Wendy's planning surge pricing on burgers

[Cyclones_R_GR8]

The Wendy's near me closed years ago so I haven't been to one in ages. Chik Fil A drive through is always 10 cars deep so I usually avoid it. Besides I just don't see much special about it.
Over the last few years if I got a fast food burger it was from Runza.

 

[NebrClone]

Just who the hell is going to drive there to find out if they're going to have a decent price that day? Not me. Seems like self immolation.

MSN

"Wendy's is planning to charge different prices depending on the time of day - which means a Dave's Single could cost more at lunchtime than mid-afternoon. So-called dynamic pricing would boost traffic when restaurants are quiet and cool demand when they're busy. Such a system might mean that at busy times like breakfast, lunch and dinner, prices it advertises on a digital menu will be higher and at quieter times they will fall."

Other fast food places already do this by have lower prices after nine pm or middle of the afternoon. Reaturants do this by having a happy hour before or affter the dinner rush. What ever it takes to get customers.

 

[Jdk]

Bag boy whatcha gonna do when we bring your food

 

[BCClone]

Park in the drive thru for 15 minutes while your buddy stands back and says it’s broken. Then when you’ve slowed it down, take the price drop.

 

[CascadeClone]

Park in the drive thru for 15 minutes while your buddy stands back and says it’s broken. Then when you’ve slowed it down, take the price drop.

Seems like a great way to save 85 cents.

Just make sure to invest that savings in an index based mutual fund!

 

[BCClone]

Seems like a great way to save 85 cents.

Just make sure to invest that savings in an index based mutual fund!

Yeah, I’m curious how much the price will change. If it’s more than a dollar a sandwich, they will probably lose business (since they are a little more expensive now) and it’s it’s like 25 cents it will just irritate customers and have them stop going if they don’t know what prices will be.

I suppose you can sit there and be annoying and ask every 10 seconds, “what’s your burger price now?” Maybe they will just cut a buck off to get rid of you.

 

[Arkansas Cyclone]

We just discovered Taza a few months ago. Fantastic shawarma

Love shawarma! Had it in the Philippines on one of my first trips there and have been hooked ever since. Even made it on the Blackstone. I may have to seek out this Taza you speak of.

 

[CycloneErik]

It's unreal. A well oiled machine. The Ankeny one on the other hand....not so much.

Kiddo and I ate inside the Ankeny one not long ago. They did well.

They had a staff meeting going on, and the guy I assumed is the owner or GM kept talking about how to portion chicken nuggets, and complaining that they throw away thousands and thousands of perfectly good nuggets everyday. We still talk about thousands and thousands whenever I need to overreact to something.

 

[alarson]

It's unreal. A well oiled machine. The Ankeny one on the other hand....not so much.

Yeah, slowest one I've been to by far.

Honestly if I'm feeling CFA I'll swing through and grab it at merle hay on my way back from WDM to south Ankeny, even though I'm pretty close to the Ankeny one. I've also noticed a difference in the sandwich quality between Ankeny and other ones.

 

[Clonefan32]

Fast food just isn't good anymore. Not that it was ever good to begin with. Anything that is fast and cheap never equals good. But when cheap gets removed from the equation, it becomes really not good.

It's the price for me. You can go to a sit-down restaurant and have decent meal off the lunch menu for less than combo at most fast food restaurants. What you get at a sit-down restaurant for the price compared to a fast food restaurant is pretty remarkable.

 

[BoomerClone]

lol. This will end badly for them and will go away without any publicity.

 

[AgronAlum]

It's the price for me. You can go to a sit-down restaurant and have decent meal off the lunch menu for less than combo at most fast food restaurants. What you get at a sit-down restaurant for the price compared to a fast food restaurant is pretty remarkable.

Mexican joints are our go-to. The price/quality/quantity can't be beat.

We can get out of Guadalajara for like 60-70 bucks for the 5 of us with drinks and some queso. We tried Olive Garden because the kids wanted it and ended up being 100+ with waters all around.

 

[0u812]

Fast food is awful, and terribly overpriced. Never underestimate people's laziness and willingness to get it however.

I try to support my local food trucks. Infinitely better food and not much different in price than fast food. If you order there not at peak lunch or dinner time, its pretty fast too. Does Iowa have a lot of food trucks these days?

 

[inCyteful]

lol. This will end badly for them and will go away without any publicity.

And some product manager will get promoted to SVP because they thought of it.

 

[ISpyCy]

McDonald's: "We understand that you, the customer, are not happy about higher prices on fast food. We have heard your strife and want to do what's best for you. Our prices on some items will be lowered because we value the customer experience so much. Thank you and have a blessed day."

Wendy's: **** YOUR BUDGET!!! DON'T WANNA PAY MORE?!?! GO AHEAD AND STARVE YOU ******* DEGENERATES!!!

 

[BoomerClone]

here is how that meeting of overpaid executives went:

Exec 1: “We need to increase profits! Let’s be new age and think outside the box”

Exec 2: “Let’s just raise prices on our $hitty food”

Exec 1: “no, we can’t do that. People already pay too much for everything today”

Exec 3: “I’m still drunk from last night but my UBER ride home at 2:30 AM costed a lot more than my UBER ride to the bar at 8:00 PM”

Exec 1: “Brilliant! Make it happen now”

 

[qwerty]

Just who the hell is going to drive there to find out if they're going to have a decent price that day? Not me. Seems like self immolation.

MSN

"Wendy's is planning to charge different prices depending on the time of day - which means a Dave's Single could cost more at lunchtime than mid-afternoon. So-called dynamic pricing would boost traffic when restaurants are quiet and cool demand when they're busy. Such a system might mean that at busy times like breakfast, lunch and dinner, prices it advertises on a digital menu will be higher and at quieter times they will fall."

So what is the pricing going to be for the Senior Supper at 4:00pm? Inquiring minds want to know . . . .

 

[Jer]

Unfortunately, while Burger King seems to be the next fast food franchise to massively contract and/or close, Wendy's is probably in the number 2 spot. It's been no secret that BK is struggling - as evident by the empty parking lots and the number of closed locations. Wendy's has great food (in my opinion), but they seem to really struggle in several markets either in speed, service, or location. We'd probably eat there once or twice a month if the one in Waukee wasn't so bad, but instead we drive by it most weekends.

 

[4theCYcle]

Where is Taza?

Next to Pancheros in Ames over by Best Buy. Mediterranean place that is huge on flavor, speed, and cost fits in about where most places are. I was sad that Pepperjax went under, so that was my replacement. Garbanzo is decent, but Taza is better.

 

[4theCYcle]

Unfortunately, while Burger King seems to be the next fast food franchise to massively contract and/or close, Wendy's is probably in the number 2 spot. It's been no secret that BK is struggling - as evident by the empty parking lots and the number of closed locations. Wendy's has great food (in my opinion), but they seem to really struggle in several markets either in speed, service, or location. We'd probably eat there once or twice a month if the one in Waukee wasn't so bad, but instead we drive by it most weekends.

The 1 off university is bad too. They have weird hours and can barely staff the place. But, the one off 100th must have their stuff together, or seems so.