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Wendy's surge pricing

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Ironman92 Administrator
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Tue, Feb 27, 2024 10:26 AM

I hate so many things anymore 
justincredible Honorable Admin
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Tue, Feb 27, 2024 10:42 AM
posted by Ironman92

I hate so many things anymore 

Me, to Wendy's:
ptown_trojans_1 Moderator
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Tue, Feb 27, 2024 12:26 PM

Why? This just seems like a dumb money grab. 
justincredible Honorable Admin
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Tue, Feb 27, 2024 12:49 PM

If I were to make a bet I'd say they won't go thru with it.
MontyBrunswick Senior Member
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Tue, Feb 27, 2024 1:14 PM
posted by justincredible

If I were to make a bet I'd say they won't go thru with it.

this is where i fall. feels like a classic case of:


  1. announce bad thing
  2. get backlash about bad thing
  3. "compromise" by offering some other alternative which was their goal all along.


i suspect they'll do the above and just keep a static menu while raising prices. when they're called out for raising prices, the general sentiment from the company will be "you told us you wanted this".



justincredible Honorable Admin
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Tue, Feb 27, 2024 9:27 PM

Laley23 GOAT
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Tue, Feb 27, 2024 10:12 PM

I mean, they likely lose business if they are the only ones, right? I’m just going to Culver’s or whatever at that point. I’ll skip the potential of paying more when I like 17 fast food burger places in a 5 min drive of my house lol.
friendfromlowry Senior Member
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Tue, Feb 27, 2024 11:16 PM
posted by Laley23

I mean, they likely lose business if they are the only ones, right? I’m just going to Culver’s or whatever at that point. I’ll skip the potential of paying more when I like 17 days food burgers places in a 5 min drive of my house lol.

Same. There’s a Wendy’s on the way to my kids school and if they pulled this shit then there’s a Chipotle, McDonalds, Frisch’s, Taco Bell, Popeye’s, Arby’s, and Jimmy John’s all within a half mile. I’d purposely not go to Wendy’s at that point. 
justincredible Honorable Admin
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 9:01 AM

I couldn't tell you the last time I actually went to a Wendy's. Almost all of my fast food dining is done at McDonald's (the app makes it cheap), Skyline, or Chipotle.
iclfan2 Reppin' the 330/216/843
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 9:48 AM
posted by justincredible

I couldn't tell you the last time I actually went to a Wendy's. Almost all of my fast food dining is done at McDonald's (the app makes it cheap), Skyline, or Chipotle.

Right, deals on McDonald’s app always, and I’ll do TB. I feel like Wendy’s has already increased prices, $11 for a spicy chicken combo is nuts. Chick fil a is high too, but the quality of restaurants and service aren’t even close. 

I will go to Wendy’s to buy frosty’s for the kids after grandparents introduced that…
geeblock Member
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 10:13 AM

I feel like they will do this at 2am when you are drunk and hungry and will pay for the only thing open is my guess. probably the only time people would overpay for trash food.
justincredible Honorable Admin
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 10:14 AM

I usually get a Big Mac (or QPC) and a 10 piece nuggy for about $5 thru the app. 
Ironman92 Administrator
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 10:32 AM

I do like their chili
Laley23 GOAT
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 10:39 AM

Wendy's is still my favorite, but I have almost completely cut out fast food. When I do get it, its a "Saturday night splurge meal" or something. So -- we will class it up and go Five Guys, Shake Shack, Culvers, etc...

We have 2 Chipotles 5 minutes from my house, but also a Guzman y Gomez, which is a better version of burritos so I go with that. They also have a "mini" option. I can keep burritos extremely healthy with the protein, beans, rice, lettuce, etc. Really only the cheese is doing damage. So i dont feel bad getting that as a normal meal.
Ironman92 Administrator
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Dr Winston O'Boogie Senior Member
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 12:27 PM

My problem with Wendy's has always been the vastly inconsistent cleanliness of their stores and the "heat lamp effect" of their burgers.  Compared to McDonald's, I find Wendy's to have dirtier stores and a much higher chance of serving me a dried out burger that's been sitting there.  It's gotten more frequent during the past 25 years.  Dave Thomas would  not be proud. 
justincredible Honorable Admin
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 12:37 PM
posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

My problem with Wendy's has always been the vastly inconsistent cleanliness of their stores and the "heat lamp effect" of their burgers.  Compared to McDonald's, I find Wendy's to have dirtier stores and a much higher chance of serving me a dried out burger that's been sitting there.  It's gotten more frequent during the past 25 years.  Dave Thomas would  not be proud. 

Yeah, this has been my experience as well.
Heretic Son of the Sun
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 12:59 PM

The closest Wendy's to me has been pretty good as far as quality goes, but I probably only hit it up 5-6 times a year, so for all I know, I've just been lucky and it's actually a 50/50 chance every time through. Rare that I eat fast food  -- pretty much only if I'm really hungry, don't want to cook anything and don't feel like a sit-down place -- but they're my go-to as far as quick burgers go.

Ironman92 Administrator
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 6:27 PM
posted by Dr Winston O'Boogie

My problem with Wendy's has always been the vastly inconsistent cleanliness of their stores and the "heat lamp effect" of their burgers.  Compared to McDonald's, I find Wendy's to have dirtier stores and a much higher chance of serving me a dried out burger that's been sitting there.  It's gotten more frequent during the past 25 years.  Dave Thomas would  not be proud. 

I don’t think the heat lamp has been a thing in 15 years. Back in the day McDonalds food stayed in the warning bin for up to 20 min before we threw it out. Meat stayed in the warming cabinet for up to 20 min. Wasn’t often but meat could basically be 40 min old if you had some bad timing. Those places are much more fresh to order than 20 years ago
Dr Winston O'Boogie Senior Member
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Wed, Feb 28, 2024 6:56 PM
posted by Ironman92

I don’t think the heat lamp has been a thing in 15 years. Back in the day McDonalds food stayed in the warning bin for up to 20 min before we threw it out. Meat stayed in the warming cabinet for up to 20 min. Wasn’t often but meat could basically be 40 min old if you had some bad timing. Those places are much more fresh to order than 20 years ago


I just used it as an expression to describe the dried out nasty tasting burgers I’ve gotten at Wendy’s  

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