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The Wendy's Company Headquarters & Corporately Owned Locations has 253 locations, listed below.

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    Business ProfileforThe Wendy's Company Headquarters & Corporately Owned Locations

    Fast Food Restaurants
    Multi Location Business

    Current Alerts For This Business

    Pattern of Complaint:

    On October 16, 2022, BBB identified a pattern of complaint after a file review was completed using complaints and customer reviews in our file between March 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022 from customers with whom the business had a marketplace interaction or relationship.
    Their communications allege:
    1. Failure to refund orders received through the Wendy's App. Customers state they do not receive order or order is incorrect and they are unable to obtain refund.
    2. Failure to address customer's concerns/problems through BBB. Wendy's is nonresponsive to customer's complaints filed with BBB.
    3. Failure to address customer's concerns/problems through Wendy's customer support via email, chat or phone calls in a timely fashion or at all. Customers state when trying to contact Wendy's support in any way, they cannot reach customer service representatives, or wait for three hours or longer to do so.

    As of October 31, 2022, the business has failed to respond.  BBB attempted contact with the business concerning the pattern of complaint still being present on January 22, 2023, April 18, 2023, and March 18, 2024.

    Alert:

    While BBB continues to accept and report complaints against this business and fulfill its responsibility to inform businesses of communications from its customers, this business has indicated in April 18, 2023 that it will not accept or respond to complaints forwarded by BBB.  Please see response from business:

    "We are not interested in addressing issues raised on a platform not supported by our organization. "

    Additional business information

    Additional Info:
    The Wendy’s Company (“The Wendy’s Company”) is the parent company of its 100% owned subsidiary holding company Wendy’s Restaurants, LLC (“Wendy’s Restaurants”). Wendy’s Restaurants is the parent company of Wendy’s International, LLC, formerly known as Wendy’s International, Inc. Wendy’s International, LLC is the indirect parent company of Quality Is Our Recipe, LLC (“Quality”), which is the owner and franchisor of the Wendy’s® restaurant system in the United States.  As of January 1, 2017, the Wendy’s restaurant system was comprised of 6,537 restaurants, of which 330 were owned and operated by the Company.

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    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.07/5stars

    Average of 92 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    281 complaints closed in last 3 years

    129 complaints closed in last 12 months

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    The scope of this BBB Business Profile concerns The Wendy’s Company corporate headquarters in Dublin, Ohio and corporately owned and operated stores nationwide as well as marketplace interactions involve the Wendy's App.  As of January 2, 2022, Wendy's reported that there were 5,938 Wendy’s restaurants in operation in the United States, of which 403 were operated by the Company and 5,535 were operated by a total of 228 franchisees.   BBB's publish separate business profiles concerning independently owned and operated franchise locations doing business as Wendy's, and these other Business Profiles are available by searching at https://www.bbb.org/en/us/

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    The Wendy's Company Headquarters & Corporately Owned Locations has 253 locations, listed below.

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      Location of This Business
      1 Dave Thomas Blvd, Dublin, OH 43017-5452
      BBB File Opened:
      2/4/1973
      Years in Business:
      55
      Business Started:
      11/1/1969
      Date of New Ownership:
      1/1/2008
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • Wendy’s Restaurants, LLC
      • Wendy’s International, LLC,
      • Quality Is Our Recipe, LLC
      • The Wendy's Company Headquarters
      • Wendys
      • Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers
      Business Management
      • Mr. Randy Morgret, Claims Manager
      • Ms. Monica D. Bates, Claims Supervisor
      • Ms. Rachel Mooney, Consumer Relations Coordinator
      • Ms. Liliana Esposito Esquire, Chief Communications Officer
      • Ms. Robin Maxwell
      • Mr. Michael G Berner, Vice President - Corporate Securities, Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer & Assistant Secretary
      • Mr. Gunther Plosch, CFO
      • M. Coley O'Brien, Chief People Officer
      • Mr. Kevin Vasconi, Chief Information Officer
      • Heidi S Schauer, Vice President, Communications, Public Affairs, and Customer Care
      • Ms. Kate Bentley
      • Mr. Kirk Tanner, CEO
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Ms. Robin Maxwell

      Customer Contact

      • Ms. Kate Bentley
      Additional Contact Information

      Email Addresses

      Website Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      282 Customer Complaints

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      Customer Reviews

      92 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Dmitriy B

      1 star

      10/08/2024

      I was excited when the Krabby ***** meal finally came out! We had been looking forward to it and thought it would be a great opportunity to bring the kids, expecting some fun, themed packaging that would add to the SpongeBob experience. However, when we received our order, everything was wrapped in standard Wendys packagingno themed bag, wrapper, or cup. There was nothing special about it beyond calling it a "Krabby ***** meal" when you place the ******** felt like a bait and switch. If you're going to market something with a special name, there should be an effort to make it feel unique and fun, not just a renamed menu item. Even the "Krabby *****" itself was wrapped in regular Wendys wrap, with only a few stickers thrown into the bag.This is disappointing and misleading, and it raises questions about fair advertising practices.

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