Dear Wendy’s CEO,
This is not Uber. This is a Wendy’s.
I’ll simply never go again myself.
I haven’t been in years. Their food has been terrible ever since they changed their fries so many years ago. I used to eat there when I could get jr bacon cheeseburgers for 99 cents but now even that’s like $3.
Yeah, just a run of the mill chicken sandwich combo is 15$ and it looks like a toddler slapped it together with food he found in the trash.
toddler slapped it together
They’re going to start charging for the boogers, which are not optional.
and it looks like a toddler slapped it together
I think it’s funny how food quality is down, service quality is down, yet they still want to charge higher prices.
Like, it’s not even worth getting fast food because I don’t want to deal with the disgruntled employees who blame me for making them do their jobs.
I thought the burgers tasted like sawdust myself.
Indeed but as a broke teenager on my own those 99 cents deals kept me somewhat fed.
Sir, this is a Wendy’s.
This new CEO of Wendy’s would be wise to remember that fast food is a convenience not a necessity. I’ve got a nice little propane grill in the backyard and I know how to make a square patty. I don’t need you, you need me.
I’ve got a nice little propane grill in the backyard and I know how to make a square patty
Good for you, unfortunately there are many people out there that can’t afford a propane grill or a backyard.
Okay? Skillets exist. Countertop George Foreman grills exist. Either of which can be purchased for $30 or less and will last for years. There are multiple affordable ways to make a hamburger without a yard if you’d like to do so. Not sure why you’re trying to shame me for daring to say that I have an outdoor grill so I’m just gonna go ahead and block you. This isn’t worth a moment more of my time.
Yes. The burgers I make myself in a pan are better than just about any restaurant and all fast food because I can season it myself.
It’s actually sad how bland burgers taste in comparison. They don’t need to be that way.
If you aren’t able to own a grill, perhaps you should be avoiding fast food since it’s a rather small amount of food for the cost?
A combo anywhere I go is over 10 bucks. What do they want from us, consumers are already being overmilked like a skinny cow
What’s going to happen is people will stop buying there. I hope anyway. I like a treat too but I’ll give my local joints money first.
Some people will. But others will never admit that fast food is too expensive.
They’ll just complain they’re not making enough money.
They want us to take out a loan to give them more money.
Where I am, the price of fast food is just about equal to some restaurants. There’s no point in doing fast food anymore.
There is a local hamburger joint 3 blocks from my house that is far superior in taste, with lower prices, why the fuck would I ever go to endys?
If that place isn’t getting enough business, maybe you should suggest they advertise their prices.
A simple sign showing how their prices compare to the competition’s goes a long way.
I probably wouldn’t stop in a hole in the wall, just because they usually charge as much or more than chains. Doing what I suggest would change my mind, if the prices were right.
I wasn’t implying they don’t get enough business. They definitely do, it’s the local jam. I’m not sure that they would appreciate any advertising, word of mouth is clearly enough.
Seriously. Fast food just isn’t for poor people anymore.
We have to use grocery stores.
Thankfully, grocery shopping online is much easier now.
I say this to some many people. Wendy’s can get some good deals sometimes. Like BOGO spicy chicken, but if I order a meal from any fastfood place around me then just no. I would be better off just going to my Mexican restaurant across the street. On Tuesday is taco Tuesday (obvs) and you get 3 tacos, beans and rice for like $8-$9. They other deals weds, Thurs, but not as good as that Tuesday deal.
This is great! Considering I haven’t had Wendys for years and this is another reason not to!
I actually haven’t either when I think about it, I last got my husband a Frosty about a year ago when he was hospitalized and it was the only kind of food he could tolerate, but I can’t think the last time I ate food there.
We’re so bad at employee management and don’t want to pay a living wage, so we’ll charge you extra when we’re busy. But wait, there’s more, we’re still not going to pay a living wage to hire more employees, so you’re not only going to pay more, but your wait will still be the same.
Why not just hike the prices and be done with it?
I think this is exactly the plan. If the prices are constantly fluctuating, it will be easy to slowly rise them by a bit every week without everyone noticing.
Boiling frogs is literally becoming a business plan
They will, after everyone tells them how much they hate this, they’ll ‘backtrack’ to higher pricing. They’re letting their first idea eat the hate and resistance so they can execute plan B.
Even McDonald’s is seeing lowered sales due to these high prices. People are only willing to pay so much for grease with a side of “chicken.”
I remember when Dave Thomas was still alive. I loved Wendy’s quality over most everyone else, so I would prefer them even if something else was closer or cheaper.
THE VERY NEXT WEEK after Dave died, there was a very noticeable drop in burger patty size and quality. I basically stopped eating at Wendy’s after that.
I’m sure this is also what Dave would have wanted.
Dave Thomas is up in hamburger heaven with a list of mfers he’s gonna beat with a spatula for ruining his restaurants over the last 22 years.
There’s a reason why the powers that be have been focusing on promoting businesses over people.
People have standards. People have pride. They can feel shame. Businesses can’t. There’s no one to blame when they lower their standards. They’re predictable and easy.
Pretty sure there’s a similar story with the Costco founder being the only thing keeping them from raising the price of their hot dogs.
At least with Uber it made some sense. Higher prices and this payments to drivers was meant to compel more drivers to head out to pick up the increased demand.
But here, there are no surge wages, nor are employees coming in to cover a rush.
What a bullshit idea. I fucking hate this timeline we’re on.
I just go to local burger joints now, it’s the same price and the food is better, and (probably) someone local is getting money and not some ceo across the world who doesn’t care about my local economy or people.
it’s the same price
You know, this wasn’t true until recently.
Fast food as gotten stupidly expensive.
Well of course but we aren’t talking about 4 years ago we are talking about now.
Yes, I’m just highlighting how the rhetoric has changed.
In an environment of painful (almost insulting) food price increases everywhere, Wendy’s decides to remove price predictability from the equation, ensuring that I never know what I’m going to pay, except that I can guarantee I’m going to be gouged when I most want to eat.
Yeah, I don’t care what they sell. I don’t want to be treated like that.
Damn, I like some of their food. I guess this is a good reason to stop going there.
Fuck you, Wendy’s.
Patronize your local burger joints instead, it’s an excellent opportunity to get to know the local businesses.
In my town there are only tourist traps and major chains left. One of the last mom and pop style restaurant that was around for 100 years was demolished.
There are no local burger joints. For several hours drive in every direction from me, every burger place is a chain. Sure some local restaurants also serve burgers, even the Mexican places because burgers are such a staple of American food, but none of them dedicate any real skill or quality to it. No local place dedicated to burgers would stand a chance competing against all the chains and every other bar and grill that makes everything else in addition to burgers.
Oh that’s unfortunate. Come visit me and I’ll take you for a really good burger.
A Dave’s Single combo already costs 12 bucks here. Fuck off Wendy’s, like hell we’re paying more for that.
Edit: And that’s for a small combo. Want a large? Fuck you, pay 15.
Imagine walking in, seeing a price on the board, waiting behind someone with a big order, and by the time you get to the counter the price has increased. I forsee yelling and fights happening in lines.
They will stop doing this when the poorest people are just sitting around the restaurant waiting for the price to go down.
If you only had $3 and the price of a burger was above that, you would just wait. The restaurant is sometimes nicer than sitting outside. They can’t kick you out, because you’re waiting to order. Now they’re going have like 3-5 bums waiting around for the price to drop.
It’s just stupid. Although I did go to a bar like that once that was pretty fun. It had a stock market board with drink prices that went up and down. You would go up there hoping to get a particular drink, but come back with something else because it was half off. It’d be like “tequila shots $7” but “red wine $3.50”! Wine it is!
Bars are scams.
You can get an entire bottle of liquor for $11.
You can get an entire bottle of wine for $3.50.
I foreseee never stepping into a restaurant like that.
