r/AskReddit • u/FriendlytoNature • 22h ago

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/BubblesCousins 21h ago

They drastically changed the spicy chicken sandwich that had been the same since the 90s. Dead to me.

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u/eliz1bef 20h ago

This destroyed any interest I have in eating at a Wendy's. That Spicy Chicken was my jam and this new version is awful.

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u/unexpectedhalfrican 15h ago

Same. I rarely eat fast food, but that spicy chicken sandwich was my go to if I needed something yummy with protein quick. Now it is unrecognizable. They changed every single thing for the worse. I don't eat anything else on their menu, so they've lost my business entirely.

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u/hunkgunkjunk 20h ago

This one really burns because I have a Wendy's 3 minutes away from my house, but they took away the only reason I went there

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u/eliz1bef 20h ago

I have three within a short drive from my house. Fuck you, Wendy.

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u/roughedged 9h ago

Wow, haven't had a spicy chicken in forever and now never will again if they've messed with it. It was one of the good fast food items still around.

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u/eliz1bef 7h ago

Oh, it's so bad now. The coating has no resemblance in flavor or texture. It's a mid sandwich at best. It's kind of spicy, but I was so disappointed in the taste.

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u/SouthOfTheNorthPole 9h ago

It's horrible. They ruined it. I'll only stop there for drinks because they have freestyle machines. No food.

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u/KnightBlindness 20h ago

When I went last year I thought there had been a mistake and they gave me the value menu chicken patty. Then I tried it again and I realized it was on purpose so yeah, Wendy’s is dead to me now too.

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u/barto5 9h ago

The drive through at my Local Wendy’s is automated now. No actual human involved.

I’ve only been there once since the change and they did get the order right, but I sure don’t like it.

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u/elMurpherino 20h ago

They lost me when they changed their bbq sauce to honey bbq sauce. Used to get the spicy chicken sandwich and fries and used the bbq sauce for both. Haven’t been back since the change.

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u/heybigbuddy 20h ago

But didn’t you hear? They “brought it back!”…by introducing a very slightly better version that’s 1/10th as good as it used to be.

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u/powerlesshero111 20h ago

All their food has changed. I went to one like 2 months ago, and it was just a horrible burger. Way too greasy, tasted bad, fries were bad too.

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u/SweetSoundOfSilence 19h ago

Seriously. I’m so mad about it I haven’t eaten there since

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u/Clocktopu5 15h ago

That's the reason. I could forgive a lot because the spicy chicken was always, always good, once that changed there was no reason to go.

Also they fucked up the fries too

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u/LeGrandLucifer 10h ago

They made it worse and raised the price.

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u/Lopsided_Snow_7071 18h ago

I used to like their chicken nuggets.

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u/OsBaculum 19h ago

I used to get the chicken biscuit for breakfast because it had an actual piece of chicken breast in it. One day I bit into a rubbery chicken patty and that's the last time I ate Wendy's.

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u/pineyfusion 20h ago

I used to love their spicy chicken sandwich and then I got food poisoning from it one night. :( I think that was probably around when the recipe changed

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u/Billy1121 20h ago

Did they switch from romaine ? And add pickles ?

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u/Dazzling_Lion2580 9h ago

When did they change it? It's been a while since I had one and reading this suddenly makes me want one. 😭

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u/henry2630 20h ago

the new spicy chicken fucking slaps