Wendy's

Wendy's is a chain of fast food restaurants with over 6,700 locations worldwide. It was started in 1969 by Dave Thomas, who named his restaurant after his daughter's nickname "Wendy." Wendy's is the third largest fast food hamburger restaurant after McDonald's and Burger King. The location of the original Wendy's was closed down in March of 2007 from declining sales. http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2008/12/22/story1.html In April 2008, they announced plans to sell the company to Triarc, the company that owns Arby's restaurants.

They are best known for their signature square patty. Menu consists of hamburgers, chicken sandwiches, salads, French fries and beverages, including the Frosty drink. Some of Wendy's former slogans included the popular "Where's the beef?" which began in 1984 and "Give a little nibble" in May of 1987http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy%27s#Advertising. In October of 2009, their slogan was "You know when it's real."

Some countries have different items on their menus. Wendy's of Japan offers a red bean paste and cheese sandwich they call the "An" Burger.http://www.nihon-wendies.co.jp/ A gallo pinto can be purchased as Wendy's in Costa Rica.

On December 11, 2009, Wendy's announced they would no longer have any restaurants in Japan, ending a 29 year partnership. The 71 restaurants in Japan (which count to about 20% of the brand's 350 overseas restaurants) are expected to close for business by the end of December 2009.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091211/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_wendy_s Franchise holder Zensho said "We've had enough of the burger business" and Wendy's saying "You guys done a lousy job in japan - we're looking for other partners" are two different stories.http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25312/Wendy+s+Japan.html

On December 15, 2009, an announcement was made that Wendy's would be opening their first restaurant in Singapore. It will be the first of 35 to be opened by the Kopitiam Group in Singapore over the course of the next 10 years.http://www.ajc.com/business/wendy-s-opening-in-241869.html

Wendy's experimented with a breakfast menu during the 1980s, but the campaign was unsuccessful due to a number of reasonshttp://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_v19/ai_3842394. In the middle of 2007, Wendy's again experimented with a revised breakfast menu at 12 of their stores across the United States and Canada. The new breakfast menu should be available at all Wendy's stores by the end of 2009. Menu items for the breakfast menu include different types of breakfast sandwiches served on biscuitsand Kaiser rolls, and breakfast burritos. Side order options include hash browns, muffins, and cinnamon sticks.

Wendy's Consumer Relations - United States

Wendy's International, Inc.

One Dave Thomas Blvd.

Dublin, OH 43017

Phone: (614) 764-3100, ext. 2032

Wendy's Consumer Relations - Canada

Wendy's Restaurants of Canada, Inc.®

240 Wyecroft Road

Oakville, ON L6K 2G7

Phone: (905) 849-7685 http://www.wendys.com/contact.jsp

The Wendy's High School Heisman was named after college football coach John Heisman. The award was created in 1994 to honor high-school sport athletes, and became a very prestigious award as the years went on. The award is sponsored by Wendy's and Archie Griffin, who is the only person to win the Heisman Trophy twice and is also currently the President/CEO of the Ohio State University Alumni Association. Schools can nominate one female and male athlete from their school per year and in late October, the field is narrowed down to 1,020 State Finalists – 10 male and 10 female per state (plus the District of Columbia). In early November the field is narrowed down even more to 102 State Winners, with each state having one female and one male winner.

A judging panel in mid-November selects 12 national Finalists of the ward, one male and one female from six geographical regions of the United States. Out of the 12 national Finalists, Two National Winners, one male and one female are honored during ESPN’s national telecast of the college Heisman Memorial Trophy on December 9. 2009's winners were Kyle Pollock from Wiggins High School in Wiggins, Colorado and Malia Cali from St. Thomas Aquinas Regional Catholic High School in Hammond, Louisiana.http://www.wendyshighschoolheisman.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy%27s_High_School_Heisman