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Welcome to 'Home Of The Frosty', the fanlisting for Dave Thomas's fast-food chain Wendy's. It is such a pleasure to bring this awesome fanlisting to you. |
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What is a fanlisting? A fanlisting is a website that devotes itself to a certain subject matter (TV show, actor/ actress, characters, etc.) and asks others from all over to join in and show the world that they're a fan, too! |
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About Wendy's... Wendy's is a chain of restaurants founded by Dave Thomas based in Dublin, Ohio and owned by the American corporation Wendy's International, Inc.. It is primarily known for its quality of service and cleanliness. There are over 6,700 Wendy's restaurants worldwide. Wendy's was founded by Dave Thomas in 1969 and was named after Dave's second daughter, Melinda Lou Thomas, then 8 years old, whom her older siblings nicknamed "Wendy". The corporate headquarters is located in Dublin, Ohio. The first Wendy's restaurant was opened in Columbus, Ohio on November 15, 1969, and the chain grew rapidly to open over 3,000 restaurants by 1985. However, by the mid-1980s some underperforming Wendy's restaurants were closed. By 1989, Dave Thomas came out of retirement and started doing commercials for Wendy's and helped rebuild the restaurant until his death on January 8, 2002. The chain is famous for its square ground beef hamburgers, which are made to order at the time of purchase. They are served as a "Junior" (1/8 pound), Classic Single (1/4 pound), Big Bacon Classic (1/4 pound), Classic Double (1/2 pound), and as a Classic Triple (3/4 pound). It is also known for its desserts and chili. Originally Wendy's had only two kinds of chicken sandwiches, breaded and grilled. Their spicy chicken sandwich started out as a promotional sandwich but was put on the menu full-time in 1996 due to its popularity and the fact that compared to most promotional sandwiches, it was much simpler to make (it used the same condiments as the standard breaded chicken sandwich). To this date, it is the only promotional sandwich to have been upgraded to full-time menu status. In 1970, Wendy's was the first fast-food chain to offer a drive-through window. Implemented initially at Wendy's second location, the "Pick-Up Window" used a speaker box to allow a customer to drive up, place an order, then drive to the window to complete the order. In 1988, they were the first fast-food chain to create a "99 Cent Value Menu" where (until a couple years ago) everything on that menu was exactly 99 cents. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Wendy's also offered the "Superbar", an all-you-can-eat buffet. These buffets were reasonably-priced and generally consisted of three "pods": a salad pod, a hot items pod with spaghetti, tacos, burritos, garlic bread, etc., 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 (side and ceasar side), chili con carne, yogurt, mandarin oranges, and baked potatoes. 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". In July 2006, Wendy's introduced a vanilla flavor of their famous Frosty dessert, which had previously been available only in chocolate. In 2007, the restaurant began serving the Vanilla Frosty Float. Despite its name, the drink may contain either vanilla or chocolate Frosty. In December 2006, Wendy's phased out and stopped offering their fried "Homestyle" chicken strips. There is now a chicken club combo in the strip's place, which features a Homestyle chicken patty with swiss cheese and bacon. In Japan, Wendy's offers a red bean paste and cheese sandwich called an "An" Burger. On February 23, 2007, Wendy's announced that the first Wendy's Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio, opened by Dave Thomas in 1969, would close permanently on March 2, 2007. The signs were removed from the building the morning after its last day in operation. Reasons cited for this closing included a lack of foot traffic by potential customers, the closure of museums within proximity of the restaurant, cost-prohibitive renovations that would have been needed, and the lack of an adequate parking lot in front of the facility. Aside from the United States, Wendy's has opened restaurants in Aruba, The Bahamas, Canada (with some locations attached to Tim Hortons), Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, Venezuela, and coming soon Brazil and Chile. |
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About The Webmaster My name is Amanda and I live in Brooklyn, NY. I am currently the owner of several websites, several fanlistings and namelistings and 3 forums. I've been a big fan of Wendy's for my entire life. My favorite item is the bacon cheddar mushroom melton (mmmmm!). You can reach me anytime at Sel416331@aol.com and on AIM. All images, html, and codes are the property of me! Please visit the credits page for more info on those who helped out. |