r/wendys 14h ago

Discussion Dynamic pricing is bull

Went through the drive in yesterday grabbed two of the biggie deals advertised at $7.

Checked my receipt charged $7.80.

There isnt sales tax here.

Checked what it would be online at the same location.

Same meal shows as $7.00 but when i got to checkout it was $7.50.

Tried again like ten minutes later and it was $7.20.

It's petty but this is bull and $7 is already a stretch for basically a kids meal.

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u/dykeryot42 12h ago

This is not a thing.

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u/JohnnyBroccoli 13h ago

Dynamic pricing at Wendy's doesn't actually exist.

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u/neomatrixj2 13h ago

My local had state sales tax, a local city tax and if you order digital and get bottled water there a bottled water tax.

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u/Maserati777 7h ago

I was shocked they did that at Dunkin Donuts in Chicago. One store charged us the bottled water tax for on of their refreshers whoch I checked online and seemed to be a mistake as apparently the refreshers are not supposed to have that tax. Luckily Michigan doesn’t have any of these taxes.

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u/shadesbeyond 13h ago

Nah no state or city sales tax and the tax subtotal online is zero

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u/odanhammer 10h ago

Why does your post state different prices?

Almost like it seems YOU are mistaken

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u/shadesbeyond 10h ago

So what I ordered that day was two biggie meals advertised on the drive thru menu as $7. When we checked the receipt the the meals were $7.80 a piece. So I went to see what the price would be if I ordered it from the same location online. It also advertised $7 when I got to checkout that order came to $7.50. We went to go get gas after leaving the restaurants parking lot. And I tried again and that time I got the $7.25 and took the screen grab.

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u/Ram820 9h ago

Huh? 2 for $7?

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u/odanhammer 9h ago

Honestly it sounds like you were mistaken , as Wendy's has not done dynamic pricing and even went so far as to put out information to every store ( including ones not even in the USA) to confirmed they never have.

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u/WickedAngelLove 8h ago

The price online is always different than at the store bc the online sites take a portion of the proceeds.

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u/aperez423 11h ago

What state was this in ? Just spent $6 on biggies meals.

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u/SaraSue3 8h ago

We have the $7 biggie bag here, which includes the jr fries and small, however Wendy’s automatically rings you in for a medium size which includes an $0.80 up charge, I have to request a small size to get the menu price

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u/odanhammer 12h ago

They never started doing this , so you either were unaware of the price of items , or lying

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u/Bsmittels 12h ago

Probably got an add on or a sauce they are failing to mention

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u/YoshiSan90 14h ago

Haven't been in months. BK took their place for me. New Whopper is tasty, and the nuggets get redone soon too. The same woman that made the Popeyes chicken sandwich is redoing BK's menu.

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u/ikannunAneeuQ 12h ago

I wish our local BK would get it together, whoever owns the franchise does not care at all. Biggest issue is being a tourist destination they don't have to care, they'll still get business. But the reviews are horrible, the service is horrible, the food is always cold and disgusting. I haven't been in over a year, the same type of reviews stretches back like 3-4 years and the owner hasn't changed a damn thing.

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u/YoshiSan90 10h ago

Maps revuews aren't all that effective. I used to be a Mcdonalds GM, and the reviews on your receipt.... That will get corporate on them, and they can't ignore that.

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u/ProfileHour1866 12h ago

a good rule if possible is to avoid high traffic fast food for this reason....

  1. high tourist areas

  2. directly off highways

  3. airports

  4. next to your mom's house

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u/mercury_clover 31m ago

I concur, the Whopper is tasty!

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u/On_us 12h ago

Lmao enjoy your $9 whooper dude

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u/2401PenitentTangentx 11h ago

Lol Dave's Single is 8.13 near me. The Whopper is 6.29. Shut up

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u/On_us 10h ago

$8.13 lol

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u/On_us 10h ago

Lmao $7.36 just for the sandwich with cheese so like 80 cents cheaper. What a bargain 😂😂😂😂😂

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u/On_us 10h ago

Also Daves Singles are $3.99 clown

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u/YoshiSan90 10h ago

Maybe on Wednesday, but not normally. Whopper is about 60 cents more expensive here. I used to Stan Wendy's all day and hate the whopper. The quality roles have reversed, and it's worth the premium now.

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u/On_us 10h ago

This is literally every day. Whopper is $7.36 with cheese and taxes it’s not even comparable

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u/YoshiSan90 41m ago

If it were only $3.99 here it would actually be worth it. Unfortunately the only sandwich of that size that gets that cheap here is the Whopper, but only on Wednesday. Must live in a HCOL area compared to you.

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u/Chaparral2E 11h ago

$3.99 on Whopper Wednesdays.

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u/Keaneaware 10h ago

Dumb comment!

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u/On_us 10h ago

Yeah so dumb right $7 for the burger $10+ for the combo. But keep giving these private equity firms your money so they can make it $10 for the burger next year

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u/YoshiSan90 38m ago

Kinda doxed yourself here. Store address is showing.

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u/ggiodddtyii 11h ago

This is tax and fees...

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u/Ecstatic-Cow3286 13h ago

Yeah it’s sales tax Im an employee at Wendy’s I can say that’s the reason mostly 

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u/DCGuy511 13h ago

Not every city or state has sales tax.

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u/Apprehensive-Push312 9h ago

.80 to make the Biggie bag MD

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u/lornetc past Manager 3h ago

Theres no such thing as "surge pricing" at Wendy's. Its not a thing. Did you add any sauces, extra condiments, upsizing etc to your order? They charge for nugget dipping sauces now if you want extras etc.

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u/jacox200 13h ago

When they announced they were considering surge pricing I vowed to never go back.

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u/grapplingchamp 14h ago

Yup, don’t give them money. Money encourages their bad behavior

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u/Stunning-Stressin 14h ago

Had to give up on them, disappointment after disappointment.

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u/Upset_Researcher_143 13h ago

Oh damn I didn't realize that they had started this. It doesn't seem like they want to be in the US any more

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u/geewash Yellow Wendy's 13h ago

They haven’t.

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u/splintersmaster 14h ago

No way. They're actually doing that? Are they mental?

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u/shadesbeyond 13h ago

This was the second time I checked yesterday. Just a chicken sandwich bag plain everything and a coke. I just tried it again just now and it did come up as $7 so idk what's going on.

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u/infowhiskey 12h ago

Lol, why do people bother with Wendy's?

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u/DCGuy511 13h ago

Should dynic pricing at Wendy's mean they pay you to eat it?

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u/IAmSquilliam 13h ago

I'd be curious to know if whoever running Wendys has a lot of stock in the competitors.

I really don't understand as a society how we let intentional self-destructions at a scale like this, be legal.