why did wendy's scrap the salad bar?

[ElFenix]

inquiring minds want to know

 

[amdforever2]

Profitability?

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: amdforever2
non-Profitability?

fixed

 

[biggestmuff]

do fast food patrons worry about eating healthy?

 

[ballmode]

more room for people to eat inside?

fingers in the lettuce?

 

[habib89]

i didn't realize that they had a salad bar

 

[Evadman]

Too expensive. It was only good for dine-in customers, and the upkeep was not finanicaly good. It was costing almost 3x more than the profit. I worked there when they scrapped it back in ~96

 

[Triumph]

i haven't seen a salad bar there in years.

 

[tfinch2]

WhoTF eats rabbit food at Wendys? If I'm going to eat there, you better believe I'm going to fill my arteries, and not waste my time with salad.

 

[buzzsaw13]

Originally posted by: biggestmuff
do fast food patrons worry about eating healthy?

Ever seen McFatties? They're making a pathetic attempt to offer "healthy" food.

 

[HomeAppraiser]

Too expensive and labour intensive to keep the hot food hot enough and the cold food cool enough to slow bacteria growth!

 

[FelixDeCat]

Because they made a bundle selling finger chili.

 

[Excelsior]

Ive been going to Wendys since I first began eating fast food and have never seen a salad bar in ANY of the locations.

 

[mjh]

Originally posted by: Triumph
i haven't seen a salad bar there in years.

 

[brtspears2]

People usually bum items from the salad bar.

 

[Captante]

Although I eat salad on a regular basis, salad bars really gross me out & I havn't eaten from one in a long time as a result.. not only because of the nasty "finger in the salad" factor, but the "nose hair in the salad" factor... the "sneeze/cough in the salad factor" etc.

Not only that, but I seem to recall some nut-job cult actually sprayed e-coli into a bunch of salad bars awhile back... can't recall when or where though.

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: mjh

Originally posted by: Triumph
i haven't seen a salad bar there in years.

 

[I Saw OJ]

I remember when Carls Jr had a salad bar too. Ah the good old days...

 

[Amplifier]

I work in accounts recievables for Wendy's so I can give some insight into corporates reasoning. The salad bar initially had decent profit margins of around 17%. In comparison the Chili hovers at 19%, the chicken sandwhich at 24% and the fries at 55% (they are the highest in every restaurant).

However as weeks went on the salad bar started chipping away at the higher profit items, most likely due to it's relative healthiness. This resulted in an estimated decline in net profit of .31-.43%. Consequently, the bar had to be removed.

Hope this answers your question.

 

[SlitheryDee]

I have one dim memory of a wendy's salad bar. It was sooo cool...

 

[cleanerupper]

Originally posted by: Amplifier
I work in accounts recievables for Wendy's so I can give some insight into corporates reasoning. The salad bar initially had decent profit margins of around 17%. In comparison the Chili hovers at 19%, the chicken sandwhich at 24% and the fries at 55% (they are the highest in every restaurant).

However as weeks went on the salad bar started chipping away at the higher profit items, most likely due to it's relative healthiness. This resulted in an estimated decline in net profit of .31-.43%. Consequently, the bar had to be removed.

Hope this answers your question.

 

[FoBoT]

wendy's salad bar was the best , back in the day

haven't seen one in a while

 

[amdforever2]

Originally posted by: Amplifier
I work in accounts recievables for Wendy's so I can give some insight into corporates reasoning. The salad bar initially had decent profit margins of around 17%. In comparison the Chili hovers at 19%, the chicken sandwhich at 24% and the fries at 55% (they are the highest in every restaurant).

However as weeks went on the salad bar started chipping away at the higher profit items, most likely due to it's relative healthiness. This resulted in an estimated decline in net profit of .31-.43%. Consequently, the bar had to be removed.

Hope this answers your question.

shens

 

[FelixDeCat]

Originally posted by: Amplifier
I work in accounts recievables for Wendy's so I can give some insight into corporates reasoning. The salad bar initially had decent profit margins of around 17%. In comparison the Chili hovers at 19%, the chicken sandwhich at 24% and the fries at 55% (they are the highest in every restaurant).

However as weeks went on the salad bar started chipping away at the higher profit items, most likely due to it's relative healthiness. This resulted in an estimated decline in net profit of .31-.43%. Consequently, the bar had to be removed.

Hope this answers your question.

See, I told you it was the finger chili!

 

[otispunkmeyer]

because the US has too many salad dodgers