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Blue Idaho

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26. The beatings will continue

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Tue Feb 27, 2024, 12:43 PM

Feb 2024

Until profits improve… what a joke.

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Wendy's to start testing Uber-style surge-pricing [View all] brooklynite Feb 2024 OP

As a consumer this sounds like a bad idea... wcmagumba Feb 2024 #1

Will they have dynamic wages for their employees too? LiberalFighter Feb 2024 #2

You are funny. Employee wages, no. CEO most assuredly bonus time if the scheme works! dutch777 Feb 2024 #9

Another bad food chain bites the dust. FalloutShelter Feb 2024 #3

Dunning-Kruger strikes again. Hugin Feb 2024 #6

ain't no cure for onethatcares Feb 2024 #22

There is an immunization... Hugin Feb 2024 #25

How disgusting to charge people more during 'eating' hours...fuck you Wendys and all that follow you....it won't work GuppyGal Feb 2024 #4

I kinda like walking into a fast food joint with a firm idea of what it's going to cost. Hugin Feb 2024 #5

If I didn't refuse to frequent Wendy's before, I certainly will now... hlthe2b Feb 2024 #7

A CEO is incapable of understanding why a change of a few cents... Hugin Feb 2024 #10

I like Wendy's Freddie Feb 2024 #8

Sadly, that price is probably going to change. zeusdogmom Feb 2024 #13

That "free stuff" is costing you, your and your granddaughter's privacy and personal information. Wonder Why Feb 2024 #23

They can keep their toxic food Johnny2X2X Feb 2024 #11

Don't care for me but busy working folks that just need to swing by for dinner on the way home... dutch777 Feb 2024 #12

They just don't get it Sympthsical Feb 2024 #18

Yep, convenient and cheap. And you have to have both. dutch777 Feb 2024 #19

I guess it could work if Wendys is the only food option available JI7 Feb 2024 #14

Following usual business practices.... Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #16

Simply put, I'll stop eating there. Happy Hoosier Feb 2024 #15

Wendys violates labor laws by making staff work through lunches & not allowing breaks. lark Feb 2024 #17

Just one more reason not to eat that garbage bif Feb 2024 #20

I like the old saying: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". BComplex Feb 2024 #21

I think they'll soon find their customers "testing" other establishments. tritsofme Feb 2024 #24

The beatings will continue Blue Idaho Feb 2024 #26

Price gouging based on market conditions bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #27

Exactly, and it needs to be made illegal. Mosby Feb 2024 #31

It's a Republican Pricing Model. The rich can afford it. All others go home and wait. /nt bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #34

Wendy's is one of very few fast food places I ever go to (mostly for the niyad Feb 2024 #28

Wendy's of the Dave Thomas era was really good bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #30

Back when I was young, single, and broke, Wendy's' all-you-can-eat salad bar Aristus Feb 2024 #32

Salad bars went away at a lot of places for health reasons MichMan Feb 2024 #38

That's probably true. Aristus Feb 2024 #39

Thomas also offered education benefits for his employees... Hugin Feb 2024 #33

Apparently you haven't been to 5 Guys in awhile MichMan Feb 2024 #37

There will be an absolutely massive boycott against this. Initech Feb 2024 #29

Wendy's has gone to shit XanaDUer2 Feb 2024 #35

AIn't capitalism great? Charge the poorest and w/the least flexible job hours the most. Marcus IM Feb 2024 #36