r/AskReddit • u/Zenon9 • 9h ago

What restaurant chain fell off the hardest?

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u/cmcsed9 9h ago

Wendy’s. Their new CEO admitted he was taking shortcuts with the food quality to save money and you can tell.

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u/refsnyderisgood69 8h ago

Yup the spicy chicken sandwich specifically went to shit

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u/tessslaaa21 6h ago

First they changed the chicken patty from a whole white breast in that orange spicy crispy coating to the flat processed chicken patty, then they changed the grade and thickness of the tomato, and now the lettuce….. it was such a good sandwich.
I don’t eat fast food often but when I had a bad day I’d get a spicy chicken, a jr bacon, a loaded baked potato, and a frosty to put me into a food coma for the rest of the day

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u/csmccarty 6h ago

Yep. People always mention just the lettuce, but the biggest thing I noticed was the chicken going to shit.

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u/OkSecretary1231 8h ago

And that was what I used to go there for. LOL

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u/tracyveronika 7h ago

Yes, I hope they bring back the original version soon!!!

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u/Wthermans 7h ago

Yep. They switched from whole leaf lettuce to shredded lettuce and it sucks so bad. It was my only reason to go there and once that changed, I no longer have a desire to buy anything from them.

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u/orgyofdestruction 8h ago

Used to be the best of them. Last I had Wendy's was when the first Wicked was in theaters and it was the most disappointing spicy chicken I ever had.

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u/Creative_Date44 6h ago

Chicken club, sub the original chicken for the spicy chicken was my go to for YEARS

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u/Strayl1ght 1h ago

The day they removed the Monterey ranch chicken sandwich was the day I stopped going