Wendy’s Too High Class to Settle for Tomatoes of a Lesser Quality
If you want tomatoes on a Wendy’s sandwich (like one from their 99-cent menu, for example), you’re gonna have to ask for them. Wendy’s spokesman Bob Bertini says the “restaurants” had to adopt a new tomato policy in late December because of crop damage due to Florida hurricanes. Wendy’s “hasn’t been able to secure tomatoes with the quality and quantity” they would like.
Is anyone else as amused by this as I am?
My reaction to the statement is closer to resignation than amusement. You emphasized “quality” but I have a feeling that “quantity” is really the operative word in the Wendy’s statement. The unspoken but understood word in the statement, of course, was profit. Essentially, they can’t get as many tomatoes for the same price, so they simply quit using them in order to maintain the same miniscule profit margin per sandwich.
What part of the cow do you get for less than .99 anyhow, considering the rest of the .99 has to cover bread and lettuce?
I’m pretty sure I don’t want to know what part of the cow (or other meat source) the fast food industry can throw on a bun for under a buck. FWIW, back in the dawn of fast food (60’s), I worked at Jack-in-the-Box; I haven’t eaten there since.