of a universe where the only sizes are medium or large. More »
Grill Drills! Wendy's Burger Rap Attack
—>Hey gang! Remember the 80's, when we were always getting sucked inside video games, tvs, and instructional Wendy's rap videos? More »
Wendy's Annoying Gift Card Policy Keeps 'Em Coming Back
—>Lets start Monday off with some math: If I buy food totaling 20.84 from Wendy's and pay with two fifteen dollar gift cards, how many gift cards should I have left? Puzzling answer inside. More »
This Wendy's Frosty is even more delicious than the one we posted about yesterday. Dear Wendy's managers, at least mark through the word "more" if you're going to list the total price. (Thanks to Chris!) More »
This Frosty Must Be Delicious
—>Consumerist reader David saw this awesome special in his local Wendy's restaurant. We wonder what kind of special magic goes into a Frosty to warrant a $5.99 price increase. Bacon grease? Extra HFCS? A no-spit guarantee? A short song and dance from the cashier? Or maybe they spend the extra money on "how to label signs properly" classes for the staff. More »
Wendy's: You Will Have Your Burger With Toppings Or You Will Get Nothing
—>Reader Brandon goes to Wendy's about once a week and usually orders the double stack "plain" as in "without toppings, just meat and cheese." This fairly straightforward request has never caused a problem... until now. Brandon says that he and some friends stopped in to Wendy's to grab some food, but when he ordered his usual order, they refused to give it to him. Nothing Brandon could say convinced Wendy's to give him a double stack with no toppings, so he and his friends eventually gave up and left empty handed. More »
Which Restaurants Are Making Your Kids Fat?
Subway's kids' meals came out on top. Only a third of its Fresh Fit for Kids meals, which include a mini-sub, juice box, and one of several healthful side items (apple slices, raisins, or yogurt), exceed the 430-calorie threshold. Subway is the only chain that doesn't offer soft drinks with kids' meals.So how do you improve the nutrition of your kid's meal the next time you eat at a restaurant? A spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association
gave the following advice:
"Don't be too alarmed even when [studies] come out and seem hopeless," said Dawn Jackson Blatner, an American Dietetic Ass>ociation spokeswoman. "With a few swaps and switches, people really can make healthier choices at these fast-food joints, especially when the decisions are made before going in. More »
Fry Guy Doesn't Wash Bathroom Hands, Gets Public Shaming
—>When the sign says, "employees must wash hands after using bathroom," Brent takes it very seriously. He says he was using the toilet at a Wendy's, and spotted a worker use the bathroom and head right back to fondling the fries without scrubbing his hands. That's when Brent decided to call out the guy in front of the entire restaurant. Here's his story and what happened next... More »
5 Most Butt-Blimping Fast Food Burgers
—>We took a look at the big three burger joints—McDonald's, Wendy's and Burger King to locate the most butt-blimping, ass-widening, delicious-but-probably-not-worth-it fast food burgers we could find from a top national chain. More »
Wendy's ads will drop that asinine red pig-tailed wig campaign they've been running for the past eight months. [Chicago Tribune] UPDATE: Here are the new ones. While certainly safer, they bring the focus back on what's unique about Wendy's, namely that their food is fresher and better. More »
60 Minutes Tackles The Menu Labeling Controversy
—>60 minutes aired a lengthy report last night on the menu labeling controversy, and all the usual suspects were in attendance. More »
Wendy's Sends Scary Legal Threats Over Photoshopped Menu That Includes Calorie Info
—>Wendy's has sent the CSPI a scary legal threat letter over a photoshopped sample (click image for larger version) of a possible Wendy's menu board included as an exhibit in the ongoing "Menugate" lawsuit. More »
Wendy's Breakfast Attacks Unsuspecting Nation
—>The myth, the legend... that is Wendy's breakfast is expanding, according to the Daily Southtown. The breakfast will consist of items such as " a biscuit sandwich, a steak and egg sandwich on a Kaiser roll and a breakfast burrito. Some stores will sell chicken biscuit sandwiches and sausage, gravy and biscuits." Wendy's is expanding the number of stores that carry the breakfast menu to 650 nationwide. More »
Wendy's 4 Alarm Spicy Chicken Sandwich Advertisement Vs Reality
—>Reader and Flickr Pool Member Tengaport writes in with an age old question. Should the sandwich look like the picture?: More »
The Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items
UPDATE: We're looking to update this list. Click here to help! Not content ordering from the menu? Need to have that extra little bit of class that comes from "knowing the chef"? Here it is, your guide to secret menu items. Sure, it's not the secret rib eye at Nobu, but it's something. Before reading this please note that this article has not been fact-checked.
This report is based purely on reader suggestions. We are posting them entirely without confirmation and are not going to try to order any of this crap in order to confirm its existence. We would die of heart disease, be broke, and our ass would be the size of Texas. This is the internet, the internet is not fact-checked, and these are your secret menu items. Enjoy.
Fast Food 24/7: McDonald's To Go All Night? Wendy's Breakfast? It's Coming.
24/7 McDonald's are growing in profitability as more Americans eat away from home and at weird hours. McDonald's has almost reached a saturation point, after all: How many new locations they can open? What's next? The answer appears to be extending their hours. You can expect to see: More »
Wrapper Found Inside Wendy's Burger
—>A reader sends in these photos of a wrapper they allegedly found in their Wendy's hamburger. The reader didn't eat the burger right away and discovered the wrapper when they reheated the meat at home. Wendy's corporate has yet to respond to the messages our reader left. More »
Wendy's Lies About Trans Fats
CR tests find trans fats in Wendy's fries [ConsumerReports.org]
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The News; Enron Curses All Who Penetrate Its Tomb
• Personally, we're a slut for love.
[NYT] "The Taming of the Slur"
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The News
• Airlines fill up on freight to try to make a buck. Cargo crates complain of cramped quarters, having to buy own forklifts. [
CT]
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Boycotting Companies' Politics
—>Business Week has a fascinating article up looking at the political donations of various American companies and the consumer boycotts that have resulted. There are numerous examples of companies going 'Blue' or going 'Red' and consequently finding themselves in a Public relations nightmare, as opponents begin launching major campaigns through television, radio and blogs, attacking the company's political choices. More »
Upcoming Technology in Fast Food Drive-Thrus
—>CNN has an article up, explaining the cutting-edge technological battle between the fast food chains: drive-thru automation. It will surprise none who have experienced the annoyance of trying to order a cheeseburger through a fuzzy, warbling speaker from an anonymous immigrant on the other end that the strategy these companies are banking on is absolutely clueless. What will companies like Burger King and Wendy's be doing to guarantee a better drive-thru experience for you, the consumer? One: outsource your order to call centers, possibly in India. Two: use computer programs that guess your upcoming order. More »
The Syrupy Smell of Success
—>See, you can dumpster dive for Wendy's cups and have a cute girlfriend. This is Today's Hobo. More »
Wendy's AirTran Flight Cups Promotion Getting Crazy
—>It looks like we're not the only ones to notice the frenzy growing around AirTran and Wendy's Free Flight Giveaway. The Christian Science Monitor reports on dumpster divers digging outside Manhattan Wendy's looking for the cups that will gain them a free trip.
In all, the pair collected about 330 cups, more than enough for two round-trip flights for each of them. "It's pretty disgusting work, especially when you grab a handful of chewed meat," says Danielle, who asked that her full name be withheld to ensure that AirTran would honor her claim. "But it's about the only way I can afford to see my family [in San Luis Obispo, Calif.]."
It's getting nuts. The article quotes the going rate for a single ticket as going for a buck fifty—more than it costs to buy the cup with soda at Wendy's. People are literally being paid to dumpster dive.
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Afternoon Freebies: Gay Wallet Follies
—>• The Dell Game continues apace. Tug the stockings to win a prize, or more likely, a coupon for percentage off discounts on Dell products. More »
