[David Holmberg]

Just had one (thanks to this thread).
The burger was better, but I didn't care for the half wrapper and box holding it.

I still like their new sea salt fries...

[Elarson]

I worked at Wendy's....about 33 years ago. The burgers were advertised as "hot & juicy" and we were trained to take them off the grill right when the pink was gone but before they got all dried out.

In recent PC years, they quietly dropped the "hot & juicy" advertising slogan and cooked them longer.....I guess to appear more health-conscious.

They recently resurrected the old "hot & juicy" slogan. I had one last week and I can say it was just like we used to do them 30+ years ago. They're also using Wendy Thomas in the commercial. Maybe she inherited a leadership role and is going to shake things up?

FYI: if the person running the grill gets too much meat on the grill and over-cooks them, they get sent to make chili. That's their method for enabling all burgers to be made fresh off the grill instead of sitting around.

Eric

[screamingchief]

Wendy's lost me as a customer for good when they changed their fries...

Cant stand the new fries,simple as that.

Same as BK fries,cant stand them either.

But I'll still have me a whopper from time to time,just no fries from them,I get the chicken tenders,that or I'll stop somewhere else and get fries there instead,LOL.

Honestly I never went to Wendy's for burgers in the first place,plenty of other places with a far better burger around here,the only sandwich I ate from Wendy's regularly was their spicy chicken sandwhich,those were good,but they seemed to be getting suspiciously smaller & smaller lately,and they were'nt necessarily a cheap sandwich to begin with either.

I heard they're going to redo those chicken sandwiches next,so I fully expect that to be a compete disaster as well.

Ask me Wendy's will soon be circling the drain as it's competitors gain market share,as that Co. is beng run into the ground by the same outfit that ran Arby's into the ground,then they had to sell off Arby's just to try and keep Wendy's afloat,IMO that outfit does'nt have a clue how to keep up with the current trends in the fast food business.

I stopped going to Arby's because the prices were getting absolutely crazy,I guess they had to pay for all the new & improved options they added to the menu somehow.
(not to mention the required equipment for such too)

But no way should a basic med. roast beef sandwich and large curly fries cost like $7.00+.

Yeah,somone mentioned Chick-fil-A,now I go there for their spicy chicken sandwich instead,and I really dig their waffle cut fries too,good place,fast service w/competent & friendly waitstaff,only downside with them is they are'nt open Sundays,but totally understand their reason for doing such,so I'm cool with that.

They've been sending out a bunch of coupons for free stuff lately,and that got me in their door,and lucky for them they made a very good impression IMO.

Someone else mentioned Whataburger earlier too,they're OK in my book,so I'll eat there from time to time,like their fries too,their fries are almost identical to McD's fries.

We got a Culver's close to us here too,got used to those up in Wisconsin when I lived there,so they get my burger business from time to time as well,and they got some absolutely kick @ss crinkle cut fries too!

For a "higher end" burger,we also got a Mighty Fine burgers pretty close too,freshly cut crinkle cut fries at that joint too,man those are good.

Lots of other really good burger places here too if you dont mind a short drive.

So me,I wont miss Wendy's @ all.

FWIW

Bret P.

[cuz68]

Originally Posted by Elarson

I worked at Wendy's....about 33 years ago. The burgers were advertised as "hot & juicy" and we were trained to take them off the grill right when the pink was gone but before they got all dried out.

In recent PC years, they quietly dropped the "hot & juicy" advertising slogan and cooked them longer.....I guess to appear more health-conscious.

They recently resurrected the old "hot & juicy" slogan. I had one last week and I can say it was just like we used to do them 30+ years ago. They're also using Wendy Thomas in the commercial. Maybe she inherited a leadership role and is going to shake things up?

FYI: if the person running the grill gets too much meat on the grill and over-cooks them, they get sent to make chili. That's their method for enabling all burgers to be made fresh off the grill instead of sitting around.

Eric

- Wendy has a new advertisment add on tv around here. Has anyone saw it? She is a good size woman now, she has named a burger after her dad dave. I eat there at least 3 times per week. I like the small burgers with cheese and bacon, there chillie is not bad, I like it as well.