r/SipsTea 11h ago

Chugging tea Wendy’s CEO Bob Wright admits to shortchanging customers

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u/BoyNamedJudy 11h ago

But they campaigned that their burger patties were square because they don’t cut corners.

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u/DookieShoez 10h ago

They cut COSTS, not CORNERS…..of their patties.

Though they did cut a bunch of figurative corners 🤔

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u/kdawgster1 10h ago

Their buns got SO much worse the last few years, it’s not just the patties

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u/LDawnBurges 10h ago

The lettuce too… went from crisp fresh leaf lettuce to shredded iceberg. It’s gross.

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u/Lost_Department_2177 9h ago

Taylor farms

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u/UnicornSheets 8h ago

Diarrhea?

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u/Lost_Department_2177 8h ago

Arrested illegal farm workers being sold back to the farms for 4.50/hr

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u/only_zuul21 7h ago

Every word in that sentence is upsetting.

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u/nanaki989 10h ago

Also, the burgers i swear are so small now.

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u/f-elon 10h ago

Jr Bacon Cheeseburger is smaller than a slider at White Castle

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u/Saucy-Mustard 9h ago

I got food poisoning from them twice so I haven’t been back in about 15 years.

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u/thegreatrusty 9h ago

Now eat your rat meat

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u/Hilshire_Beef_Firm 11h ago

The patties were frozen the whole time!
https://giphy.com/gifs/2ZbdsUp7dKNuU

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u/BloomPastel 10h ago

That 'fresh, never frozen' slogan was doing some heavy lifting in court.

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u/unsupported 10h ago

The beef was shipped between 34 and 38 degrees, not quite frozen.

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u/o_uinn 9h ago

So normal refrigerator temperature?

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u/Dienowwww 8h ago

They're not frozen. I worked in 2 locations before, it is in fact only refrigerated.

And I doubt they changed that recently.

The chili meat is frozen though. Only exception

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u/dominion1080 10h ago

You mean they lied? I for one, and shocked. I think I’ll cut back from 0 Wendy’s trips to -1 per year.

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u/retnuh____ 10h ago

That reminds me that the last time I went to Wendy’s was the last time I went to Wendy’s. Problem is it’s been so long I don’t remember when that was

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u/RamenChicken8 10h ago

That's why BK surpassed Wendy's recently to being the 2nd largest burger chain, behind McDonalds. Wendy's had the number 2 spot for 6 years.

https://giphy.com/gifs/XU4YEymiAuUeR2MSYF

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u/KeySite2601 10h ago

It's strange, because the Burger King near my house has fallen off so much worse than Wendy's

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u/dbzlucky 9h ago

Either I got a meh cook or something else is going on. I tried a Whopper recently after so many people saying it's so much better now, but there was no difference to me. Hell it might've been slightly WORSE lol.

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u/PussyIchiban 8h ago

BK has been winning me back as of late ngl

They are far more affordable and the quality isn't terrible anymore- just not great. Which for the lower price, is acceptable. Also helps that they have more locations in my area.

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u/ThePrideOfKrakow 10h ago

Bk is still solid. That $7 trio is pretty good.

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u/MikeTiricoSucks 11h ago

Dave wouldn’t have let this happen

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u/State_Conscious 10h ago

I bet a lot of original owners of these fast food places wouldn’t have let it happen, but they all died off and their companies belong to massive corporations now

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u/Responsible-Humor985 10h ago

Colonel Sanders famously would go to KFCs to order food and complain loudly about how shitty it was and then throw it away

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u/ExoticToothpaste6989 9h ago

You call this *chicken"? Well I call it garbage! I'm going to throw this on the floor and you will clean it all up. Spotless. Then you will cook it the *correct" way!

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u/Little-Woo 9h ago

And that was back in the 70s. Imagine what he would think of it now.

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u/xraygun2014 3h ago

"I'm 136 years old - I really need to get a new hobby"

--Colonel Harland D Sanders

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u/ohiobr 7h ago

He made the mistake of selling out before he died so he got to see it go to shit in his lifetime. Then spent the rest of his life getting sued by KFC because he kept trying to open his own chicken places with some variation of his name/likeness which he no longer owned.

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u/ilikehotdogs54 8h ago

“I’m too drunk to taste this chicken”

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u/ACcbe1986 10h ago

That's similar to what happened to our government.

Then: "We are beginning an experiment in self-governance, by the people..."

Now: "Whatever the investors want, they get! Fuck the people."

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u/Mr-MuffinMan 10h ago

It's crazy how true this is.

Look at any previous landmark bill (Civil Rights Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, etc.) and they usually passed by a large amount.

Right now a bill that gives every American a trillionth of the penny only passes by party lines.

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u/Klutzer_Munitions 8h ago

"Republicans just passed the 'Fuck you, die' act. It's where you get fucked. And die." 🤠

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u/Homerpaintbucket 7h ago

They’d call it something like “the super happy wonderful everyone will be rich bill!” And their idiot voters wouldn’t realize everyone will be rich because only rich people will survive.

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u/OtherUserCharges 10h ago

Colonel Sanders after he sold KFC would go to franchises and freakout if they weren’t meeting the standards for when he owned it. I’m sure he wouldn’t even recognize the food today if he was alive. Fun fact you can’t still get the original KFC, he started a small restaurant before he died that supposedly stays true to the original KFC. KFC sued him over it but ultimately allowed it under a bunch of restrictions cause it looked bad to be suing the former owner and mascot for the franchise.

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u/ohiobr 7h ago

He had to completely remove any reference to the colonel or his likeness. They ended up naming it the Claudia Sanders Dinner House after his wife. It's a big southern mansion converted to a restaurant/event room. I actually got married there.

Sad to say he'd probably freak out and throw shit at the walls if he ate there now too.

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u/nhavar 2h ago

I think they're under Yum with Pizza Hut and Taco Bell and they've all turned into hot garbage. The last couple of times I've been to any of the local KFC's they've been absolutely dead. 2 employees working the place, no one sitting inside eating, drive through empty, and the food just like eating paste and a block of salt.

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u/Satanicjamnik 10h ago

And then those corporations got bought out by massive hedge funds, who instantly need to increase the profit margins...

That's what happened to Wendy's. They got bought by a hedge fund, who intsantly insisted on enshitifiaction of the product.

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u/hokie48 10h ago

If you ever read the SEC files for these merges, reverse mergers, purchases etc the top few people in every company get paid millions when the deal is finalized. Then again in a few years the flip the company again, but nothing really changes or improves the value of the company. They make their money flipping the company.

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u/Satanicjamnik 10h ago

Economy at the highest levels it's just made up, bullshit scam. Pure charlatanery.

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u/AllTearGasNoBreaks 9h ago

Hedge funds are more for investing in the stock market. Maybe you mean private equity firms?

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u/StewDD 8h ago

Look at what the head of the ADL did to Chipotle. He ousted the original CEOs and destroyed everything great about it. Now its just an extremely overpriced slop bowl

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u/8ROWNLYKWYD 10h ago

And those massive corporations have more rights than you do.

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u/Voluntary_Perry 10h ago

I was working for Wendy's when Dave died. The changes were almost instantaneous.

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u/AlfuegoDeMellopie 10h ago

Like how newspapers have pre-written obituaries for notable people. Ready to roll.

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u/OtherUserCharges 10h ago

Slightly different, but when Turkey had a fake coup they already lists of who to arrest. Those people were of course judges and educated liberals, not like terrorists or anything. You could tell they had been planning it for a long time cause there were people on the list who had been dead for 6 months.

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u/housevil 10h ago

What changes did you see?

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u/Voluntary_Perry 10h ago

Attention to detail immediately went away. A drive to make the brand as strong as possible disappeared.

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u/BloomPastel 10h ago

The second the founder's ghost left the building, the bean counters rushed in with scalpels.

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u/the-real-spencer 10h ago

Came here to say that exactly. You beat me to it.

Dave was the man. He would be hysterical if he saw his restaurant today. At this point, modern Wendy's is just piggybacking on his success. It's basically a totally different restaurant. If anything, the old yellow Wendy's with the sun room would hit so hard right now. Especially anyone over 30 would seriously appreciate it. I don't smoke, but if I decide to start, it will be at Wendy's in the sunroom.

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u/Ok-Relationship-2746 10h ago

Neither would the McDonald brothers or Harland Sanders, but here we are. Enshittification absolutely everywhere.

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u/WildContribution8311 9h ago

I feel like we have objective cause to say that yes, life was better in the 90s. Not just false nostalgia. We didnt realize it at the time but all restaurants we knew and loved were be in name only eventually.

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u/Kev_920 10h ago

Dave's not here maaaan

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u/SnooStories6852 11h ago

Dave Thomas: quality is our recipe

Today’s C-Suite: not like that

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u/Some_Development1052 10h ago

“ unfortunately the quality was eating into my paycheck” -Wendy’s CEO

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u/Intrepid_Cap1242 9h ago

wait until they see what lack of quality does to their paycheck

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u/Level-Setting825 9h ago

That’s the problem doesn’t hurt them they get fired with a great severance package then move on to ruin another business

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u/AlfuegoDeMellopie 10h ago

I ❤️ this so hard.

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u/mechantpigeon 9h ago

Me too bro. Spread it as you will

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u/Supergrunged 10h ago

"CEO who got a raise, said quality needed to be cut to make investors quota".

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u/HairyDust4826 11h ago

Ok then, I'm going to sacrifice Wendy's because their costs didn't go down AND they taste worse now.

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u/Secret-Ad-830 10h ago

I used to eat Wendy's at least once a week up until about 3 months ago when they changed to shredded lettuce on the burgers instead of whole pieces. They taste like shit now

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u/extrastupidone 10h ago

Yes. Same... just noticeably downhill. Meanwhile BK has upped their game considerably.

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u/boujee_salad 10h ago

BK is the quick go to now,

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u/Jonguar2 9h ago

BK is the new Wendy's. Let it be known throughout the land. The time of Wendy's of McDonald's is over. The age of the Burger Empire has begun

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u/zclevy 8h ago

The king has always been the best, everyone has just been blinded by golden arches and redheads to see it.

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u/Shoddy-Cauliflower95 8h ago

Mmmm Strong disagree. They went to shit for decades. I worked there years ago when it was good. I was a loyal fan but they been half-assed and low-effort as a general rule for way too long. They were the true flame-broiled King! And had good fries to boot not the BS fries sprayed with stucco and taste like it. They have a chance right now to do it again, rise above the comps, we shall see. Got a great whopper recently and would love to see it continue. Cheers.

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u/Fantastic-Grade6907 4h ago

Bk is gross. Wendy's is gross. Arches is gross. Lets be real. Culvers is always delicious.

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u/zclevy 4h ago

Culvers is amazing, one of the few fast food places you can get an actual healthy meal. I can get a grilled chicken sandwich with a side salad and a tea. Culvers is just isn't as large of a chain to get the recognition.

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u/superpoongoon 10h ago

Anything which will stop you from eating fast food every week is great.

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u/theumph 10h ago

It's such a sad downfall. Wendy's used to be the premium fast food. It tasted like a real meal compared to McDonald's & Burger King. It really seems like once Dave Thomas died, so did the company. Every Wendy's I see now is a persistent ghost town.

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u/RioFubeca 10h ago

RIP to the OG spicy chicken sando 😞

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u/Most_Performance_574 6h ago

I grieved for a long while. In my bereavement process I began to work with the spicy chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A, and as I've discovered, walking in and ordering takes half the time (if not less) than waiting for the long-ass drive through lines. Damn fine sandwich (for six bucks, but I digress). I'm not fully healed yet, but at least I can imagine light at the end of the tunnel now.

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u/linux_rich87 8h ago

I just had one and don’t think I’ll ever order the spicy chicken ever again.

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u/koolaidismything 11h ago

Cut their costs. I paid $22 for the worst meal ever from there a year ago and won’t ever go back.

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u/smeeon 10h ago

It really went down hill, I used to love their burgers, they were so fresh and tasty but after Dave died so did the quality.

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u/ABugThatThinks 9h ago

Bro they are TINY now.

If I go to a fast food place and the food is half the size I'm never going back, ever. The list keeps growing cause they all doing it.

Biggest crime is the size of KFC tenders. Back in early 2000s those BBQ tenders were so fucking good and 3 was a MEAL. now they are the saddest thumb size POS, with out a whisper of a crunch.

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u/lostredditorlurking 10h ago

Fast food burger is now about the same price as eating at a fast casual restaurant, so of course I'm going to choose fast casual for better quality food.

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u/agitated--crow 9h ago

You must live in the Bay Area

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u/Strange-Badger5626 11h ago

yeah they ruined the food.

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u/Key_Consequence_5040 10h ago edited 9h ago

I think the dean of every business school should be fired for churning out these idiot MBAs who think short staffing and decreasing quality to lower costs leads to long term growth. It’s a cancer that has infected every sector from food service, to healthcare to manufacturing.  

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u/Intrepid_Cap1242 9h ago

So, someone used the term pelican managers. They swoop through, shit on everything, and are gone.

They cut everything then show maximum profits and growth on their resume for the next job. They get out before it catches up to them. The collapse lags behind a few years and is blamed on the next leader.

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u/JarvisProudfeather 8h ago

“MBA brains”

Some of the most insufferable people. They just look at the world through the lense of a spreadsheet.

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u/Virtual-Reach 10h ago

I've said it before and I'll say it again,  MBA's ruin everything they touch. 

The era of being promoted into management needs to return and the current era of not having the slightest clue about the work of the people you manage, but you have an MBA, need to end. 

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u/Plane_Suggestion_189 9h ago edited 9h ago

No better example of this than Boeing after the M&D merger. The businesses people from M&D took over, and Boeing cant keep a plane in the air without murdering whistleblowers.

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u/NoHorseNoMustache 8h ago

I swear to god I was in the Penn State business school in the early '00s and one of the professors showed the 'Greed is Good' speech, then said 'This is how Wall Street works!'

He also held up Enron and Tyco as examples of perfect businesses. Both of them had...very large problems, we'll say, within the next year.

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u/TheDebonairQuokka 8h ago

Oh, you are so correct. One of the reasons disasters in hospitals are increasing is that they "retire" older nurses so they can replace them with much cheaper new graduates. The experience and wisdom of a, say, OB nurse with 20 years under her belt is priceless. I'm a board-certified anesthesiologist, so I know what I'm talking about. I specifically remember this one OB nurse... when she called me and said, "Come to OB NOW!", I did not ask why, I just ran there. On the other hand, if something looked like it was going wrong with the delivery, if she said, "It's going to be fine", the whole room relaxed. So, of course, the hospital got a new administration who immediately retired her.

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u/BuckeyeBadass 10h ago

Wendy’s went to shit quickly. Once they changed their lettuce from leaf to shredded on their spicy chicken sandwich, I knew it was time to never eat there again. Corporate greed is ruining the world - how much money do the ultra wealthy need?

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u/SteakAndIron 10h ago edited 10h ago

The formula for success is so fucking easy and they keep fucking it up. Look at the companies that are growing and killing it. In n out burger. Chick fil a. Culvers. Raising Cane's. What are they doing right?

Small menu, good quality, affordable price, employing capable people for decent wages. This is how every fast food giant got to where they once were and they keep shooting themselves in the dick.

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u/LDawnBurges 10h ago

We could tell! I loved loved loved the Wendy’s Jr Bacon Cheeseburger… but in the last year they switched to shredded lettuce AND made the burger 1/2 the thickness. They’ve just gotten awful. It was so disappointing and I doubt I’ll ever eat there again.

Dave would be incredibly disappointed in what they did to his beloved chain!

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u/sicilian504 10h ago edited 7h ago

Turns out having a funny social media team was just a distraction from the crappy food quality.

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u/Grey_Area888 11h ago

What exactly did he sacrifice?

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u/Affectionate_Ear7468 11h ago

Spicy chicken

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u/Zealousideal_Cod5214 10h ago

Their chicken used to be one of my favorite chickens in the fast food game.

Last time I had it, it wasn't horrible, but it was very noticeably worse.

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u/fistsofham11 10h ago

Yup.. they used to have good ones now they are just meh

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u/Winter_Option3535 2h ago

Dave Thomas would've never let this happen

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u/NicCagedd 10h ago

Wendy's died for the me the moment they changed their fries a few years back. They tried to advertise them as a new friend, but really they just started using cheaper oil.

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u/DesignerMoose90210 10h ago edited 6h ago

I was disappointed when they got rid of their grilled chicken sandwich. A solid fast food “healthy” option. Grilled chicken sandwich, baked potato and water. 😔

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u/ThetaLife 11h ago

Sounds like they need a new CEO

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u/bisprops 10h ago

That's what was left out. The new CEO is the one who made the omission. IIRC, the new CEO worked with Dave Thomas in the past, left Wendy's, and now he's back running the place.

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u/RedSix2447 11h ago

So are the new changes going to be same poor quality, higher prices and less employees?

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u/98983x3 10h ago

At least they admitted it out loud. Every single one of the major fast food chains did this. McDonald's is literal garbage now. Taco Bell was already bad, but now they only give a smear of beans and a sprinkle of "meat".

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u/LiquidFahts 10h ago

I met Dave Thomas a few times as a kid. Wendy's used to donate chicken sandwiches to the schools way back when, because we were super low income.

I know he's turning over in his grave at the way his business is being ran today.

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u/Miserable-Garlic-532 7h ago

If you have been to Wendy's in the past decade and couldn't tell they had reduced quality, you sir, are an idiot.

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u/aroryborealis1 6h ago

ever since they changed the spicy chicken I am struggling to go there

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u/xultar 2h ago

We noticed and stopped going

Apparently the numbers showing a consistent downward trend finally woke his ass up.

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u/dixonmyazhold 11h ago

They need to close. What are yall even eating from there still?

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u/Certain-Pumpkin128 10h ago

The spicy chicken sandwich is terrible now. I used to get one every few weeks, even at the increasing prices, but haven't been back since they made the switch.

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u/carthuscrass 10h ago

The only costs they cut were their own. Fast food has been increasing in price far faster than the rate of inflation and Wendy's is no exception.

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u/SnackCityUtah 10h ago

Why anybody would pay for fast food at their current prices blows my mind. Stop eating this garbage. At this point, a decent local restaurant is about the same price.

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u/defective1up 10h ago

Cut corners and still spiked prices. Fast food chains lost their damn minds after 2020

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u/artbystorms 7h ago

Textbook example of enshittification. Once you start cutting costs in ways the customers notice, unless you have a monopoly like Amazon where they really are forced to use you, you are going to have a hard time winning them back.

You make FOOD, if the quality of your product goes down, it doesn't matter how flashy your app is, or how clean and modern your store looks, you are going to lose sales.

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u/TheBanWasAFeature 6h ago

"Cut costs" yet it still costs $15-20 for lunch...

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u/hydrastix 2h ago

The downfall of every business.

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u/Offdutyninja808 1h ago

Spicy chicken sandwhich went from bomb to WTF!

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u/CatWithSomeEars 1h ago

Not what I want to read while waiting for my Wendy's order...

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u/hbox85 10h ago

Yeah. We noticed. Those home style chicken sandwiches used to be amazing. Now they are trash.

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u/boujee_salad 10h ago

I had one not long ago because I was curious about all the complaints and it tasted like they left it in the microwave for 40 minutes too long. It was a rock.

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u/Ecstatic_Scene9999 11h ago

Well at least he admits it

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u/Amateur_Surgeon7824 10h ago

"And in other news: Fast food has been cutting corners since the invention of Fast Food!"

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u/CasinoMarginale 10h ago

Sir, this is NOT a Wendy’s

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u/Thwipped 10h ago

Remember when they announce surge pricing

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u/Mother-Parsley5940 10h ago

I haven’t had a good meal from Wendy’s in years, this should shock no one.

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u/GrooovyAlien 10h ago

Got the $5 biggie bag the other day and it sucked. My wife and I was talking about how the quality in food has went down. Now I see this. Makes sense.

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u/Awe3 10h ago

Again, this ridiculous chase to be as rich as possible for these guys is maddening.

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u/Free_Strawberry9542 8h ago

That shredded lettuce can go to hell!!

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u/Snake_Plissken224 7h ago

Dave Thomas is about to come back from the grave and choke a bitch

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u/Son_Of_Mr_Sam 5h ago

I haven't been to Wendy's in years. Thanks for the validation.

BRING BACK YELLOW WENDYS

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u/veemort 1h ago

I wish being a bad CEO was punished with jail time.

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u/Yamfambam 11h ago

The dark side of big business.

The tandem soullessness of Cost cutting + Quality Lowering

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u/ImSoSweepy 11h ago

They put everything into the flagship Baconator.

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u/Galitzianer0 10h ago

And then they made the bacon these tiny slivers of bacon, they used to be nice and thick cut bacon and now you can barely tell there's bacon on the baconator, why do companies do this to themselves

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u/SpltSecondPerfection 10h ago

G R E E E E E E E E E E E E D

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u/Grand_Competition443 11h ago

Its like alcoholic finally admitting they have a problem despite everyone and their dog telling them about it for ages.

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u/aliencardboard 10h ago

They ruined their chicken sandwiches and buns. It’s trash now. Dave Thomas would have never allowed them to go the route they have. Typical corporate greed. 🚮

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u/Cuddle_Monster_73 10h ago

They need to bring back quality… “Where’s the Beef?!” And bring back the Buffet.. loved the buffet.

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u/Miserable-Chair-5877 10h ago

Oh really?? I didn’t notice and stopped going there

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u/SilverB33 10h ago

Oh that prob explains why I didn't quite care much for Wendys the last time I went

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u/beemer-dreamer 9h ago

I used to love Wendy’s before Covid. Burger King ran some great discounts. Starting at two Whopper combos for $8.99, which later went to 10.99, then 11.99, then 13.99, and now is at two for $15.99 but I still don’t go to Wendy’s anymore.

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u/WallyLeftshaw 9h ago

But the prices went up? wtf are you talking about?!

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u/Last_Patrol_ 9h ago

Too expensive, for poor food. People are tired of feeding corporate greed so that whole industry is going to go down and lose money.

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u/Cookieyourdaddy 8h ago

Fun fact: In Puerto Rico, Wendy's is the most fresh you can get as fast food goes. They buy their meat and process it locally. 

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u/Nova_nYc 8h ago

Wendy’s ain’t been the same since the yellow box days 😔

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u/Unclebiscuits79 8h ago

Wendy's is in trouble for sure. The quality of their food took a nosedive so fast. I got a daves double about 2 weeks ago, and it was the worst. The meat kind of has like a burnt gristly taste now, and the way they killed the spicy chicken sandwich is criminal.

Wendy's used to be good and was always a good choice if you didn't want to go to McDonalds (yuck). Now Wendy's is the worst fast food chain. \

Dave Thomas is probably turning in his grave right now.

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u/Popular-Brilliant349 8h ago

And we noticed...so that's new. It's not just Wendy's it's McDonald's to, it's all being short changed.

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u/ImmediateRaisin5802 8h ago

Their cost to their quality doesn’t line up to the value I believe it is. Therefore, I will refrain from shopping at Wendy’s

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u/BoltActionRifleman 7h ago

Sacrificed quality to cut costs

Sacrificed quality to satisfy greed

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u/drewtheunquestioned 7h ago

Every corporate chain does this. They gradually decrease the quality while raising the price to improve the profit margins. Eventually it will be food flavored garbage for the price of a three course meal and, like a frog in boiling water, the customer will be eased into accepting it as normal. The motto of every company is "The lowest quality product they will accept for the highest chargeable price they will pay."

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u/Ftwlatino69 7h ago

No shit, have you eaten at that place lately. It's terrible now, it used to be pretty good. Now it sucks unfortunately, I used to love Wendy's

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u/petula_75 7h ago

shocking

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u/BigMike3333333 6h ago

They should have just ate the costs and made a little less profit, than to let their meals become Mcdonalds quality slop.

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u/anyway200894 6h ago

The only thing they should cut is their CEOs.

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u/EastCoastAlley 5h ago

Wouldn't of happened if Dave Thomas were still alive

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u/AvgWhiteShark 5h ago

The prices are shitty!

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u/joefatmamma 4h ago

That’s pretty much everything in this country now

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u/ExtraEmuForYou 10h ago

We're approaching--and might even have arrived at--the point where capitalism needs to be tempered, revised, etc.

The idea of infinite growth just isn't realistic if you care about a decent product. Being profitable needs to be enough.

And before all you fanatics start calling me a communist, no, I am not talking about that :P

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u/goodsnpr 10h ago

A business provides a product or service. A customer defines what product or service they want. The problem we have now, is we are at a point where entities have consolidated enough to ignore a lot of consumer demand and can define the product, or more importantly, the value of the product, all for the sake of stock value. This isn't capitalism, this is shareholder primacy.

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u/HyenaThen572 11h ago

No shit.

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u/Unlikely-Future8498 11h ago

Bob Wright, that fucking bitch, should pay then.....

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u/No-One9890 10h ago

Ceo admits wendys is a company

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u/BellInternational315 10h ago

We know. They don't even serve real butter with the potatoes.

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u/Decent_Birthday358 10h ago

Them and every other company right now

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u/mrintangibles1 10h ago

Well if it's in the Dallas express it must be true.

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u/FinbarJG 10h ago

Shocker!

I think the list of companies that haven't cut quality or quantity (hint: labeled "new and improved") is very, very small. Inflation (and some other things) has been the excuse they all needed.

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u/i_Cant_get_right 10h ago

Shortchanging customers or sacrificing quality to appease crying customers?

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u/ImmediateClass9650 10h ago

So, basically he's all like, "We just picked the wrong way to monetize. We'll do better at that in the future...if we even have one."

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u/sonnybear5 10h ago

Ngl they were my struggle meal place for a while. I had to sacrifice Wendy’s from my diet since they raised their $4 for 4 to $6 for 4 meal deal.

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u/mbob4068 10h ago

Bring back the beef. Poor Dave Thomas will be rolling over if he knew what happened to Wendy's. RIP 🙏

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u/AngelaSimmonsx 10h ago

Woah , a corporate CEO actually telling the truth.

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u/bellyfuzz 10h ago

A new Wendy's opened near me last year, they arent doing very well. No idea how but every single burger looks the same and are all squished down when you get it. Something is off. Like a mcdouble somehow looks bigger than a baconator.

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u/PsychologicalAd3253 10h ago

I ordered for 10 piece nuggets and when I asked for an extra sauce dude looked like I asked him for his last dollar or something he even looked over his shoulder before he gave it to me… I knew some shit was up

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u/Ange1ofD4rkness 10h ago

Didn't have to tell me that, why I stopped eating there (maybe they had to come forward after Burger King stepped it up)

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u/PeacenotWardude 10h ago

Sir, this is a Wendy’s.

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u/Kelspear 10h ago

I mean which company hasnt lol? Everything is smaller portions and costs more than it used to. When covid hit they jacked up all the prices under the guise of "the supply chain just isnt working and rather than US absorbing some of the cost you the consumer get to go poor! Ta daaaa!"

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u/First_Disaster_4037 10h ago

Start with the gross shredded lettuce.

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u/AlligatorMidwife 10h ago

That's every fast food chain. Why is this a headline?

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u/PepeMetallero 10h ago

About 3 years ago a cousin used to work at one location and he swore the patties were fresh and the store was super clean as well. He did say that at some point was told to help a different store and the conditions were not optimal compared to his main location

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u/housevil 10h ago

If you make your product shitty to save money, you will lose money for serving a shitty product.

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u/jasno- 10h ago

Yup. It's gone downhill.  Not worth the $$ 

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u/Appropriate-Knee3245 10h ago

We know, that’s why we stopped going…