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submitted 8 months ago by vegeta@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Wendy’s has spoken to its manager after suggestions that it plans to introduce “surge pricing” to its menu received a decidedly frosty response this week, with the company scrambling to clarify that it has no intention of making itself the Uber of fast-food chains.

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[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 269 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

So to clarify, they’re saying that they’ll roll it out in ‘25 or so. And that it will be only used for discounts.

What they’re not sayin, is that they’re going to take the year to jack prices to 3x normal- incrementally so people won’t notice all at once.

Then they will offer discounts- 50%, maybe.

So even the discounted price will still be 1.5x more costly, while the surge pricing is 3x.

Further, they’ll probably tie the discounts to app use; an app which invades your phone and gives them shitloads of data.

Tl:dr: Wendy’s CEO thinks we’re all dumb.

[-] skulblaka@startrek.website 74 points 8 months ago

Tl:dr: Wendy’s CEO thinks we’re all dumb.

People still purchase Wendy's, he's got good reason to think that.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Yeah, I wasn’t going to go there. He’s probably right. At least about enough of their patrons to make more money

[-] nothingcorporate@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago

I think they hired the CEO of Unity

[-] Psychodelic@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

What's wrong with them going currently? They haven't/never even made the change. Most probably have no idea

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Wendy's food turned to crap when Dave died. Like that same week.

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