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minus-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months ago“We’re only going to offer discounts!” So they’re going to jack the prices by 3x, tell everyone they’re getting “50% off”. While everyone really is paying 1.5x more… during discounts…. And everyone is going to be grateful. Cuz they dumb. Or so Wendy’s imagines.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoToo bad they already burned a lot of bridges.
minus-squarePlantJam@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThey could have promoted it as happy hour style discounts and had a much different response.
minus-squareClopClopMcFuckwad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI don’t know if they’re still doing it, but an Arbys near me had “happy hour” I think it was 2pm to 4pm and they had like sliders and small fries for a pretty decent discount.
minus-squaresilverbax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months ago“Why make our food better when we could just charge more?”
“We’re only going to offer discounts!”
So they’re going to jack the prices by 3x, tell everyone they’re getting “50% off”. While everyone really is paying 1.5x more… during discounts….
And everyone is going to be grateful. Cuz they dumb.
Or so Wendy’s imagines.
Too bad they already burned a lot of bridges.
They could have promoted it as happy hour style discounts and had a much different response.
I don’t know if they’re still doing it, but an Arbys near me had “happy hour” I think it was 2pm to 4pm and they had like sliders and small fries for a pretty decent discount.
“Why make our food better when we could just charge more?”