Wendy's Corporation is a chain of fast food restaurants based in Dublin, Ohio and owned by the American corporation Wendy's International, Inc. There are over 6,600 Wendy's restaurants worldwide.
The chain is famous for its chili. It is also known for its Frosty dairy desserts, the fact that their burgers are square and made from fresh (as opposed to frozen) ground beef, and its making of all sandwich items to order. Wendy's has recently begun experimenting with a breakfast menu in some of its stores. Unlike most fast food chains, Wendy's historically did not serve breakfast, except for stores in Puerto Rico. Wendy's tried serving breakfast once before in the mid-1980s, but the endeavor failed.
Wendy's also experimented with "fast-food buffets" in the late 1980s and early 1990s in certain locations. These buffets were reasonably-priced and generally consisted of three "pods": a salad pod, a spaghetti and other hot items pod, and a dessert and other cold items pod. These buffets, while economical and somewhat popular, did not fit into Wendy's fast-food oriented mindset. Most restaurants stopped featuring the buffets around 1998.
Wendy's combo meals originally featured french fries as the side item, but currently a number of options for side items are featured, including salads, chili, potato chips, and a baked potato.
In June 2006, Wendy's removed their classic "Biggie" and "Great Biggie" sizes in favor of a more traditional sizing system; "Small", "Medium", and "Large".
See the Wendy's website at www.wendys.com for more details.
