Robert ReichFeb 28, 2024

While Wendy’s plans to price gouge you with Uber-style surge pricing, it’s simultaneously enriching wealthy shareholders with a $500 million stock buyback program.

That’s the thing about corporate greed: It’s shameless.

They’ll just keep pushing to see how far they can go.

Show threadTyler K. Nothing
@rbreich It seems that Wendy's PR felt the public heat and is now saying that they never planned to offer surge pricing, but your point still stands. #CapitalismSucks.
Feb 28, 2024 at 5:44pmWeb
Show threadMatthew HallFeb 28, 2024
@tylerknowsnothing @rbreich “To clarify, Wendy's will not implement surge pricing, which is the practice of raising prices when demand is highest," Wendy's Vice President Heidi Schauer said in an email to NPR.