Brits try Wendy's for the first time!!
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Published 2023-09-08
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All Comments (21)
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Dave was adopted and went to have a heart for children without families. He gave much time and money to help these children, his daughter Wendy now owns and runs the business. Dave passed away a few years ago. Naming the food after her Dad is a tribute to him.
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The baked potato has been a Wendy's staple in the US for decades
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I was a manager at Wendy's in Michigan so I was able to meet Dave many times. He was just a wonderful person and loved hearing from his employees. His daughter, Melinda, is who Wendy's is named after. Glad you enjoyed the food.
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Former Wendy's employee- can confirm the beef patties weren't ever frozen at the one I worked at. And the baked potatoes are a ridiculously popular side choice; you wouldn't think it, but yeah, they sling baked potatoes out of the door all the time, even in America.
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Wendy actually runs the company since her father's death. Dave was adopted as a child and was always a huge advocate for adoption. Lovely guy.
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Wendy's founder Dave was an adopted child. He set up a fund to help adopt kids. Dave was an amazing man and his daughter is pretty phenomenal also.
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Wendy's started a whole baked potato THING in the 80s. A variety of toppings and they used to be much larger. They also used to do a great salad bar.
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The $1 chili and $1 Caesar salad they used to have was a college girl's dream! Cheap, semi healthy, low-carb, and good. My sister and I used to eat there a couple of times per week while working our way through college!
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the fact that they didn't try any nuggets is an ABSOLUTE TRAVESTY, Wendy's nuggets hit SO HARD they're literally like the best fast food chicken nugget, plus the spicy nugs are absolute fire and let's not even mention the nug and frosty combo
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I worked as a manager at Wendy’s in college (1992) Dave also gave $5k to any manager adopting a child because Wendy was adopted and he absolutely adored children.
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Not sure if this was already commented on, but the chili was a result of Dave Thomas not wanting to throw away uneaten burgers. There was too much waste; he found it unacceptable.
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As an American living in the U.K., I have been lobbying Wendy’s for 16 years to come here. I drove to Reading when the first store opened!!! I really hope they make it!
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The story behind the chili was actually pretty ingenious. Dave had a lot of patties and the end of the day that were getting tossed away. To avoid the loss he cut up the meat and the chili was born. Dave Thomas was a really important figure in the fast food industry and did a lot of charity work while he was alive.
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The reason Dave is so fond of his daughter is because he was adopted. He was proud of having a family and proud of his daughter. He wanted to make sure that his child in the namesake honor and other children in general did not feel abandoned and in fact, were honored and cared for, which was a major driver behind his philanthropy on adoption.
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Every Wendy's I've ever ate at is the same quality. Never disappoints. It's my go to fast food joint
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Dave was an amazing human. Kind, giving, and a food genius.
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Dave was a wonderful person and philanthropist. He spent his life helping homeless people and donated millions of dollars in the Columbus ohio area. He also focused efforts towards helping children
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I'm a General manager for Wendy's here in the US and just got home from a 14 hour shift thinking I'll relax with some YT before bed and the 1st video on my feed is this🤣😭 I didn't know if I should laugh or cry. We literally serve all this and it looks the same. Oh except we are serving strawberry frosty instead of vanilla for summer and next week starts the pumpkin frosty. I do wish we had that container for baconator fries tho!
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i used to work at wendy's and y'all are right, tomato and lettuce are prepared in store every morning as well as bacon! burgers are fresh meat (not pre cooked like other chains) also, plain baked potatoes are served in America, they're just more popular among older folks and usually ordered with a bowl of chili lol i would also recommend ordering vanilla frosty along with a cookie for dessert
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I love that Josh finished it with, “Or if there’s something else we should go back and try..” The answer to that is the spicy nuggs. Can’t go to Wendy’s without ordering the spicy nuggs. Best fast food nuggs in the game.
