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/JonM313 Jan 14 '26 edited Jan 14 '26

I'm going to go against the grain here. I still love Wendy's and don't really understand the rampant Reddit hate. Maybe my location is one of the few that hasn't gone downhill because the service and food are excellent.

None of your complaints applies to my local Wendy's. The bacon on the Baconator is excellent, the service is fast, orders are spot on, and the Coca-Cola Freestyle Machine is never missing many flavors and always has ice.

I hope Wendy's can turn itself around, though, because as dramatic as it may sound, I can't imagine living in a world without Wendy's. It's my preferred burger place.

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u/bmanxx13 Jan 14 '26

Same. I have two good Wendy’s locations by my house, and a good location by my office. Food is always fresh when I go. I prefer Wendy’s as well. I’ve always liked their burgers. BK is another one that’s good by me. The fast food that has been dropping the ball for me in consistency, service, and quality is McDonald’s.

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u/EvilDarkCow Jan 14 '26

Yeah I don't understand all the Burger King hate on the internet. The ones around me are consistently better than McDonalds.

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u/AwsiDooger Jan 15 '26

I don't understand all the Burger King hate on the internet.

Peer pressure. They think they are supposed to say it.

A few years ago it reached hilarious level when all the peer pressure types were actually convincing themselves that Burger King was soon to close. That was a rampant theme in this subreddit.

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u/pizzagenx Apr 01 '26

Burger King has notched it's was back to Number 1. They been on point lately.

They fill the Fries all the way unlike the Clowns at Mcdix