8 Secrets Wendy's do not want you to know

But old employees and current employees disclose them anyway.


When we go to the drive-through, we usually want ourFast food, hot and tasty. We do not really think how it happened between our hands so fast, or the ramifications of this speed. We are too busy trying to leave no one seeing us inhalinghamburgers And siphoning down Shakes to worry about how our meal has been prepared or if the employees heard we discuss with our partner through the drive-through speaker.

But sometimes, it is interesting to note the secrets of fast food chains, whether to save some money or keep our expectations in check. To not beurk your yum, but here are some secretsWendy's Probably would like to keep in wraps.

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Founder Dave Thomas regrets Naming the chain after his daughter

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InA 2019 Interview Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the chain, Wendy Thomas revealed that his father died before in 2002, he told him that he regretted name the food chain of fast after her. "He said," What are you know? I am sorry. I asked him what he meant. He explained, "I just named after myself, because he put a lot of pressure on you. Even if she agreed that he had a lot of pressure, she said the name of her advantages. "Sometimes, if I need a reservation, it helps! »

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Very little reflection has come into the name

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Wendy toorevealed That the idea of ​​his father to open a restaurant was quite out of the blue. She said he has come back one day and announced that he was going to open a restaurant and he was only going to serve hamburgers. "He wanted a character, because he worked for the colonel in Kentucky Fried Chicken and knew how much of the character of importance. He said, "Wendy, shoot your hair in braids. So, I did it. He got his camera and took pictures of me and my sister and said, "Yes, it's going to be Wendy's old-fashioned hamburies. That was it. There was no marketing search, without anything. It suffices as a boom. That's it " .

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Chile is in Remains Bits Hamburger

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According to a quarterfold in Wendyposted on reddit"The only thing I do not eat the chilli. The meat comes from the meat of remnants on the grill that dries. It is then cut, frozen and bagged for subsequent use in the pepper. It's not unhealthy and he will not make you sick or anything, just not sits absolutely right with me ".

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For when he is busy

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A former Wendy employeeon reddit chorus To say that the rush hour was the best time to order at the restaurant. "All stations have been inhabited by the fastest and most experienced employees during the breakfast rush. We had run this place like a machine. Fresh food is constantly made and sold if everything was straight out of the fryer or fresh on the grill and it was rare to have a customer expectation more than 2 minutes ".

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You can get scorched bacon

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Another former employeehas taken to reddit To say that the bacon is the "easiest thing ever to do, but if someone turns out of the timer without telling you (as is often the case) said hello to burned bacon. And bacon is one of the most expensive products, so unless it looks like it was cooked in the fire of hell, you all will get crispy bacon ".

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Drive-Thru The employees are always listening

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The employee of the former Wendy Kayla Blanton parkedAn article to insider In the state of a Fast Food Secret: the microphone is still in the drive-through. "When you pull up the speaker into a drive-thru track, your car games out of a sensor that turns on the microphone. As long as your car triggers this sensor, the external micro heaven. So yes, they can hear you talk to your mother on the phone, or complain about the line in front of you. So be nice ".

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The lemonade is far from fresh

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Blanton also mentioned thatThere is "freshly squeezed" nothing of the lemonade of the restaurant, Despite the fact that there are fresh lemon slices in the display jug. "Where I worked, they were just for the show. I hate breaking for you, but the lemonade make us at my store was about as "fresh" as the powder you mix with water at home. And he calls a ton of sugar like a white ton. So, think what the next time you go for a big ".

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There is no frosty in a frosty-ccino (well, not really)

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Unlike a Starbucks Frappuccino, Wendy's Frost-Ccino is not mixed. Although it is delicious, It's more like iced coffee . And despite its name of a frozen dessert of Wendy, frosty gel, there is no freeze texture. While you think this drink is a bit like a coffee coffee, just brewer and "mix" frosted in a cold way (aka frosty creamer) -a less, According to a former Wendy employee .

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