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Wendy's closes US restaurants and focuses on value to turn around falling sales (apnews.com)

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Wendy’s is closing several hundred U.S. restaurants and increasing its focus on value after a weaker-than-expected fourth quarter.

The Dublin, Ohio-based company said Friday that its global same-store sales, or sales at locations open at least a year, fell 10% in the October-December period. That was worse than the 8.5% drop expected by analysts polled by FactSet.

U.S. same-store sales fell even further in the fourth quarter. Wendy’s said late last year that it planned to close underperforming U.S. restaurants, but it gave more details about those closures Friday.

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[–] Pavidus@lemmy.world 24 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

Food quality aside, how's that surge pricing working out for you?

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

Smashingly, it seems. On par with the surge pricing effect in Manhattan with a 10% drop in their traffic!