# Breakfast at Wendy's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 30, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322 "2006-11-30T14:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/1 "2006-11-30T14:48:32Z")
Has Wendy’s ever served a breakfast menu? Or trialed one? I vaguely remember seeing a Wendy’s at a serivice station with a sign saying “Breakfast” on a roadtrip as a kid. This might have been around the same time they had buffets/salad bars. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/2 "2006-11-30T15:17:59Z")
In 1984 when I worked for Wendy’s in Shrewsbury, NJ, we had a breakfast menu and a salad bar, but this was before the buffet bar. We had eggs and bacon on the menu. I do not recall what else. I did not work mornings. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/3 "2006-11-30T15:19:21Z")
Yeah, I remember Wendy’s in Canada having pretty good breakfasts in the mid-Eighties, not sure when they disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![BrightSmite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BrightSmite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightSmite)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/4 "2006-11-30T15:21:40Z")
On a side note, what happened to McDonalds _Cherry_ pies? Now they only have _Apple_ pies. ---
**Author:** ![Martin\_Hyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/47e85d/32.png) [@Martin\_Hyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martin_Hyde)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/5 "2006-11-30T15:21:44Z")
Did Wendy’s do away with their salad bar? Dang, I guess I haven’t been in a Wendy’s in a long time then. There was talk of [Wendy’s introducing a breakfast menu](http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_6_39/ai_n9523159) but that was back in 2005 and I haven’t heard anything about it since that time. ---
**Author:** ![BrightSmite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@BrightSmite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrightSmite)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/6 "2006-11-30T15:22:46Z")
[QUOTE=BrightSmite] On a side note, what happened to McDonalds _Cherry_ pies? Now they only have _Apple_ pies. [/QUOTE] Oh, I’ve never seen breakfast at Wendy’s… sorry ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/7 "2006-11-30T15:23:48Z")
For some additional information: Wendy’s is bringing back a breakfast menu in select locations. [Wendy’s: breakfast launch forecast is ‘speculation’](http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_6_39/ai_n9523159) [USATODAY.com - Life at Wendy’s after Dave hasn’t been easy](http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2006-05-24-wendys-usat_x.htm) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/8 "2006-11-30T15:26:21Z")
[QUOTE=Martin Hyde] Did Wendy’s do away with their salad bar? Dang, I guess I haven’t been in a Wendy’s in a long time then. There was talk of [Wendy’s introducing a breakfast menu](http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3190/is_6_39/ai_n9523159) but that was back in 2005 and I haven’t heard anything about it since that time. [/QUOTE] Wendy’s has a really nice line of prepared salads. I have been eating the Mandarin Chicken Salad 3 times a week for lunch for the last six months and it has helped me lose 40+ pounds. Some stores also have a Vanilla Frosty now, it is quite tasty, but I do not recommend them for losing weight. Jim ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/9 "2006-11-30T15:49:20Z")
IIRC, a Wendy’s in Houston’s Bush Intercontinental Airport serves breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/10 "2006-11-30T15:55:46Z")
I worked at Wendy’s in the late eighties and we had “super salad bar” that had breakfast foods in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/11 "2006-11-30T15:56:44Z")
[QUOTE=BrightSmite] On a side note, what happened to McDonalds _Cherry_ pies? Now they only have _Apple_ pies. [/QUOTE] Any of you youngins remember when McDonald’s pies were deep fried? Gosh, they were good. These baked things are dried and not at all tasty. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/12 "2006-11-30T16:19:48Z")
[QUOTE=Balthisar] Any of you youngins remember when McDonald’s pies were deep fried? Gosh, they were good. These baked things are dried and not at all tasty. [/QUOTE] From [This Aussie McD’s site](http://www.makeupyourownmind.com.au/) from [This post about burgers & sawdust](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398184) it looks like the lucky folks down there still get a fried apple pie… No word on cherry though… that was always my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![butler1850](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@butler1850](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butler1850)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/13 "2006-11-30T16:21:14Z")
As to the OP… are Wendy’s franchises prohibitied in some way from coming up with a breakfast menu? Or have they determined somehow that it’s not worth it for them to do right now from a corporate level? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/14 "2006-11-30T16:37:54Z")
Forget Wendy’s- I want a Taco Bell breakfast menu. I know, I need help. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/15 "2006-11-30T16:42:35Z")
I’m confused. What do you mean Wendy’s doesn’t have breakfast? Then what were those bacon egg and cheese biscuits I got there on the way to work? ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/16 "2006-11-30T16:55:03Z")
[QUOTE=What Exit?] In 1984 when I worked for Wendy’s in Shrewsbury, NJ, we had a breakfast menu and a salad bar, but this was before the buffet bar. We had eggs and bacon on the menu. I do not recall what else. I did not work mornings. Jim [/QUOTE] We served breakfast at Wendy’s in New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana, roughly the same era ('84-86). Home fries rather than hashbrowns were involved, but that’s about all I remember. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/17 "2006-11-30T17:25:56Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] We served breakfast at Wendy’s in New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana, roughly the same era ('84-86). Home fries rather than hashbrowns were involved, but that’s about all I remember. [/QUOTE] So you lived through the whole “What’s your beef” campaign also? That got very old. 😃 Jim ---
**Author:** ![vertizontal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ad7895/32.png) [@vertizontal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vertizontal)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/18 "2006-11-30T17:32:04Z")
In Chicago, I used to get Wendy’s biscuits and gravy every Thursday morning. ---
**Author:** ![aktep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f0a364/32.png) [@aktep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aktep)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/19 "2006-11-30T17:33:46Z")
Well, the Wendy’s down the street from here has recently put up a very large inflatable Wendy’s cup on the roof that says BREAK FAST So i’m assuming they serve breakfast now. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322/20 "2006-11-30T17:35:14Z")
[QUOTE=lisacurl] We served breakfast at Wendy’s in New Orleans and Metairie, Louisiana, roughly the same era ('84-86). Home fries rather than hashbrowns were involved, but that’s about all I remember. [/QUOTE] :eek: Came here to post pretty much the same thing about the same part of the country. The Wendy’s where I worked was still serving breakfast as of early 1989. The Super Bar (salad bar + some quasi-Mexican items) hung on until the mid-90s … I seem to remember that the breakfast menu was gone by then. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakfast-at-wendys/382322.md?page=2)