Wendy’s is the busiest fast food restaurant in town where I live, and I consistently see most locations being very busy, so… no? They’re not going anywhere.
They aren’t the busiest here, they are the slowest though. They always have a line wrapped around the building, but that’s because the line hardly moves.
Probably due to the 6$ biggie bag. If prices keep going up, I cant imagine people will keep going. I had to stop after they got rid of the 5$ menu. The food taste too trashy to be worth any more than that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
ITT: people who didn’t eat fast food anyways stroking themselves at the thought of the poors getting poorer. The only people eating Wendy’s go here because it is their comfort food and they probably feel like it’s the best option. They will pay the higher prices.
I mean, I used to eat fast food before it became ridiculously expensive.
You have a point about that ‘comfort food’ thing. Some people are legit addicted to this stuff and will never admit they can’t afford it or it’s too expensive.
These are the people the businesses are banking on exploiting.
Imma broke bitch, it sucked giant ass when the biggie bag went from 4 to 5 then to 6 bucks in my area. There is no delusions of grandeur when eatin at Wendy’s, is jus cheap an becoming less an less.
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.
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.
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