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Black Label Hamburgers from Wendy’s spotted in test market Wichita

A “Black Label” burger available in Bacon Portabella and Spicy Santa Fe varieties.
The Bacon Portabella is $4.89 and consists of a mushroom sauce on the bottom bun, a 1/4 pound beef patty, muenster cheese, 3 bacon 1/2 slices, a thick tomato slice followed by a different peppery sauce on the top bun.

The Spicy Santa Fe burger (not pictured) is $4.49 and consists of a bottom layer of guacamole, a 1/4 pound beef patty, pepperjack cheese, mixed salad greens pieces, thick tomato slice, red onion slices and lastly the cilantro jalapeno lime sauce on the top bun.

Wendy's in Japan Serves Hamburgers With Foie Gras?

Sixteen dollar foie gras hamburgers. You read that right: the above fast food hamburger, which comes with a big old slab of foie, costs ¥1,280, or about US$16.43. That is certainly very different from the American stores; everyone knows Americans are too poor to spend more than $2 on lunch.

Who has the best fast food fries?

With Burger King giving out free fries tomorrow, tell me who has the best fast food fries? Is it Burger King, Wendy's, Sonic, or McDonald's or someplace completely different? Comment on this post and tell me your favorite fast food fries! Mine is McDonald's!

Woman 'killed her grandmother, 90, by lacing her Wendy's chilli with morphine' after she noticed missing cash

A woman has been charged with killing her 90-year-old grandmother by mixing a lethal dose of morphine into her Wendy’s chilli.


Shelby Lynn Adams, 40, from York, Pennsylvania, allegedly laced the chilli – her grandma’s favourite food – during a trip to the fast food restaurant in 2008. Ada Adams was found dead of opiate poisoning in her apartment two days later. It came shortly after she discovered thousands of dollars were missing from her bank account, according to police.


Shelby Lyn Adams admitted taking the woman's checkbook and writing $12,000 out to herself, they said.
Just days before her death, Ada Adams had seen her doctor, who said she was in good health. But when her son, Dave, visited her shortly before her death, he said she was very weak, incoherent and had vomited on herself, according to court documents.

 

Dr. Samuel Land, a forensic pathologist, found she died from an opiate toxicity and had lethal levels of morphine in her body – but had not been prescribed morphine. It is believed her granddaughter had access to morphine as an emergency room employee at York Hospital. She had unsupervised access to all areas of the emergency room, police said.

Ada had discussed the missing $12,000 with her family, including her granddaughter, and said she planned to go to her bank. Shelby was accused of stealing stolen her grandmother's check book and forging check from her elderly grandmother's account.

Police said Shelby Adams bought her grandmother a Wendy's chilli and soda, knowing it was one of her grandmother's favorite meals, and added a lethal dose of morphine. She gave the food to her grandmother and returned the next day to find her grandmother seriously ill. She then removed the Wendy’s container and a bank statement family members said they saw in the home, police said.

In an interview with police, Shelby Adams denied poisoning the food and removing the chili container and bank statement. Shelby Adams admitted she was having money problems, and that her grandmother had loaned her some money. When Shelby paid her back, the check overdrew her account, according to court documents. She was mad at her grandmother and stole the checkbook, writing checks from April to May 2008.

Shelby had previously worked for Shadowfax, a facility for the mentally challenged, but was fired in 2007 after abusing a client, according to charging documents. She faces charges of criminal homicide, four counts of forgery, theft by deception, and receiving stolen property. She is being held without bail in York County Prison.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2068652/Woman-killed-grandmother-lacing-Wendys-chilli-morphine.html#ixzz1fK4QZBD7

Wendy's New Burger, Dave Hot 'N Juicy Burger

The ad introduces the new Hot 'N' Juicy burgers from Wendy's but below is what it really looks like. Competing against Five Guys? five Guys has nothing to worry about!

FREE W Cheeseburger from Wendy's!

No purchase is necessary to get a free W cheeseburger from Wendy's! Get the Wendy’s coupon here and here.

Thanks to Coupon Pro Blog!

Wendy's Plans To Take On 'Fast Casual' Restaurants Five Guys, Smashburger

By CHRISTINA REXRODE   11/ 9/11 06:25 PM ET  

NEW YORK -- Wendy's new CEO on Wednesday laid out his action plan for re-energizing the fast-food chain against the backdrop of a quarterly loss driven by costs related to the recent sale of Arby's.
Emil Brolick, who joined Wendy's as CEO less than two months ago, said in a call with analysts that he was focused on beating a relatively new crop of competitors of "fast-casual" brands like Five Guys and Smashburger. He gave more details on the company's push to offer breakfast nationwide, something that virtually all of its major fast-food rivals already do. He also outlined plans to expand into international markets like Japan and Russia.

Restaurants of all price ranges are facing the double challenge of higher costs for ingredients and customers who are wary of spending on eating out in the weak U.S. economy. Most fast-food chains are playing catch-up to the much larger McDonald's Corp., which has fared well throughout the recession and its aftermath by emphasizing low prices, remodeling restaurants and adding products like smoothies and fancy coffee drinks.

For years, Wendy's had carved out a niche as quality fast-food for adults, but sales have suffered recently because customers decided its offerings had grown stale. Adding to that, after founder Dave Thomas died in 2002, Wendy's struggled to find a new face for its advertising. Brolick, a company veteran who became CEO in September, said Wednesday that the company had gone through "an identity crisis."
Brolick's strategy for Wendy's is to be on the high end of the fast-food pecking order because he thinks customers will be willing to pay more than they would at other fats-food chains if the food is better. But they'll also get the benefit of prices that are lower than those at a fast-casual chain, he reasons.

"I'm not for the moment suggesting that we want to try to pretend to become a Five Guys or a Smashburger or something like that," Brolick said on a call with analysts. "But I do believe that there is a significant opportunity in the marketplace for higher-quality products that are fresh, made-to-order products."
Wendy's has been reshaping its menu with new ingredients and preparation methods for its salads, hamburgers and the rest of its offerings in an effort to attract more customers. Brolick said the new Dave's Hot `N Juicy burgers had "exceeded our expectations" and would help Wendy's reclaim its "leadership in the premium-quality hamburger category."

Wendy's has previously talked about taking a "barbell" approach to pricing: offering high-priced and low-priced items to appeal to customers at both the top and bottom. On Wednesday, Wendy's said later this month it will introduce a new "W" cheeseburger line, which it describes as mid-tier. Prices for those burgers would be around $2.99 – between the 99-cent "value" cheeseburger and the premium Dave's Hot `N Juicy burger, which can cost nearly $6 for the biggest size. Wendy's is hoping that customers who previously bought the cheap burgers will trade up to the middle.

Additionally, Brolick said Wendy's, the only major fast-food chain that doesn't offer breakfast nationally, would take the same approach to breakfast as to the other meals: offer higher-quality items than other fast-food chains. He also said the company would stop reporting each quarter on how many restaurants were now offering breakfast, citing competitive reasons.

Wendy's hopes its efforts will help it boost results.

For the period covering roughly July through September, Wendy's Co. lost nearly $4 million, or a penny per share. In the same period a year ago, the chain lost $909,000, which was break-even per share. This quarter's loss was largely from costs related to selling Arby's in July, including expenses for cutting some jobs and retaining other employees.

Wendy's was combined with Arby's for less than three years, in a deal engineered by hedge fund magnate Nelson Peltz. Wendy's sold Arby's to a private-equity firm in July, saying it needed to concentrate on improving Wendy's rather than trying to revive Arby's. The Wendy's/Arby's Group lost money in seven of the 10 quarters in which it reported results as a combined company.

Wendy's is under pressure to prove it can do better on its own. Though revenue missed expectations by analysts polled by FactSet of $617 million, it still rose 2 percent to $611 million. Shares fell 4 percent Wednesday afternoon to $5.26, though Janney Capital Markets analyst Mark Kalinowski reiterated his "buy" rating on the company and said he expects it will overtake Burger King as the No. 2 seller of fast-food burgers in the U.S.

Meanwhile, the company has been growing overseas. Wendy's has only a small presence outside the U.S.: about 300 restaurants out of a total of about 6,600 are international, but Brolick said the company has agreements for growing to 1,000 international restaurants, including additions in Japan and Russia.

Fast Food Best Choices: Nutrition at Fast Food Restaurants

Subway

Subway is proud to advertise 7 sandwiches with under 6 grams of fat. Because they offer these lowfat, nutrient dense options, when you have a choice of fast food, stop at Subway first. Even if choosing one of their less-lean meat sandwiches, having them hold the mayo and oil can reduce the calories and fat.
Nutritional Information
Best Choices: any of the "7 Under 6" sandwiches. The lowest calorie sub is the Veggie De-lite, 200 calories, 2.5 grams fat, 37 grams carbohydrate, 7 grams protein.
Best Low Carb Diet Choices: any of the "7 under 6" salads, with either oil and vinegar dressing or the fat-free Italian dressing.

Wendy's

Nutrition Information
Best Choices
Caesar Side Salad (no dressing or croutons): 70 calories, 4 grams fat, 2 grams carbohydrate, 7 grams protein, 45% Vitamin A, 30% Vitamin C. Use the Fat Free French dressing (80 calories, 19 grams carbohydrates, 0 fat) or one of the reduced fat dressings. For those on a low carb diet, the caesar dressing is the best option, it adds only 1 gram of carbohydrate, has 16 grams fat, 150 calories.
Grilled Chicken Sandwich: 300 calories, 8 grams fat, 36 grams carbohydrate, 24 grams protein. Exchanges: 2 starch, 3 very lean meat, 1/2 high fat meat. For those on a low carb diet, ask for the grilled chicken without the bun and add it to the caesar side salad.
Small Chili: 227 calories, 7 grams fat, 21 grams carbohydrate, 15 grams protein, 5 grams fiber. Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 high fat meat, 1 very lean meat. This is acceptable for Phase 2 of the South Beach Diet.
Sour Cream and Chive Potato: 370 calories, 5 grams fat, 73 grams carbohydrate, 7 grams protein, 60% Vitamin C, 20% iron. Exchanges: 5 starch, 1 fat.

McDonalds

Nutrition of McDonalds USA Menu
Best Choices
Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad: 100 calories, 2.5 grams fat, 3 grams carbohydrate, 17 grams protein, 1 vegetable exchange and 2 very lean meat exchanges. Choose one of the fat free or reduced fat dressings. This is also acceptable for low carb diets.

Burger King

Nutrition Tables
Best Choices:
Chicken Whopper Jr.: 344 calories, 14 grams fat, 31 grams carbohydrates, 23 grams protein. Exchanges: 3 starch, 2.75 meat (very lean). Without mayo: deduct 9 grams fat and 80 calories.
Whopper Jr. - order without mayo or cheese: 317 calories, 13 grams fat, 32 grams carbohydrate, 16 grams protein. Exchanges: 1.75 starch, 2 meat (high fat).
Low Carb Diet Choices: Chicken Caesar Salad (no croutons) 220 calories, 5 grams carbohydrate, 7 grams fat, 3 grams fiber, 35 grams protein, no trans fat. With Italian Lite dressing, add 4 grams carbohydrate, 5 grams fat, 50 calories. With Creamy Caesar dressing, add 4 grams carbohydrate, 140 calories, 13 grams fat, no trans fat.
Side Garden Salad: 25 calories, 5 grams carbohydrate, 2 grams fiber, 0 fat, 1 gram protein.
Order Chicken Whopper or Chicken Whopper Junior without mayo, then toss the bun.

Taco Bell

Nutrition Guide
Best Choice
To reduce fat and calories for any item, order it "Fresco Style" to replace the cheese and dressings with fresh fiesta salsa.
Taco: 170 calories, 10 grams fat, 9 grams protein, 12 grams carbohydrate, .5 bread, 1 meat, 1 fat.
Low Carb Diets: Order any of the chicken items Fresco Style and without sour cream, then don't eat the tortilla or shell.