21 Facts About Wendy's

Also, in 1972, Wendy's aired its first TV commercials that were only broadcast locally in Ohio.

In March 1978, Wendy's opened its 1000th restaurant in Springfield, Tennessee.

Wendy's entered the Asian market by opening its first restaurants in Japan in 1980, in Hong Kong in 1982, and in the Philippines and Singapore in 1983.

Wendy's closed all its outlets in Hong Kong in 1986 and in Singapore in the following year.

From 1988 to 1990, Wendy's expanded operations globally to Mexico, New Zealand, Indonesia, Greece, Turkey, Guatemala, as well as the U S Naval Base in Naples, Italy.

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In 1988, Wendy's expanded its bar to a full-blown buffet called the Superbar for $2.

In 1989, Wendy's opened its first restaurant in Greece at Syntagma Square being the first foreign fast-food chain in the country.

In 1998, Wendy's pulled out of South Korea by closing all its 15 restaurants and in 2000 exited from the UK, Argentina, and Hong Kong.

Wendy's signed a franchise agreement to re-enter the Singapore market in 2009, though that agreement was short-lived; in April 2015, Wendy's ceased operation in the country and closed all the restaurants.

In 2011, Wendy's returned to Japan and Argentina announcing a development agreement for 50 restaurants in the country.

In 2013, Wendy's opened the first restaurant in Georgia and made a deal to open 25 restaurants in Georgia and the Republic of Azerbaijan.

In May 2015, Wendy's announced they would be expanding into India, with its first outlet located in Gurgaon.

In October 2019, Wendy's announced that it was returning to the UK market, which it had served from 1980 to 1986, then again from 1992 to 2000.

In January 2021, Wendy's announced that after the bankruptcy of franchisee NPC Quality Burgers Inc, half of NPC's outlets would be bought by Flynn Restaurant.

Originally, Wendy's had only two kinds of chicken sandwiches, fried and grilled.

In 1988, Wendy's was the first fast-food chain to create a single-price-point "value menu" where all items listed on that menu were priced exclusively at 99¢.

Wendy's served breakfast beginning in 1985, but that endeavor proved unsuccessful.

In mid-2007, Wendy's started serving breakfast again in its U S and some Canadian locations.

In January 2016, Wendy's announced a transition plan to serve only cage-free eggs by 2020 in all U S and Canadian locations that serve breakfast.

In September 2019, Wendy's announced it would launch a nationwide breakfast menu in March 2020, including a breakfast version of its Baconator, a Frosty-inspired coffee drink, and a honey butter chicken biscuit.

In 2015, Wendy's had two food safety incidents involving foreign objects in food at their restaurants in Gurgaon, India.