Cooked Crack Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Quote Wendy’s is looking to test having the prices of its menu items fluctuate throughout the day based on demand, implementing a strategy that has already taken hold with ride-sharing companies and ticket sellers. During a conference call earlier this month, Wendy’s CEO Kirk Tanner said that the Dublin, Ohio-based burger chain will start testing dynamic pricing, also known as surge pricing, as early as next year. “Beginning as early as 2025, we will begin testing more enhanced features like dynamic pricing and daypart offerings, along with AI-enabled menu changes and suggestive selling,” he said. “As we continue to show the benefit of this technology in our company-operated restaurants, franchisee interest in digital menu boards should increase, further supporting sales and profit growth across the system.” https://apnews.com/article/wendys-surge-pricing-tanner-burger-dynamic-9417bc235bbcd13d82966d04a6ba42bd?utm_source=copy&utm_medium=share I don't eat at Wendy's but miss me with this price surging ****. Just a bunch of greedy ****s looking to squeeze out more money from the customer. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I hear the gift shops in Vegas hotels don't even have prices for stuff. Just charge depending on the day and time. What crap this has become 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Fast food seems to me to be the worst possible use case for surge pricing. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade7 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Dave would be pissed, no doubt in my mind. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Spiff Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 33 minutes ago, Renegade7 said: Dave would be pissed, no doubt in my mind. He absolutely would be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I rarely eat out now, with kind of pricing it's a big NO! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CousinsCowgirl84 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 (edited) “I’m waiting right ****ing here in this ****ing drive through line until my mc ****ing frosty and fries cost 99 cent, ****!” Yall think Karen’s are bad now, wait until they have to pay extra for their chili. Edited February 28 by CousinsCowgirl84 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokerPacker Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I guess I'll stop eating at Wen--oh, right, I don't eat there anyways. I typically avoid chains and stick to local joints. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Fast food is pricing themselves out. If it’s close to a restaurant, I can just order pickup and get better food. The main draw for fast food was fast and cheap. It needed to be both otherwise it’s just overpriced garbage food, and no one cares if that is fast. 3 2 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88Comrade2000 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Actually every business should do this. Charge more during busy hours. Not just fast food. Every facet of our lives. From toll roads, to all restaurants, to the local grocery store. Capitalism at its finest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmsy Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Watch there be a stock ticker for Wendy's "busy times", I guess there is an app for that. I used to work at Ruby Tuesday, they had good burgers/sandwiches and they were all reasonably priced. I'm seeing fast food meals (burger, fries and coke) for like $15-$20, its insane. You can still go to a sit down restaurant and get a better price on a burger with fries than at a fast food place. Anyways, people will find a way to beat this system, I see this backfiring on many levels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hail2skins Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 17 minutes ago, Simmsy said: I used to work at Ruby Tuesday, they had good burgers/sandwiches and they were all reasonably priced. I'm seeing fast food meals (burger, fries and coke) for like $15-$20, its insane. You can still go to a sit down restaurant and get a better price on a burger with fries than at a fast food place. Can't you still go to McDonalds or Chick Fil A and get a combo and be out of there for like $11-12 at most? Now if you're talking Five Guys, that's a different story. Do they still even call Five Guys "fast food" anymore (even though it basically is)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simmsy Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 6 minutes ago, hail2skins said: Can't you still go to McDonalds or Chick Fil A and get a combo and be out of there for like $11-12 at most? Now if you're talking Five Guys, that's a different story. Do they still even call Five Guys "fast food" anymore (even though it basically is)? Five Guys is fast food-ish, the subject is up for debate. McDonald's is probably the cheapest of the fast food chains, so you can get a meal around the $12 range. Wendy's must be high class, because I feel that they're one of the more expensive fast food places. I don't know personally, I work construction so I see a lot of unhealthy people eating fast food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Vet Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Wife, daughter and I were car shopping in Virginia Saturday. I haven't eaten at a fast food place in a very long time. We were running out of time - so we swung into a Wendy's drive thru. We ordered 2 spicy chicken sandwich meals (one w/ a mango lemonade), a medium fry and a coke zero. I couldn't believe it was almost $35. Guess I'm a boomer - but it doesn't end there. We pay - they tell us to pull up and they will bring it out. Ten minutes later - lady brings out a bag. Order isn't even close. It is one burger and fries. I get out of the car and go back in. The lady behind the counter was rude AF. I politely said this isn't my order and she copped an attitude. Waited another five minutes.....asked for the third fry as it wasn't in the bag and left. I'll be damned if I go back to another Wendy's. I couldn't believe the price, terrible customer experience and attitude. Instead of surge pricing - they better fix their current situation. Can't believe people put up with that on a regular basis. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 As someone who cannot cook and heavily relies on fast food this is a bad idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 3 minutes ago, ixcuincle said: As someone who cannot cook and heavily relies on fast food this is a bad idea You’re studying a cookbook now, so that cooking thing is soon to be resolved, right? 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 13 minutes ago, ixcuincle said: As someone who cannot cook and heavily relies on fast food this is a bad idea No worries, lots of freshman/sophomores can’t cook. Get a toaster oven for your dorm and start with English muffin pizzas…onward and upward from there, young man!! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warhead36 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 31 minutes ago, ixcuincle said: As someone who cannot cook and heavily relies on fast food this is a bad idea Become a functional adult man 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan T. Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 For a cheapish fast food burger, Wendy's is better than most. But **** this. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I was looking over social media this morning. Someone posts: What 1300 calories gets you at McDonalds. Big Mac, fries and a drink. What 1300 calories gets you at home. 7 different plates, including a plate of rice and veggies, and a chicken as the second plate Now, I know you can get more food for your buck making food at home. But that's just not doable here. So yeah, I'll take the 1300 Wendy's fast food meal. 2 minutes ago, Dan T. said: For a cheapish fast food burger, Wendy's is better than most. But **** this. It went downhill after it stopped being yellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ball Security Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Wendy’s is our go-to on road trips. Not sure how well this will work. I haven’t come across a Wendy’s that is not near a competing fast food joint. So if they are going to “surge” their prices at high volume times, you’d think that a customer would choose the alternative. You’d hit a point that the smaller lines would attract customers, but to do that, the volume would be much smaller at those peak hours. If they try to discount prices in the non-peak hours, say 2:00-4:30, then I could see that increasing sales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixcuincle Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Wendy's was doing so well with PR too they had that 40 nuggets deal a few months back. Yes I succumbed to temptation and ate 40 nuggets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 I'm making my own Double R Bar Burger at home today. No Roy Rogers near me, dang it. It's not quite time for a fresh strawberry shortcake sundae. The restaurants around here are not very good. So I'm making my own favorite dishes. Besides, it's cheaper. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Wendy’s turning y’all inside-out with surge pricing on trash food while they paying their workers $7/hr. Meanwhile across town, your local FAMILY-OWNED Mazda dealer is slinging Miatas (the greatest car ever made) for $500 over invoice and putting about 25 kids through college cause we pay our folks solid middle/upper class wages. And yall mad at the Mazda dealer. Make it make sense, normies. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PleaseBlitz Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 LOL, the offspring of car dealership people can't get into college. Maybe Strayer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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