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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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[–] Ashenlux@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

A Culvers opened up near me, and that is where I have been getting my spicy chicken sandwich fix. It's so much better, and it just about the same price as Wendy's. I should try to find more local non-chain options though.