Coalition of Franchisee Associations

April 24, 2008

Wendy's to be Swallowed by Arby's parent Triarc

For only $2.3 Billion

On a day when the market cap of McDonald's is $68 Billion.

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5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Heck, we should have bought them, converted the good locations to McDs and closed the rest, killing the brand. Guess spending $3 bill on coffee makes more sense.

Richard Adams said...

That probably would have been
a better investment than
McCafe but taking over a chain
and closing locations is a
messy and expensive business.

Part of the purchase is responsi -
bility for the existing franchise
contracts. A new owner can't
just go around closing stores.
Of course, there would be a few
sites where the franchisee might
want out but many would have
to be cashed out.

And Wendy's is a real business
where the franchisee often owns
the building and land. Even if
the Wendy's operation isn't
making money it might be paying
the mortgage and the franchisee
might be building equity in the
real estate.

Franchisees building equity...

What a concept!

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Anonymous said...

Wendy's has many very bad locations. Seems when the franchisees bought the sites they took secondary quality to save money. One of their major problems.

Anonymous said...

And theyre dumping Anderson too. Good Move

Richard Adams said...

Kerrii Anderson - another accountant who screwed up a perfectly good restaurant company.