Wendy's International (WEN)

Add a New Bears Reason Company: Wendy's International (WEN) Current price: Headline: (100 character max) Analysis: Cancel 66% agree 3 votes edit Major loss posted due to falling sales Top Contributor: Bret Holmes | Created when NYSE:WEN was $3.88 | Edit | History Wendy’s Arby’s Group Inc. (WEN), the third-largest fast food chain in the United States, posted a fourth-quarter loss of $393.2 million, or 84 cents a share, largely a result of impairment charges and falling sales at Arby’s, Reuters reported. In September, Arby’s owner, Triarc, bought Wendy’s International Inc. for about $2 billion in September to form Wendy’s/Arby’s. (100 character max) Cancel 66% agree 3 votes edit Wendy's reliance on fresh beef leaves it vulnerable to beef prices Top Contributor: Kryssia Uraguchi | Created when NYSE:WEN was $39.73 | Edit | History Wendy's reliance on fresh beef leaves it more vulnerable to fluctuations in beef prices. (100 character max) Cancel 66% agree 3 votes edit Wendy's is vulnerable to health scares such as mad cow disease Top Contributor: Kryssia Uraguchi | Created when NYSE:WEN was $39.73 | Edit | History Wendy's is vulnerable to profit losses and brand damage due to health scares such as mad cow disease and E. coli outbreaks. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 0 votes edit Largest U.S. Restaurants See Decline in Growth Top Contributor: Rashad Badr | Created when NYSE:WEN was $4.60 | Edit | History Domestic sales growth at the 500 largest U.S. restaurant chains fell to 3.4 percent in 2008, a decrease from 5 percent the previous year, Technomic Inc, a foodservice consultant, said on Monday. (100 character max) Cancel 50% agree 2 votes edit Wendy's is too late to enter the QSR breakfast market Top Contributor: Kryssia Uraguchi | Created when NYSE:WEN was $39.73 | Edit | History Wendy's will fail upon entering the QSR breakfast market because stores such as McDonald's and Dunkin Donuts already have a tight hold on the market. (100 character max) Cancel 0% agree 1 votes edit Wendy stopped advertising on TV-that was their strength Created when NYSE:WEN was $5.26 | Edit | History When Wendy used to advertise on TV it made one remember them when one was hungry, otherwise, burger king has the whopper, Mc Donalds has the quarter pounder, what does Wendy have? (100 character max) Cancel

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