Wendy's International

Infobox Company
company_name = Wendy's International, Inc.
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company_type = Wholly owned subsidiary
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foundation = 1969
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location = flagicon|USA Dublin, Ohio, USA
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key_people = Roland C. Smith, CEO J. David Karam, President Stephen D. Farrar, COO Kenneth C. Calwell, Chief Marketing Officer
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industry = Fast food and quick-service restaurants
products = Cafe Express Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers
revenue = $3.74 billion USD (FY 2004)
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num_employees = 58,000
parent = [http://www.wendysarbys.com Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc] [cite web |url=http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=67548&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1197181&highlight= |title=Triarc and Wendy's Shareholders Approve Merger |author=Triarc |publisher=Triarc |date=2008-09-15 |accessdate=2008-09-29 |quote=]
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homepage = [http://www.wendys-invest.com/ wendys-invest.com]
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Wendy's International, Inc. is the parent company of Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers. It also owns 70 percent of Cafe Express and 25 percent (fully diluted) of Pasta Pomodoro. The Tim Hortons chain was spun off by Wendy's into a separate company in September 2006. The Baja Fresh chain was sold in October 2006. On September 15th, 2008 the purchase of Wendy's International Inc. by Triarc Inc. was approved by shareholders. On September 30th the merger was completed with a name change of Wendy's/Arby's Group, Inc, a change of leadership for both Arby's and Wendy's and the stock symbol changed to WEN.

Roland C. Smith is the new CEO and J. David Karam is the new President. The corporate headquarters is located in Dublin, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus.

Divisions

*Wendy's - Fast food chain
*Cafe Express
*Pasta Pomodoro

External links

* [http://www.wendys-invest.com/ Official website]
* [http://seekingalpha.com/transcripts/for/wen Transcripts of Wendy's International, Inc.'s Quarterly Conference Calls]