The Wendy's Company

The Wendy's Company
Formerly
  • Deisel-Wemmer Co.
  • (1884–1929)
  • Deisel-Wemmer-Gilbert Corporation
  • (1929–1946)
  • DWG Cigar Corporation
  • (1946–1966)
  • DWG Corporation
  • (1966–1993)
  • Triarc Companies, Inc.
  • (1993–2008)
  • Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc.
  • (2008–2011)
Company typePublic
Nasdaq: WEN
S&P 400 component
ISINUS95058W1009
IndustryFoodservice
Founded1884; 140 years ago (1884)
Headquarters
Dublin, Ohio
,
U.S.
Number of locations
5,938 (United States)
1,006 (International)
6,949 (Total)[1]
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Nelson Peltz
(Chairman)
Kirk Tanner
(President and CEO)
ProductsFast food
RevenueIncrease US$2.095 billion (2022)
Decrease US$353.3 million (2022)
Decrease US$177.4 million (2022)
Total assetsIncrease US$5.5 billion (2022)
Total equityIncrease US$465.7 million (2022)
Owners
Number of employees
~14,500 (As of Jan. 2, 2022)
SubsidiariesWendy's
First Kitchen
Quality Is Our Recipe, LLC[3]
Websitewww.wendys.com
Footnotes / references
Financials as of January 1, 2023.[4][5][6]

The Wendy's Company is an American parent company[7] for the major fast food chain Wendy's. Originally founded as the Deisel-Wemmer Company, it is sourced in Dublin, Ohio.[8] The company's principal subsidiary, Wendy's International, is the franchisor of Wendy's restaurants.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference 10-K was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "2021 Proxy Statement" (PDF). The Wendy's Company. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "WIPO Domain Name Decision: D2015-1355".
  4. ^ "The Wendy's Company Form 10K". Securities and Exchange Commission. February 6, 2020. Retrieved February 9, 2021.
  5. ^ "US SEC: Form 10-K The Wendy's Company". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Retrieved January 27, 2021.
  6. ^ "2022 The Wendy's Company Annual Report" (PDF). The Wendy’s Company. January 1, 2023. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  7. ^ "wen-20230101". www.sec.gov. Retrieved April 27, 2024.
  8. ^ "Thewen is dem's Story". Wendy's. Retrieved May 27, 2019.