in the hearts of hamburger lovers. With some 8,200.
restaurants worldwide (80% are franchised), Wendy's.
International trails only #1 McDonald's and Diageo's #2 Burger.
King in the burger market. Wendy's restaurants also serve.
chicken sandwiches, salads, pitas, baked potatoes, and chili.
The company also owns Tim Hortons, the #1 coffee and baked.
goods chain in Canada. Boasting almost 2,200 units (most.
are franchised), Tim Hortons restaurants offer coffee,.
cappuccino, doughnuts, bagels, muffins, sandwiches, and.
soups. Thomas holds the Guinness record for the longest TV.
campaign by a company founder: He was in about 800 ads.
over 10 years.
Wendy's International, Inc.
Overview.
It's a toss-up whether America's favorite square is Wendy's.
hamburgers, or Wendy's late founder Dave Thomas. Dublin,.
Ohio-based Wendy's International might not be famous for a.
signature product like a Big Mac or a Whopper, but it did have.
Thomas, a down-to-earth folk hero who appeared in about 800 of.
its TV ads and promotions. The US's #3 hamburger chain (after #1 McDonald's and Diageo's #2.
Burger King), Wendy's has more than 8,200 restaurants worldwide (80% of them are franchised,.
and more than 85% of them are in the US). The company also owns nearly 2,200 Tim Hortons.
(most are franchised), the #1 coffee and baked goods chain in Canada.
Although it continues to grow, Wendy's is seeing a limit to how big it can expand. It is looking to.
diversify through acquisitions, much as McDonald's did (although Wendy's would scoff at the idea of.
imitating the Golden Arches) with its buy of Donatos. Ronald Joyce, co-founder of Tim Hortons,.
owns about 14% of Wendy's.
The death of Dave Thomas in 2002 deprived Wendy's of more than its founder and pitchman.
Thomas, with his down-to-earth good-guy qualities, had become a part of the company's identity.
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History.
Dave Thomas began his fast-food career in 1956 when he and Phil Clauss opened a barbecue.
