Wendy's to layoff 45 locally

[Nicollette]

Wendy's to lay off 45 locally, move 120 HQ jobs to Atlanta
Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:42 AM
By Steve Wartenberg

THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
About 45 local Wendy's employees will lose their jobs early next year and another 120 positions at the Dublin headquarters will move to Atlanta in phases during 2009.

In September, Triarc Cos. Inc. which already owned Arby's, purchased Wendy's for $2.3 billion. The merged company, known as Wendy's/Arby's Group, is based in Atlanta.

"Since the completion of the merger, Wendy's employees have known a number of shared services positions would be moved to Atlanta," said Wendy's spokesman Bob Bertini.

The goal is to reduce costs through more efficient operations, he said, adding some of the positions that will move to Atlanta include corporate accounting, information technology and legal services.

Bertini said it is too soon to know how many of the 120 Dublin employees will move to Atlanta.

"Each circumstance is different," he said.

The 45 employees whose jobs will be cut were notified Tuesday. They will remain on the job through the end of the year.

These cuts come from "field" jobs, such as marketing, quality control, real estate and finance. A total of 74 field jobs will be eliminated, but currently 15 are unfilled and another 14 people will be reassigned, Bertini said, adding "no other workforce reductions are planned beyond the ones announced this week."

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[magyar123]

As yhe original commercial sid - Where's the beef?

[lillaimof2kids]

They were saying (10tv News in Columbus) on the news this morning that McDonalds had an 11% increase last month. Every time I drive by McDonalds they're busy. But Burger King hardly ever has a line.

[magyar123]

How did Wendy become pregnant - Big MAC attacked
How did Dairy QUEEN become pregnant - Burger KING had a big WHOPPER

[AngelinaCat]

What gets me is here in our area, a brand new Burger King just opened across the street from where an earlier Burger King went out of business a couple of years ago. Also right next door is a nice, sucessful family style restaurant.

What gives?

[AngelinaCatHub]

How did Wendy become pregnant - Big MAC attacked
How did Dairy QUEEN become pregnant - Burger KING had a big WHOPPER

LOLOLOLOL!!!! Stop it, you are causing me to hyperventalate. 'Hub

[Dirk Squarejaw]

They were saying (10tv News in Columbus) on the news this morning that McDonalds had an 11% increase last month. Every time I drive by McDonalds they're busy. But Burger King hardly ever has a line.

Double cheeseburgers FTW!!! One of the best deals out there. Probably not great for the waist-line but with their $1 Double-Cheeseburger and "$1 any size soft drink"-offer, I often eat for $2.12 including tax. I know when I go inside to order, if you listen to other people order, they sell a ton of those $1 doubles.

I wonder if this economic downturn will increase the "obesity epidemic" here in the good ol' USofA? As the healthier food gets more expensive at the store, many of the items at fast-food places are staying cheap. It makes you wonder........

[TEW]

LOLOLOLOL!!!! Stop it, you are causing me to hyperventalate. 'Hub

Hands HUB a wendy's paper bag

[AngelinaCatHub]

Hands HUB a wendy's paper bag

LOLOLOL Mrs. and I are on the floor rolling. We kinda are straying from the OP's message but a laugh is good therapy. 'Hub and Mrs.

[Flamingo]

Not only are the fast food places laying off, major sweeps are being done to rid them of illegals working behind the counter (you would think that would open positions for citizens). Anyway, a major sweep was done in our area at Burger King and out of several locations on big busy highways, a large number of illegals were rounded up. Now that fast food places are laying off and there is a crackdown on illegals working there, how many are going to start closing up chain locations in non-profitable areas?

[magyar123]

Once I went into a Wendy's - lady in front of me was was Vietnamese, hardly speaking English. Order taker was was of Hispanic descent, hardly speaking English. After about 5 minutes of of back and forth trying to understand each other manager asked the everyone in there if they spoke Spanish AND Vietnamese, to speed up the line.

[WhatMoney]

I wonder if this economic downturn will increase the "obesity epidemic" here in the good ol' USofA? As the healthier food gets more expensive at the store, many of the items at fast-food places are staying cheap. It makes you wonder....

That's been happening for years and yes it will get worse. The poor who cannot afford healthy food get by feeding their families high fat, high sodium, high carb junk food. The result is an epidemic obesity even in their children, followed by heart disease and diabetes a little later in life. Obese kids raised on Mac's are having heart attacks at age 25, diabetes is showing up in their teens. It is all very sad. And it is raising the health care costs in our country to pay for these chronic diet related diseases of the poor.

I have a poor relative who used to brag how she was raising her family on KFC, Burger King and Mac meals. The entire family, especially her teenage children are seriously obese for their age - and will probably continue to eat like their parents as they join the ranks of the unhealthy poor. (They smoke too, just to increase their risk factors.)

[banca rotta]

They were saying (10tv News in Columbus) on the news this morning that McDonalds had an 11% increase last month. Every time I drive by McDonalds they're busy. But Burger King hardly ever has a line.

For the last several years McDonalds management has gotten their act together. They now have a low cost menu of not only the greasy, fatty, salty junk, but items like salads that are actually very good and priced right even we here can afford. That's why they are doing well.

Keep in mind too that some of these massive layoffs that are being posted here by people like HRX are designed just to make you more depressed then you already are.

Some of it would have happened with or without the current financial crisis or if a dem was elected to the White House 4 or 8 years ago. In some cases as I mentioned above it's just poor management that sinks a company. The big 3 proved it to us the other day at the congressional hearing. They managed the companies into the ground along with the unions long before the recent turmoil. They are all blaming it on this current problem to cover themselves.

[BKOnce]

Everyone noticed how come Big Mac meal becomes smaller in size? hamburger bun's size, meat patty smaller too, etc. Damn I'm hungry for Big Mac!