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Fast Food Restaurants in the USA and Canada - Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers

Introduction

This is NOT the official Wendy's web site.

This page describes typical restaurants in the chain. Individual locations may differ.

Only a small sample of menu items are listed here.

Unless otherwise stated, prices exclude sales tax and are normal (not special offer) prices.

Area

Throughout the USA and Canada.

System

Fast food.

Queue at the right hand end of the counter (one queue).

Place order and make payment.

Wait at the left hand end of the counter for your order to be served.

Hot food is always prepared to order.

You are not normally given a receipt.

Place your rubbish in the bin provided and leave the tray on top.

Almost all locations also have drive-throughs.

Some locations in Canada are combined with the Tim Horton's coffee shop chain and they use a system similar to McDonald's.

Breakfasts

Available at a very small number of locations. Highly recommended but very filling!

Lunch And Dinner

Single hamburger combo (1/4lb burger, biggie fries, large soft drink) - $3.29 (Flagstaff, Arizona, Apr-01)

Double (1/2 lb) Hamburger $2.89 (summer 1997)

Double hamburger combo(1/2 lb hamburger, biggie fries and large soft drink) - $4.59 (Flagstaff, Arizona, Apr-01)

Chicken Breast Combo (chicken in a bun, biggie fries, large soft drink) $4.56 (summer 2000)

Grilled Chicken Combo (chicken in a bun, fries and soft drink) $4.89 (summer 1997)

Spicy Chicken Sandwich (chicken in a bun) $3.09 (summer 2000)

Biggie Fries $1.19 (summer 1997)

Chicken Pita $2.49 (summer 1997)

Veggie Pita $1.99 (summer 1997)

Small chili - $0.99 (Flagstaff, Arizona, Apr-01)

Large Chili $1.89 (summer 1997)

Taco Salad (salad topped with chilli and nacho chips) $2.99 (summer 1999)

Large Frosty (coffee flavoured thick ice cream dessert) $1.49 (summer 1997)

Large soft drink $1.15 (summer 1997)

Baked Potatoes with various fillings

Pita Breads with various fillings

Garden Salad

Chicken Salad

Taco Salad

One double hamburger combo (burger, fries, drink) plus one single hamburger combo plus one chicken sandwich combo $11.87 including tax (Flagstaff, Arizona, Apr-01)

Senior Discounts

Many years ago my father was given a Wendy's Senior card, which quotes a 10% discount. Nowadays very few staff recognise this card but managers tend to honour it, even if they have never seen one before. I do not know if Wendy's currently offer any senior discounts.

Opinion

Quality of food - consistently excellent.

Value for money - a little more expensive than some of the other fast food chains but quality is consistently first class.

Cleanliness - generally very good although the carpets in dining areas are not always swept clean as frequently as necessary.

Quality and speed of service - generally very good. The person taking orders and operating the till is usually very good.

Wendy's consistently put a great deal of ice in soft drinks (even by American standards) but they will always honour requests for no ice or very little ice, provided you ask before they fill the drink.

Wendy's sadly seem to be withdrawing their excellent serve yourself salad bars. In April 2001 we didn't see a single one. Presumably this is due to high labour and wastage costs.

Wendy's Past And Present

External Links

Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers official web site

Includes a location guide with maps. Verified Feb-04.

A Request

If anyone has a computer image of Wendy's old "newspaper advertisements" table top, I'd greatly appreciate a copy, purely for personal nostalgia and not for publication anywhere. You can email me using the link at the bottom of this page.
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