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TimboSlice@discuss.online to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago

Wendy's to close hundreds of US stores in bid to halt falling profit

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Wendy's to close hundreds of US stores in bid to halt falling profit

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TimboSlice@discuss.online to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months ago
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Wendy’s plans to close hundreds U.S. restaurants over the next few months to boost its profit and make its remaining stores more appealing.
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  • SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org
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    Given the latest trends in child labor laws, they could try having little waitresses in Wendy costumes.

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      Listen here, Dotard. You’re in enough deep shit with the Epstein files.

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        Dotard

        What’s that?

        • Jumbie@lemmy.zip
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          Why don’t you ask Bill?

  • lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com
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    I stopped going to Wendy’s maybe over a decade ago when they switched from clean, classic fries to fries with potato peel & extra dirt flavor. Marketers will advertise potato peel & dirt as premium value, and dumbass Americans will pay extra to eat it up.

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    Wendys, if you stopped reheating your burgers so they’d taste better, maybe you wouldn’t have to close so many stores.

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    I’m guessing it’s really to extract shareholder wealth and then declare bankruptcy once everything has trickled up

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      I’ll guess something with “equity” or “capital” in its name is behind it.

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    “Sir, this is a Wendy’s” “Where you you think we are right now?”

    dramatic music

  • whotookkarl@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Wendy’s uses prison slave labor

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      More details please!

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        The slavery part is because prisons use prisoners as slave labor with no rights to organize or unionize, negotiate wage or benefits or hours, etc. they are used for some of the most physically demanding and dangerous jobs or ‘leased’ to private businesses like equipment. Prisons, especially for profit anti human shitholes, use the 13th amendment as legal cover to abuse and oppress the people they are charged to protect and care for.

        The Wendy’s part has two points: agriculture and to a lesser frequency staff at restaurants

        Here’s a pretty thorough article including a history, mentions Wendy’s on page 10 with a link. It references a survey from 2016 where 76% of prisoner respondents reported they were threatened if they did not work.

        https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2622&context=nyls_law_review

        And a document including specific issues with Wendy’s and their corporate response

        https://www.iccr.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Wendys-2025-Exempt-Solicitation-FINAL-1.pdf

        AP also ran a multi year investigation that showed how multiple major corporations including Wendy’s use prison slave labor while lying about supply chain ethics, but I don’t have a link to their detailed reporting just summaries

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    With how expensive fast food is now, you might as well just go to a slightly more expensive place and get a higher quality burger or whatever.

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      Wendys has the best deal on a meal that I know of, if you are really hurting. You can get the $6 bag which is about 800 calories plus drinks. You could technically survive on $7 a day there if you drink a few drinks while there.

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        I looked it up, and assuming I’m looking at the right one, the price and availability differ depending on location. I’d be kind of surprised if it’s that cheap where I live.

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          I’m in the U.S but some states have extra taxes and stuff. I’m in a poorer part of the U.S

  • itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml
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    A spicy chicken sandwich in the solarium was so good.

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    I’m trying to imagine a world where all fast food went out of business.

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      I got you, fam.

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    The better of the national fast food chains imo. At least they used to be.

    Fast food is supposed to be cheap. No reason to eat at these places anymore.

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    This is why I stopped ordering from them.

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      Also, they have Palantir AI tangled in their management and running the supply chain.

      The same company that is trying to make the entire world a surveillance state, and are giddy about their AI being used to kill military targets.

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    I went to a Wendy’s last year. They just opened one near me so I figured why not. They wanted me to put my order in on a touch screen. I walked out. If you can’t employ people to take my order I won’t visit your establishment.

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    You know when the US is in trouble when burger store is closing

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    Messed with the fries four times too many.

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      Yep their fries are awful

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    I liked their old flat square burgers, dammit. Anyways, I knew they were in trouble when I saw Wendy’s branded chili in cans and Wendy’s branded burger patties at the grocery store.

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