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Wendy’s is starting a new drone delivery program in Christiansburg, Virginia on Thursday, where residents will be able to choose airflight as an option on DoorDash. Autonomous drones from Wing will fly 65 mph while holding Bacanotors, Frosties, and other items before gently dropping them onto the front lawn of a customer. The Fujifilm X100VI is the Most Fun I’ve Had With a Camera in YearsThe roughly 21,000 residents of Christiansburg will be the first town in America to have Wendy’s flown to their doorstep. A DoorDash…

DoorDash is testing drone delivery in the U.S. after expanding its partnership with Alphabet’s autonomous drone delivery service Wing. Customers in Christiansburg, Virginia (a town of roughly 23,000 residents), can now order select Wendy’s menu items for drone delivery. Users with an eligible address who are placing an order from the Wendy’s on N. Franklin Street will see the option for drone delivery on the checkout page. The order is typically delivered in 30 minutes or less by Wing drone, DoorDash said. It wasn’t clear…

In the future, the ideal time to eat a burger won’t be when you’re hungry and really hankering for one. It’ll be the oddest, most awkward hours — late mornings or afternoons, the middle of the night on a Tuesday — the slices of time when prices will be lowest. Not unlike your Uber ride, fast food prices will go up or down depending on demand. At least, this is the world people imagined when fast food chain Wendy’s revealed it would be tinkering with “dynamic pricing,” a broad term that describes any strategy where…

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Screenshot: KnowYourMemeWendy’s says it has no plans for surge pricing, though the internet expressed quite a bit of outrage when it seemed like the fast food chain absolutely did. It briefly seemed like you might be bidding on a Baconator, shorting a Jr. Vanilla Frosty, or even buying the dip on a Biggie Bag. But rest assured, your 4 for 4 is safe.Luckily, there are an abundance of memes to remember this historic moment. Here are the best memes that came out of the Wendy’s surge pricing fiasco. Screenshot: …

Earlier this month we issued our fourth quarter and full year 2023 earnings results and included an update on investments we are making in our digital business. One initiative is digital menuboards, which are being added to U.S. Company-operated restaurants. We said these menuboards would give us more flexibility to change the display of featured items. This was misconstrued in some media reports as an intent to raise prices when demand is highest at our restaurants. We have no plans to do that and would not raise prices…

The internet had its own never-frozen beef with Wendy’s when it discovered the fast food chain was planning surge pricing for 2025. Wendy’s clarified in an updated statement on Tuesday night that it has “no plans” for surge pricing.Prepping the Sandworm Scenes in Dune: Part Two“We said these menu boards would give us more flexibility to change the display of featured items. This was misconstrued in some media reports as an intent to raise prices when demand is highest at our restaurants,” said Wendy’s in an updated…

Wendy’s is looking to test having the prices of its menu items fluctuate throughout the day based on demand, implementing a strategy that has already taken hold with ride-sharing companies and ticket sellers. During a conference call earlier this month, Wendy’s CEO Kirk Tanner said that the Dublin, Ohio-based burger chain will start testing dynamic pricing, also known as surge pricing, as early as next year. “Beginning as early as 2025, we will begin testing more enhanced features like dynamic pricing and daypart…

A popular international fast-food chain is planning to experiment with a new pricing model where the cost of menu items will vary depending on the level of demand, similar to the one used by the ride-hailing service Uber. The anticipated test is now causing concern over fluctuating fares amongst consumers and industry experts alike.Wendy’s “Uber-style” surge-pricing model, where the cost of menu items will fluctuate throughout the day based on requests, suggests that, for instance, a Dave’s burger, the eatery’s…

Wendy’s will start experimenting with surge pricing, much like Uber and Lyft, as the company rolls out digital menus to all its United States restaurants by 2025, according to the company’s February earnings call. Under the test, burgers, Frosties, and other menu items will have “dynamic prices,” costing more during times of increased demand.Dave Bautista Opens Up About His Relationship With Denis Villeneuve“Beginning as early as 2025, we will begin testing more enhanced features like dynamic pricing,” said Wendy’s CEO…