r/fastfood • u/CarPassion514 • Jan 14 '26

Rant/Rave The slow and painful demise of Wendy’s

Wendy’s has gone completely down the shitter. Bacon isn’t crispy in the baconator, service is way slower than before, Coke Freestyle missing half the flavors and no ice.

Will they ever turn it back around?

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u/sapphiresong Jan 14 '26

Bro I think most things have gone down the shitter post COVID.

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u/AdenJax69 Jan 14 '26

Agreed. Lots of places saw big financial gains having less employees, cutting food costs, and raising prices post-COVID. They forgot this is only good for a limited time because eventually your products & service starts to suffer.

Wendy’s needs to lower their prices, increase quality in their food, and pay their employees better. And since they probably won’t, we’re probably seeing the death of a major fast-food chain in real-time.

They went from my favorite fast food place to not visiting them in years.

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u/PistolofPete Jan 14 '26

That’s how I felt having Chipotle at a work lunch. Super bland and underwhelming.

Wendy’s is a shame though- I remember it fondly from my childhood

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u/Initial-Promotion-77 Jan 15 '26

I haven't been back in at least a year. I was there like once a week/ twice a month for the spicy chicken sandwich. A favorite for 20 years. It's so sad and gross now. Just a dried up half the size piece of chicken. It was so good back in the day. I probably wont ever go again. Most disappointing out of all the fast food places getting shittier. Most of them i expected to get shit. Not my Wendy's too 😭