• FluidM
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    Naming rights aside, I doubt another shitty burger chain will see success in Aus. If you want a shitty burger, we got that covered in almost every town and suburb. Aussie typically want higher quality fast food.

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    I tried a baconator once 15+ years ago in the US. It was advertised as having 10 rashers of bacon on it! I had to know for myself. I obviously bought fries and their signature Frosty (thickshake) too to get the full experience.

    I learnt three things that day:

    1. Americans call the streaky bacon bit a rasher. So they’re about 3cm by 10cm, so not as hedonistic as imagined.
    2. a manufactured food that is 1/3 fat has a surprising amount of structural integrity.
    3. people dip their fries in their thickshakes.

    I only ate salad for days afterwards. We really don’t need Wendy’s or even just another shit-tier burger place like them.

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        Ohh man you’re missing out on a great taste experience, the saltiness the chips pairs well with the sweet and creamy flavour of a milkshake, dipping chips in soft serve icecream is a great treat as well, especially if you get some of that fudge syrup.

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        Missing out, dude. Back in my youth I used to stick fries in my caramel sundae at maccas. Delissssh

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    Australia is already catching up to America on obesity rates. But fuck it let’s just go full America on this shit.

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    I mean isn’t there already wendys in Australia?

    Im sure there was a wendys in the Northern Territory when i was a kid

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      11 months ago

      Yeah it’s a hotdog and ice cream chain. I wonder if they’ll have to change the name similar to Hungry Jacks because Burger King was already a restaurant when they came over here.

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        An, i always thought they were the same thing.

        There’s no longer a wendys in the Northern Territory so maybe they have gone under. If that’s the case I’m sure wendys US would be able to buy name rights and go with it.

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        I never knew Wendy’s (the hotdog one) was Australian until now. I just always assumed that was the US Wendy’s.

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    11 months ago

    Does this mean the Australian Wendy’s stores have all gone? Our local one died in the pandemic, but I hadn’t heard the whole company went under.

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    All the Americans are like “Wendys taste like shit” and my immediate snap back is “That’s because America has terrible food standards”.

    Like yeah you wont die if you eat the food but you don’t know if its bacon or 1-20 dead rats flat packed together. I hope they open one in Perth and its open at 2am every day