Wendy's changes its burgers

[blue_onyx]

"When Wendy's decided to remake its 42-year-old hamburger, the chain agonized over every detail. A pickle chemist was consulted. Customers were quizzed on their lettuce knowledge. And executives went on a cross-country burger-eating tour.

The result? Dave's Hot 'N Juicy, named after late Wendy's founder Dave Thomas. The burger — with extra cheese, a thicker beef patty, a buttered bun, and hold the mustard, among other changes — will be served in restaurants starting Monday.

"Our food was already good," said Denny Lynch, a Wendy's spokesman. "We wanted it to be better. Isn't that what long-term brands do? They reinvent themselves."

For Wendy's Co., based in Dublin, Ohio, reinvention is critical. That's why executives at the 6,600-restaurant chain spent the past two and a half years going over burger minutiae during an undertaking they call Project Gold Hamburger. That included deciding whether to switch from white onions on its burgers to red (they did), to change the fat/lean ratio of the meat (they didn't), or to go with plain or crinkled pickles (they picked crinkled.)"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44578229/ns/business-retail/#.TneU49Sriz4



Has anybody tried the new burger today?

[MrNJ]

1. No but I am planning to

[MilesColtrane]

2. No mustard, hunh?

That probably won't go over well.

[JoePhilly]

26. Mustard goes on Hot Dogs, Ketchup goes on Burgers.

Why do you hate America?

[vanbean]

3. I don't like hamburgers.

[William769]

4. I was very happy when they changed their french fries.

But I do like a little mustard on my burger.

[blue_onyx]

8. Me too

The new fries are better.

[William769]

14. Are you in Michigan?

If so do they still have Red Barn & Buerger Chef?

[PassingFair]

18. Red Barns and Burger Chefs are gone.

I think there are a few Hardee's still limping around.

Sonic has only been here for about 2 years..

[William769]

19. Damn.

When I was younger & visited my sister in Michigan I loved to go to those two, that is of course when there wasn't a White Castle's around.

[butterfly77]

45. I used to love to go to..

the Red Barn in Hamtramck. I know what you mean about White Castle but some of these young people don't give a damn once in a while you can get some that are moist,tasty and flavorful..

[ladywnch]

41. actually, I think Hardees/Burger Chef are now Carl's Jr.

Hardees bought out Burger Chef from General Foods and Carl's bought out Hardees

[blue_onyx]

42. Yes

Carl's Jr and Hardees are the same thing. The Hardees name is still used in the east though.

[blue_onyx]

20. Yes I am

I don't think so. I've never heard of those 2 places

[William769]

22. You must be a young pup.

Damn! My age is showing.

[pintobean]

30. Hardee's bought Burger Chef a long time ago.

They sold a throw back 'Big Chef' a few years ago.

[Motown_Johnny]

31. If you ever get to 9 mile and Harper, the Shish Kabob place across from the K-Mart

is a building shaped like a barn, it was once a Red Barn restaurant.

I can't think of any others off hand but a few of the buildings are still around.

[William769]

32. How far is that from 9 mile & John R?

[Motown_Johnny]

36. almost all the way to the lake, the first main street past I-94

I could mapquest it for you if you want an exact number

[William769]

38. Thanks, When I visited her when I was younger my sister lived in Hazel Park.

She now lives in Rochester. Haven't been there not, even sure where it is.

[PassingFair]

33. I couldn't find any of their craptastic ads from the 70's , with the singing animals and food....

I live down the street from that D'mitri's.....

[Motown_Johnny]

37. funny, I helped someone move out from the apartment buildings

almost next to the D'mitri's over Labor day weekend (I think there is a bank on the corner)

[butterfly77]

44. No red barns...

I think I have seen maybe a few burger chefs..

[dtexdem]

35. I can't stand the new fries, and I won't eat them.

Way too much salt (and I don't care if it is 'sea salt' -- that just means that the contaminants are included).

And since I've stopped eating burgers, the chicken sandwiches and baked potatoes are the only thing from Wendy's that I ever eat. (I also liked their fish sandwiches, but those are only available 'in season' -- whatever that means to them.) So I hardly ever go to Wendy's anymore. (When I ate burgers, I did like Wendy's burgers -- with mustard.)

[Erose999]

12. I like a little mustard on my french fried taters...

MMM HMMM

[William769]

16. I do too sometimes, but mostly I love to use honey mustard.

[JI7]

39. i go back and forth on the fries, i liked their fries before

the new ones are good sometimes. but sometimes they seem too salty.

[SpiralHawk]

5. Are they going to offer a TeaBag Burger (R)?

[lpbk2713]

6. No one consulted me on their quest for the ultimate burger.

And I eat at Wendy's often. And frankly, I prefer the flat pickles. The "crinkly" ones are too thick.

[richmwill]

7. More meat sounds good...

As long as it's not as horrid as their rock salt- oops, I mean sea salt- fries.

[blue_onyx]

13. I don't think it's more meat

I think the hamburger patties will be thicker but not as wide as the old ones. The Single burger will still be 1/4 pound.

[Erose999]

9. I can't stand red onions. Hooray for crinkled pickles, at least. The new fries are alright but like

all fries FRESHNESS is the most important factor. Their old fries were good too if you got them fresh out of the fryer.

[Twinguard]

10. I plan to give it a try.

I love hamburgers, and for fast food, Wendy's is pretty good.

[customerserviceguy]

46. Agreed

Of the cheap national burger chains, theirs tastes the best. Five Guys gets my vote for the higher-priced 'gourmet' chain burger, though.

[sellitman]

11. I'll take a Shake Shack Burger over any, anywhere's.

Yum!

[SidDithers]

15. No mustard and a buttered bun? That's some sort of meat sandwich, not a hamburger...nt

Sid

[woodsprite]

17. Stopped at a Wendy's the other day and had a regular burger

When did they start putting bread & butter pickles on them? If I have to do fast food, I'll go there rather than feel like I'm poisoning myself eating at McDonalds. Thank goodness it's not that often.

[badhair77]

21. I like their salads.

Right now they have an apple pecan chicken salad, which is very good and pretty healthy. Have to watch the pecans and dressing, though.

[JI7]

40. i liked the asian salad they use to have, they no longer have it

also i wish they would allow the chicken nuggets to be used on their salads instead of the chicken they usually use.

i do like the cobb salad and i like the dressing with avacado flavor.

[ThomThom]

23. ask Coca Cola about changing the formula

could be iffy
butter on the bun?

[William769]

24. Coca Cola Got their ass handed to them on a silver platter over that.

[kentuck]

25. I'll probably try it....

But I just got thru fixing some fried green tomatoes and some golden brown hoecakes... :-)

[AngryAmish]

27. For fast food burgers, Wendy's is #2 after Culver's

(Five Guys and the ilk don't count because...heck I dunno. They seem too upscale)

Anyway, I have always liked the Wendy's burger. It isn't a butterburger but what is?

[JoePhilly]

28. Only took them a few decades to add a Vanilla shake.

[TwilightGardener]

29. No mustard? WTF? I hate mayo on burgers.

[supernova]

34. I'm a Five Guys girl now

No more of the staid chains for me. When I want to junk out, it's Five Guys. And they have hot dogs too.

[RagAss]

47. Yes...and free peanuts in the shell.

[trackfan]

43. Wendy's is one of those places, like Walmart, that don't seem to exist where I live,

in Los Angeles. I once ate at a Wendy's, about 25 years ago, out by the 101, near, maybe, Kanan Road. It is no longer there, as far as I can tell. I've seen the Walmart sign in Duarte, near City of Hope, from a distance, but have never actually seen, or been in, a Walmart.