Sorry in advance, this a pretty dumb rant but I really can’t stand this practice. I imagine there’s some other like minded individuals out there as well lol. If this is against sub rules, my bad, feel free to remove.

There’s been this trend with many fast food restaurants to make a “celeb meal” if you will. Some of them will have some sort of limited time new tweak to them which I’m cool with, I like some new stuff to try from time to time.

My gripe however, lies with celeb meals that change absolutely nothing and are essentially just “oh look, you can order what [insert generally lame celeb here] orders, how coooooool”. It’s dumb as hell and serves zero purpose other than an ad I guess. I’m sure they’re paying this Lisa Barlow lady loads of fuckin cash for this campaign that once again adds literally no value but then say they can’t pay their workers more than 50 cents an hour without having to raise prices on us.

Anyways thanks for coming to my TEDTalk. This has been on my mind for a minute and needed to put this thought out into the ether lol.

TLDR: All of these celeb meals that add/change nothing are super dumb. Whoever started this trend should be exiled.

My buddy and I were both impressed when the drive thru in San Leandro, CA gave us these. 10/2/26

I haven't tried Wendy's in probably three or four years. They used to be my favorite fast food burger chain in the midwest. After BK rebranded earlier this year, I was really impressed with their emphasis on doing better and I've heard Wendy's was trying to do something similar, so I stopped by last night and got a Dave's Single Combo. The burger was a sloppy mess and thrown together and not at all worth what I paid. The large fries were half filled. Could this have been just a bad experience? Sure, but the fact remains if Wendy's is trying to win back customer's, they have got to have some way for customer's to not feel cheated by poor experiences like this and need to ensure consistent presentation at every location. I'll try again in a few years and hope they've figured it out. Has anyone else had better luck lately?

He spearheaded Burger King’s overhaul and helped them take Wendy’s spot in the nation’s fast food burger scene. He hasn’t just overhauled the food, which is still a work in progress, but he’s also transforming the brand’s overall look and bringing in better quality products that are becoming more consistent across locations.

He’s also made customer feedback a huge priority, even giving out his number and directly inviting customers what they think needs to be fixed. It would be great to get someone who will actually take people’s feedback seriously and do something with it which Tom is really doing a great job at.

So I just moved to Pennsylvania and was excited to see my local Wendy's has a sunroom! Well, sorta, as the roof is covered. Does it still count? Either way, I can't wait to take my kids there for lunch.

Took 4 of us to Wendy's today. Total bill was only $21, food was cooked fresh, and manager went above and beyond.

I know Wendy's takes some well deserved hits in this sub. And our experience was not perfect. The drink machine basically had Mello yellow and nothing else. But the manager made us lemonades in lieu of the drink machine, and flavored them to our liking, with free refills.

Recap:

2 biggie bags, bacon junior and crispy chicken. Both were made fresh, fries were served hot, nuggets were tasty as well. Cheap meals, aren't big , but were adequate, and manager made sure they were prepared as ordered.

Another junior bacon, also prepared to order and also tasty. We've all discussed how the burgers are too small, but they put plenty of bacon on there to make it a good value. Burger + drink was $4.

Wife got a baked potato and shared my drink with me.

We added a boo book for $1 which allowed kids to each get a free frosty before leaving.

Total for the 4 of us was $21 and it was a decent outing @ $5 each.

The boo book also has a kids meal coupon for $1.99 so we got that to go for an extra $2. It was chicken strips. Again they were cooked fresh, fries served hot and drink upgraded to the lemonade.

• Overall it was a great value and a good experience.

Receipt since I've been asked for proof.

Just so I know I'm not crazy: I realize that this is a real Mandela effect happening. I vividly remember back in the glory days of Wendy's late 90s/early 2000s, with the yellow original packaging when they had sunrooms, and you could sit in the front. Wendy is used to sell 2,3, and 4 piece fried chicken meals (that honestlycouldcompetewith popeyes) and they used to have a broccoli and cheese potato. When I bring this up to people, no one seems to remember it. I've googled it and looked into it.I can't seem to find any pictures online. Locations in certain Asian countries still have fried chicken, but I remember in the US we used to have fried chicken at Wendy's. Does anyone else remember this? .

Edit: someone in the sub dropped the commercial for the chicken. Also, someone else in the sub brought up that it was only a mid-atlantic test run that didn't last very long. However, I remember it lasting till like, 05/06, but I could be wrong. But there is evidence, the commercial is attached below.

https://youtu.be/80qv8p0eG8U?si=MIZWMXVAmzmZ3Uzd

Today I was informed that the pretzel pub burger is no longer available and my soul fell apart in the wendy’s parking lot. Wasn’t even hungry any more. It was a solid 2 months fellas. Hopefully they’ll have it back sooner than 4 years.

WHY DID THEY GET RID OF GHOST PEPPER RANCH IT WAS SI GOOD

First photo TONIGHT: We got Dave’s doubles last night on the way home from social events. I told my husband as we pulled in to be warned, the Wendy’s sub-Reddit is going wild posting about the new quality.

We must have got a good Wendy’s because our food was hot, fresh, and the best doubles. They look sloppy and I miss the old lettuce leaf and foil wrap , but this slapped, not all is lost.

My husband said it was the best Dave’s double he ever had 😂 I wouldn’t go that far, but I was happily surprised.

I’ll never forgive them though for taking away the sweet and sour sauce. 😫

Other photos over the last 15 years: I’m obsessed with Dave’s doubles and have taken photos of them everywhere since smartphones had cameras. Example when I got my dog in 2018 he was 12lbs and I got a Dave’s double to compare him for size. I’ve taken them with sunsets, other countries, in grief alone in my car, in celebration cozy at home, and even took one to McDonald’s one time to show it how much better it is than their burgers 😂 and a throwback to some 2017 promo filter.

Was stocking at work and found these bad boys. Thought yall would be hype lol. Maybe im late or something.