Wendy’s plans to close hundreds U.S. restaurants over the next few months to boost its profit and make its remaining stores more appealing.
  • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    To be fair, ingredients have continued to climb in price, especially beef. The fast food model was always unsustainable without sacrificing quality even further and raising prices.

    • frostedtrailblazer@lemmy.zip
      3·
      2 months ago

      Fast food likely would have been fine… if wages increased as much as the prices did.

      The fact that the minimum wage doesn’t increase every year, yet prices do, meant that this was always going to be a recipe for disaster.