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Wendy's Testing New 'dynamic Pricing': Will You Pay More?
Mshale ^ | 6th June 2026 | Tom Gitaa

Posted on 06/05/2026 12:37:08 PM PDT by Cronos

Wendy's announced that it will be testing something calling "dynamic pricing." Will you pay more for the same product?

Dynamic pricing at fast food restaurants means your favorite sandwich or chicken nuggets could cost more -- or less -- depending on what time of day you go. The busier the restaurant is, the more it'll cost you. Dynamic pricing is similar to the surge pricing model used on apps like Uber or Lyft, waltham forest where prices go up and down based on customer demand.

Food industry experts say dynamic pricing could soon take over the entire industry in the next few years as companies look to maximize sporting kc vs portland profits. Wendy's just happens to be the first major fast food chain to give it a test in the American market

In the final quarter of 2025, The Wendy's Company reports that same-store sales dipped a whopping 11.3% in the U.S., capping off a year that saw an overall reduction in sales ofย 5.6% in the U.S. and 3.5% globally. Right alongside these negative financials, Wendy's stock price took a battering over the same period. Shares were valued at over $16 at the beginning of 2025, but by the start of 2026 they had lost about half of their value, dropping down to just over $8. Evidence of the company's financial struggles extend beyond stock tickers and earnings reports, however, manifesting in ways that affect both consumers and employees.

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1 posted on 06/05/2026 12:37:08 PM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

sounds more like price gouging.


2 posted on 06/05/2026 12:38:50 PM PDT by Pocketdoor
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To: Cronos

All their stores have closed around here, NE Alabama. Only one drive-thru only style store down on I20 between Birmingham and the GA line is all I am aware of.


3 posted on 06/05/2026 12:40:17 PM PDT by RetiredArmy (The Bible speaks truth! Don't believe it, you do so at your own peril. You'd better be right!!)
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To: Cronos

Wendy’s Company reports that same-store sales dipped a whopping 11.3% in the U.S., capping off a year that saw an overall reduction in sales of 5.6%

It’s your operations from cleanliness to service and speed that is the problem


4 posted on 06/05/2026 12:40:34 PM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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To: Cronos

Wait for the first headline “Black Group Claims Prices Go Up Only for Black Customers at Wendy’s” and then duck.


5 posted on 06/05/2026 12:40:53 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Cronos

In my various visits to Asia, west and east, dynamic pricing meant asking “how much?”, shaking my head, and then slowly walking away. Just before disappearing below the horizon, I’d hear the real price shouted out to me. Dynamic.


6 posted on 06/05/2026 12:40:53 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: Cronos

Happy Hour?


7 posted on 06/05/2026 12:41:10 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: Cronos

Hahahaha F no


8 posted on 06/05/2026 12:42:02 PM PDT by steel_resolve (The Sleeper Must Awaken. )
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To: Cronos

My brother worked for a food manufacturer so I’ve heard all the B.S. that they use to rip off consumers.

When I mentioned that yogurt cups were smaller but that they cost more, he said that was simply “portion control,” as if that explained anything.


9 posted on 06/05/2026 12:42:10 PM PDT by fwdude (Why is there a "far/radical right," but damned if they'll admit that there is a far/radical left)
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To: Cronos

I don’t go to Wendy’s or any other fast food restaurants. They all suck.


10 posted on 06/05/2026 12:45:16 PM PDT by mass55th (โ€œCourage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.โ€ โ€• John Wayne)
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To: Cronos

Wendy’s in my city is never crowded.


11 posted on 06/05/2026 12:46:59 PM PDT by roving
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To: rightwingcrazy

My dynamic price might be negative.....


12 posted on 06/05/2026 12:53:11 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Cronos

If they do this, I will not walk into a Wendy’s ever again. Wendy’s (and all the others who do this) are not worth it. Dave must be rolling over in his grave to what they have done to his baby.


13 posted on 06/05/2026 12:53:16 PM PDT by dwg2
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To: Cronos
What Harvard MBA dreamed up this idiotic idea?

This concept is a sure business killer.

Sell your Wendy's stock right now while you can still get something for it.


14 posted on 06/05/2026 12:54:28 PM PDT by Iron Munro (A Fool's Lack Of Sense Is Evident In Everything They Do - Ecclesiastes 10:3)
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To: Cronos

Yeah, NO!


15 posted on 06/05/2026 12:54:57 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ™! Winning currently!)
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So their business is failing, and the remedy is to make the customers’ experience WORSE? Sounds like a plan. ๐Ÿ™„๐Ÿ˜ตโ€๐Ÿ’ซ


16 posted on 06/05/2026 12:57:57 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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We lost two of our three Wendy’s and the one that’s left is SLOOOOOOW...............


17 posted on 06/05/2026 12:59:16 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine โ€“ August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Cronos

They can stuff their already overpriced burger crap. I won’t be stopping by.


18 posted on 06/05/2026 1:00:20 PM PDT by Ronald77 ( )
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To: Cronos

I’m testing dynamic buying. This is where I don’t buy something that’s too expensive.


19 posted on 06/05/2026 1:01:35 PM PDT by ArcadeQuarters (You can't remove RINOs by voting for them!)
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To: Cronos

No.
I will cook my own food.
Wendyโ€™s is in a death spiral.
Bummer.


20 posted on 06/05/2026 1:02:36 PM PDT by dadgum (Fight to WIN or do not fight at all)
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