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Phil Hill
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posted 04-28-2006 09:13 PM

Gosh, when I read the thread title, this came to mind...

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Robert Burtcher
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posted 04-30-2006 06:21 AM

OMG MY EYEZ!!!!

Uhh... yeah.

Anyway.

Here in Oklahoma, Wendy's uses the good stuff. Never really had a problem with their food.

I tried White Castle when I visited Chicago last fall. They taste good to me, but they're nothing I'd go bananas over.

As for requesting condiments be left off to ensure a fresh burger... It's really not necessary. You're getting a freshly-made burger no matter how you order it. The meat may not have been cooked right then (a rather long time ago, I was at a BK and saw the guy on the make line take a frozen cooked patty, put it on the bottom half of a bun, and nuke it. Not sure if they still do this, but I wouldn't be surprised), but regardless of the state of the meat patty, the burger isn't actually assembled until you order it. If they pre-made sandwiches, then the bread would soak up the juices and condiments and be all soggy.

When it comes to A&W... They are owned by Yum! Brands. Yum! Brands also owns Taco Bell, KFC, Long John Silver's, and Pizza Hut. Here in Oklahoma, we have a few half-n-half A&W/Long John Silver's stores.

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Tim Reed
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posted 04-30-2006 02:21 PM

quote: Phil Hill
Gosh, when I read the thread title, this came to mind...

AAAAUGHHH! [puke]

Phil, buddy, you never fail to cause us to pander... [Razz]

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Bobby Henderson
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From: Lawton, OK, USA
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posted 04-30-2006 02:57 PM

I rarely eat at Wendys. We have a couple of them here. In Lawton, the burger joints rank as follows:
1. Wayne's Drive Inn (local business, about to open 2nd location)
2. Whataburger (3 locations in town)
3. Braums (4 locations in town)
4. Sonic Drive In (7 or 8 of them; they're everywhere!)

We have one A&W store on Fort Sill Blvd. I think there's an A&W/KFC combo store off I-44 in Burkburnett, TX (just across the Red River). They have some decent stuff. Still, they seem a bit different from my earliest memories of A&W. They don't have the drive in model like Waynes or Sonic. My mother worked at an A&W drive in one when she was in high school in New Mexico. I remember drinking a lot of A&W Root Beer when I was a kid. That location got changed over to a Sonic a long time ago.

I don't eat burgers very often though. My cholesterol is a tad bit high for me to make any habit out of eating burgers and fries. More often I'll visit a Subway or Quiznos when going the fast food route.

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Chad M Calpito
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posted 05-01-2006 12:49 AM

Well Brad, in answer to your query, I, unfortunatley, worked at a Wendys not too far from my house. When I read your post, I was like, WOW. Anyway, the buns were sort of doughy as well, but, not quite as bad. But, luckily, I don't work there anymore.

The buns that were delivered were from an outside bakery and were in a Wendys plastic wrap bag. Anyway, if you have any other questions to ask me, feel free to do so. I can answer them as good as I can. [Smile]

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Michael Schaffer
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posted 05-01-2006 03:04 AM

I went to a Wendy's the other day to check it out. I got two burgers. Both of them were cold (one of them was a little warm on the side) and both looked like they had been sat on.
I made the round to the drivethru window again and returned the burgers for a cash refund. Afterwards, I looked at the website to see if there is a complaint form somewhere. Not that I really cared, but I thought if I complained, I would maybe get a voucher for $10 or something like that. You can see, I have lived in California for three years and learned.
But there was no email, only an address and a phone number in Ohio. Writing a letter or talking to a trained monkey on the phone (or maybe some guy in Bangladesh, if they have "outsourced" their customer service department) would have been too much work though.

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Mark Lensenmayer
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posted 05-01-2006 07:55 AM

I found a customer service number for Wendys: 1-800-443-7266
It wasn't easy to find, though. They should provide this on the website. The number listed there is not toll-free, but I can tell from the prefix that it is a local Dublin number.

Columbus OH is the home of both Wendys and White Castle. Might explain why we are one of the fattest cities in the nation!

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Michael Schaffer
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posted 05-01-2006 08:41 AM

quote: Chris Hipp
I know everyone is asking "why don't you just use the drive-thru where they give you a fork in the bag?" I happen to hate drive-thrus. I always hear people talk about how obesity is genetic and everyone is getting fat but it isn't there fault blah blah blah. The drive thru is the perfect example of the obesity problem today. Not only are we all eating at places like McDonalds, Jack in the Box, and Wendy's where most of their food is nearly or over 50% fat, but all of these people are too lazy to even get out of their cars when they buy this stuff.

You are right. Parking in front of the place, getting out and walking 10 steps to the door and another 15 inside to the counter (that's already a total of 25 steps) is all the exercise you need to make up for the burger sin.

BTW, I would recommend eating chili with a spoon, not a fork.

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Mike Heenan
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posted 05-01-2006 12:38 PM

Wouldn't writing a letter take the same amount of effort as sending an email? Oh I guess the energy spent licking the stamp on the envelope is too much eh?

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Pravin Ratnam
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posted 05-02-2006 07:42 PM

Speaking of Wendy's hamburger buns, I wonder why Wendy's got rid of the Big Classic and forced people who wanted those Big Classic buns to get a Big Bacon Classic. I prefer those buns to the buns they use on the Singles and Doubles.

I worked at a Wendys for a week 15 years ago. Back then at least, all you got were hamburgers off the grill. You were required to throw any burgers that were on the grill for too long into the "Chili chute". So the meat in the chili is pretty much the meat of the hamburgers that were on the grill for a little too long.

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Michael Schaffer
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Boardwalk Hotel?"

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posted 05-03-2006 06:14 AM

quote: Mike Heenan
Wouldn't writing a letter take the same amount of effort as sending an email? Oh I guess the energy spent licking the stamp on the envelope is too much eh?

No, but it's too formal if you don't give a shit anyway.

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Robert Burtcher
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posted 05-03-2006 07:14 PM

quote: Bobby Henderson
They have some decent stuff. Still, they seem a bit different from my earliest memories of A&W. They don't have the drive in model like Waynes or Sonic. My mother worked at an A&W drive in one when she was in high school in New Mexico. I remember drinking a lot of A&W Root Beer when I was a kid.

A&W restaurants moved away from the drive in model quite some time ago. The final nail in the coffin of old-style A&W restaurants was their acquisition by Tricon Global Restaurants (now Yum! Brands, Inc.) in 2002.

An interesting history of the company can be found here: http://www.aw-drivein.com/About_Us.cfm

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