# Wendys will begin experimenting with surge pricing in 2025, {False report apparently or fast backpedal. See post #7}

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [February 28, 2024, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-will-begin-experimenting-with-surge-pricing-in-2025-false-report-apparently-or-fast-backpedal-see-post-7/998239 "2024-02-28T15:36:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-will-begin-experimenting-with-surge-pricing-in-2025-false-report-apparently-or-fast-backpedal-see-post-7/998239/81 "2024-03-03T00:30:48Z")

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Is “surge pricing” for fast food different than hotels charging different rates for high-demand vs. low-demand times?

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**Author:** ![sunacres](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@sunacres](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunacres)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2024, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wendys-will-begin-experimenting-with-surge-pricing-in-2025-false-report-apparently-or-fast-backpedal-see-post-7/998239/82 "2024-03-03T01:58:10Z")

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Not that I can see. And there are many other examples, why all the grief for Wendy’s? And the whining! Jeez, “what a scam”! Nonsense.

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