America’s fast food scene just got another jolt. Wendy’s, one of the country’s most recognizable burger chains, has announced it will close up to 350 locations nationwide over the next year, leaving fans and franchisees alike on edge.
The announcement came from interim CEO Ken Cook during Friday’s earnings call, who revealed that a “mid single-digit percentage” of Wendy’s 6,000 U.S. restaurants are slated for closure.¹ The cuts will begin this year and continue through 2026.
This is not Wendy’s first experience with mass closures. Last year, the chain shuttered 140 underperforming locations, citing the same “underperformance” concerns.²
Closing hundreds of restaurants two years in a row isn’t routine maintenance. It’s a clear pattern of struggling stores. Cook explained that these locations are “consistently underperforming” and harming the chain’s overall numbers.
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