Andy wrote:

TammyM said...


"Andy" q wrote in message ...
Arby's bought up the Wendy's burger chain for $2.34 billion, back in
April.

Dave Thomas rolls over in grave.

It shouldn't be long before they add Arby's menu to Wendy's stores.

Arby's: "Saving the world from ordinary fast food." YEAH, RIGHT!!!

I like fast food on occasion. At least in this part of the world,
Wendy's
has always been reliably decent fast food. Guess that's about to change.

TammyM

TammyM,

I wish I could predict ordinary fast food becoming extra-ordinary but sadly
I can't! LOL!!!

Best,

Andy

Perhaps extraordinarily bad. Does that count? Since we don't eat beef,
haven't been to either in many years.

On May 7, 11:55 am, "jmcquown" wrote:
TammyM wrote:
"Andy" q wrote in message
...
Arby's bought up the Wendy's burger chain for $2.34 billion, back in
April.

Dave Thomas rolls over in grave.

It shouldn't be long before they add Arby's menu to Wendy's stores.

Arby's: "Saving the world from ordinary fast food." YEAH, RIGHT!!!

I like fast food on occasion. At least in this part of the world,
Wendy's has always been reliably decent fast food. Guess that's about
to change.

TammyM

I remember saving pennies so I could get a Wendy's burger when I was a teen.
Nothing else would do. McD's, BK, forget about it. Somewhere along the
line things changed... I haven;'t been to Arby's in about 20 years. It was
okay. Better now? Anyone?

Jill

I remember Arby's when they first opened. Seems I recall that one
could get a decent roast beef sandwich there. But, for the last 25
years, I don't know how they have stayed alive. Horrendous help, and
worse food.
I used to wonder if they were just fronts for something illegal. Never
saw more than two cars parked outside of my local Arby's at any given
time.

"l, not -l" wrote:

Yeah! Maybe Arby's will start selling beef now. They are located much
closer to me than any Wendy's; if they just sold beef, I'd go there on
occasion.

They have an advertising campaign out right now promoting their new
image. Something along the lines of "We know we ****ed up before,
so we're going to be better now". So maybe they'll improve for a
few months, then drop dead again.

-sw

Andy q wrote:

It shouldn't be long before they add Arby's menu to Wendy's stores.

They said they weren't going to co-brand, but in some regions,
Wendy's is selling a roast beef sandwiches (without the Arby's
name).

-sw

l, not -l wrote:
On 7-May-2008, George wrote:

But arbys bought Wendys. They will likely do one of 2 things. Operate
them as the real meat operation they currently are or cheapen them up by
converting them to the meat like offerings they sell.

I am hoping they go for co-branding as some chains have done; two menus
within one location. One of our local Hardee's has now become Hardee's/Red
Burrito; Pizza Hut has a few co-branded stores around town (don't recall
off-hand what the other half is)

How would that be an improvement? They would need to put up 2 menus with
different headings. One would state something like "meat items on this
menu contain real meat" and the other would need to read "meat items on
this menu contain a manufactured composite meat like product"

On Wed, 7 May 2008 12:16:33 -0400, "Virginia Tadrzynski"
wrote:
He wanted to bum some mayo off of him until he got a new delivery
in the morning. Being the conscienscous employees that we were, we went
about our 'duty' while one was assigned lookout and another listened in to
the conversation in the managers office. Seems the boy was ****ed off at
being written up for something and he had been waxing his carrot in the
mayonnaise and then serving it to the customers. How long it had been going
on, no one knew, but he was 'seen' enjoying the mayonaisse by another
employee who went and got the manager who witnessed the consumation of the
act and him stirring it in the mayo. That's when all hell broke
lose....... Could never eat there again after that. Never knew how many
burgers were sold with the 'special' sauce. And to all and sundry who were
there that night, Hardees was further known not as the 'Home of the Whopper'
but 'Home of the Jerk Burger'.......not urban legend, folks. This one I was
actually there on the periphery.
-ginny


jissum's probably better for you than hardee's mayonnaise.

your pal,
blake

Sqwertz wrote:
"l, not -l" wrote:

Yeah! Maybe Arby's will start selling beef now. They are located much
closer to me than any Wendy's; if they just sold beef, I'd go there on
occasion.

They have an advertising campaign out right now promoting their new
image. Something along the lines of "We know we ****ed up before,
so we're going to be better now". So maybe they'll improve for a
few months, then drop dead again.

-sw

They copy that campaign from AOL

Andy wrote:

notbob said...

Oh, don't forget Der Weinerschnitzle for reaallly bad food.


nb,

Oh NO! My first introduction to "31-flavors" of hot dogs!

My car to this day wears the der weinersnitzel antenna topper hot dogger. I
have several of them!

I didn't actually like their hot dogs, for the record!

Mine's from Jack In The Box. Jack's head, wearing a Dodgers ball cap.


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Blinky the Shark said...

Andy wrote:

notbob said...

Oh, don't forget Der Weinerschnitzle for reaallly bad food.


nb,

Oh NO! My first introduction to "31-flavors" of hot dogs!

My car to this day wears the der weinersnitzel antenna topper hot
dogger. I have several of them!

I didn't actually like their hot dogs, for the record!

Mine's from Jack In The Box. Jack's head, wearing a Dodgers ball cap.


I have an Oakland Raiders antenna topper I display every so often during
football season. Get a lot of honks and one finger salutes from drivers
here in Philly.

Darn Raiders, ain't done nothing since the 1983 season superbowl victory
against the Washington Redskins. Nothing since.

Andy
Season ticket holder, no longer.

And a South Park "Kenny" and a Union 76 antenna topper

Scott wrote:

Sqwertz wrote:
"l, not -l" wrote:

Yeah! Maybe Arby's will start selling beef now. They are located much
closer to me than any Wendy's; if they just sold beef, I'd go there on
occasion.

They have an advertising campaign out right now promoting their new
image. Something along the lines of "We know we ****ed up before,
so we're going to be better now". So maybe they'll improve for a
few months, then drop dead again.

They copy that campaign from AOL

It's the same promotion Hardee's did a few years ago.

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
Scott wrote:

Sqwertz wrote:
"l, not -l" wrote:

Yeah! Maybe Arby's will start selling beef now. They are located much
closer to me than any Wendy's; if they just sold beef, I'd go there on
occasion.
They have an advertising campaign out right now promoting their new
image. Something along the lines of "We know we ****ed up before,
so we're going to be better now". So maybe they'll improve for a
few months, then drop dead again.
They copy that campaign from AOL

It's the same promotion Hardee's did a few years ago.

-sw

Off-topic, asshole.

Peace,

Jerry

Jerry Sauk wrote:

Sqwertz wrote:

It's the same promotion Hardee's did a few years ago.

Off-topic, asshole.

Dan, Dan, Dan. Certainly you can do a better job of forging posts
than THAT.

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
Jerry Sauk wrote:

Sqwertz wrote:

It's the same promotion Hardee's did a few years ago.
Off-topic, asshole.

Dan, Dan, Dan. Certainly you can do a better job of forging posts
than THAT.

-sw

I don't have time to forge posts. Sometimes I don't have time to post.

Unless you meant another Dan.

-dk

DK wrote:

Sqwertz wrote:
Jerry Sauk wrote:

Sqwertz wrote:

It's the same promotion Hardee's did a few years ago.
Off-topic, asshole.

Dan, Dan, Dan. Certainly you can do a better job of forging posts
than THAT.

-sw

I don't have time to forge posts. Sometimes I don't have time to post.

Unless you meant another Dan.

Uh-huh. Sure you don't.

-sw

On May 9, 9:13*am, Sqwertz wrote:
Scott wrote:
Sqwertz wrote:
"l, not -l" wrote:

Yeah! *Maybe Arby's will start selling beef now. *They are located much
closer to me than any Wendy's; if they just sold beef, I'd go there on
occasion.

They have an advertising campaign out right now promoting their new
image. *Something along the lines of "We know we ****ed up before,
so we're going to be better now". *So maybe they'll improve for a
few months, then drop dead again.

They copy that campaign from AOL

It's the same promotion Hardee's did a few years ago.

Hardee's really did improve their food, so it worked. They went from
way below average, to above average. Wendy's is pretty marginal, and
Arby's is near the bottom of the barrel, occupying a position not far
above Rally's/Checkers.
If Arby's wants to improve their food, they need to steal these folks'
model:
http://lionschoice.com/home_index.html

-sw

--Bryan