Here is an article about US Chain Wendy's coming to Australia care of news.com.au
PS Please come back to Australia Little Caesars! :(
——-UPDATE 28/02/2023——-
Fast food chain Wendy’s faces a clash with a classic Aussie brand - further to be yesterday's article
——-UPDATE 01/03/2023——-
Yes I just had 8 Wicked Wings. :)
prefer red rooster fried chicken. but KFC wicked wings
yeah, same here, prefer red rooster fried chicken, but once in a while i may get KFC.
dunno why, but i feel red rooster fried chicken are healthier, less salty, less oily
KFC is great, but my gut told me red rooster seems healthier , crunchier, crispier
@langitbiru: A Pizza Hut, a Pizza Hut
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut
McDonald's, McDonald's
Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut
"i don't care, i love it"
Sir, this is a Wendy's!
What's Wend's logo?
Of course, it's Wednesday.
i dont care
I love it?
Same as all the other American chains - a lot of hype at the start but then people realise it's not the same.
Higher costs here = less quality so you'll not get the same experience as the US
Exactly. Over hyped and super popular for a month or two then it dies off.
Taco Bell here are almost empty now, Wahlburgers is overpriced and average, Krispy Kreme never a line up any more.
I've never tried Taco bell.. any good?
Nope.
@ajr5k: Taco Bell is a budget chain in the US and supposed to be much cheaper than what they charge here for their products. GYG isn't so much a 'cheap' joint - only if Taco Bell in Australia was priced reasonably to appeal mass, it would give good competition to GYG. Mexican cuisine definitely needs more competition here to bring down the price.
@ajr5k: I have a Taco Bell down the road from me and gotta say the food is much better than GYG, while not as good as Zambreros.
The nachos and tacos from GYG are incredibly sad, they manage to look as bland as they taste.
The cheese quesadillas have basically no flavour, I don't know how you can stuff that up.
Taco Bell might evoke visions of low US food standards, and while it's definitely not cuisine,
it's actually reasonably tasty and I haven't soiled myself after eating it.
@ajr5k: gyg just isnt good though, its bascially nandos, overpriced and shit. taco bell better for this reason
@PVA: Agreed, anyone I know that wants quick Mexican goes to GYG. For fast food seems pretty decent.
@saltysalt: Definitely would, but most people on here have no clue what that is. Cafe Rio even better imo.
Taco Bell was the biggest letdown, I even tried three different stores before I gave up.
It's just a shell of a brand, without the same value or product.
@Harold Halfprice: Carls Jnr is another one, mad lineups for the first few days, now they're quieter than a Red Rooster. And the staff are terrible, they really hire from the bottom of the barrel, unfortunately. At my local anyway. I hear it's got nothing on the USA one.
Carls Jnr is another one, mad lineups for the first few days, now they're quieter than a Red Rooster.
Honestly it sounds exactly like it should be when all the excitement is just "hype".
People queue up for a few days, then soon realize food quality is shit and people wise up.
@Click_It: To be fair, Carls seems a cut above the average fast food. Price wise, Maccas is catching up.
Usually some good app deals too. Current one of a cheeseburger, chicken burger, chips (which taste and have a mouth feel of real potato sliced up and fried) and a coke for $10 IMO is great value.
@Harold Halfprice: That’s what I thought, it’s considered crap food in the US but when the opened here people went crazy (well for a little while until they figured out that it’s not good)
@Harold Halfprice: Pretty much. The main thing Taco Bell in the US is famous for us for how cheap it is for college students. The 10 tacos for $10 thing. That will never happen here, so of course it was never going to take off.
With that said, their chicken quesadillas are awesome.
@Harold Halfprice: i can only assume the quality of taco Bell would be higher here because Americans will actually eat slop
@Harold Halfprice: 100%
We've travelled extensively, and not particularly fussy. Give anything a go.
Taco bell was like the results after someone ate Taco Bill.
@Ulysses31: I tried it in the states and was shocked to find that the meat had the exact same consistency and texture as the refried beans.
@REDRUM: to be frank, its not that great in the US either but I only tried their breakfast burrito since my mate wanted it. It was quick and easy with drive through
when I went with my SO a few years ago, we decided if the place didnt have breakfast included we would have cereal, super easy and quick but finding a decent toasted muesli/granola was a bit harder, most of the supermarkets were full of the sugary crap of puffed whatever that means youre hungry in 1-2 hours
I tried the TB Orange outlet and I had a great experience. Fresh food and great service. I asked for a glass of water and a bloke just gave me a glass without charging any extra and asked me to top up water from the drink fountain.
I asked for additional condiments and no dramas.
Their premises is very clean, well maintained and great ambience compare with Big M.
Not really but it's not that good in the US either
Taco Bell was the only restaurant to survive the franchise wars. Now all restaurants are Taco Bell.
I quite like Taco Bell. It's sort of grubbier compared to GYG, and like someone else said, the McDonalds of Mexican fast food. I know that sounds like a weird compliment, because it sort of is - but it hits the spot when you're drunk or hungover.
Wait… Taco Bell is here!?
For about a year now.
They were here in the late 90s/early 00s and had to shut up shop cause they sucked so much. I still remember trying it way back at their George St store in Sydney city and it was very meh. Surprised they even bothered trying again.
They're not even good in the US, so no difference.
Good on these chains if they want to open here but I'm not paying $19 for a cheeseburger Five Guys.
I'll save it for some other suckers.
amusingly it is the reverse with KFC, it is actually better quality here. Not that I would associate quality with any of these chains either here and especially not in the US.
Wow that's something to worry about. Didn't know it could still get worse
Agreed. KFC and McDonalds is total crap in the US compared to here. That goes for many of their 'diner/restaurant' chains too. The only chain I liked eating at was Chilis.
Wendy's in the US was about the only fast food chain that I thought was ok. McD's was terrible, Five Guys was overrated, In-n-Out was about the standard of McD's here, and White Castle was just horrible trash that I could barely even eat (and I wouldn't consider myself fussy). Considering burgers are their national dish, Americans haven't figured how to put flavour in them.
Would you say KFC has the quality/price ratio down because its had decades to build up their chain?
Quality is relative, I don't think KFC is quality here either, it is just better than the US version. each is addressing their market, they are still in business so I guess they have their ratio right.
KFC was great 10 years ago, but since then I assume headoffice decided to maximise profits
There's a youtube doco, of how KFC sucks in the US but boomed in Australia and Asia
All American fast food is over hyped even if they were the same. While I was in the US I tried most of the fast food chains on both the East and West coast. They were all very mediocre to bad.
It's almost like any fast food that is slightly more than mediocre is considered amazing there. So chick-fil-a and shake shack are the only descent ones.
Don't even get me started on the vibe of these places… some of the most depressing places I have been.
Mmmm, not sure about that.
My experience with American chains the food is very low quality… but cheaper.
Mostly true. Our McDonald's, KFC and hungry jacks/BK is far superior to theirs.
Sure.
But why did unorthodox get +37 votes ?
It doesn’t make sense.
Kfc I think is a bit better in usa, maccas is terrible in usa, subway not much better. In and out I thought was pretty crap. White castle, I thought, was crappy.
I really wonder if posters here have first hand experience or just romanticising.
@Eeples: I didn't like in and out first time I tried it, but it's pretty good imo. Very simple, but delicious. That and a dr pepper, goes down well.
Best burger to get is a double single with grilled onion (double patty, single cheese)
Their fries are fresh, you can see them being made from whole skin on potatoes, (they have a manual pressing machine)
@TEER3X: I think I had a problem with the bright fluorescent lights, the bright orange jack cheese and the grease…..To be honest the burger looked radioactive.
Australia tries to imitate America, but it only ever manages to corrupt and debase the American formula. We end up paying more than Americans for inferior products and services.
I wonder if Chick-Fil-A would try to set up in Australia?
Fast food isn't inferior here by any stretch.
Rubbish.
Australian food quality way better than usa food quality on take away.
There is nothing in the US that is higher quality then Australia.
Its always higher quality here because we expect that.
Most likely you are just describing high fructose corn syrup and dodgy ingredients.
Nothing is higher quality? Compare US Dominos to Australian Dominos
Never had US Dominos but I think Australian Dominos makes some of the best pizzas around. I genuinely enjoy their pizzas more than most pizza places around me.
I’m assuming you haven’t travelled much overseas from your comment. Most consumers in advanced economies expect high quality; it isn’t exclusive to Australia.
The food in the US is fantastic. You just need to know where to go.
"need to know where to go"
I rest my case.
Also I'm only talking about the US.
@samfisher5986: "need to know where to go" aka using google on your phone as opposed to eating at the first fast food place you drive past.
Nuance is not your strong point.
Sure.
But if you think USA fast food is quality you are delusional.
That’s right but their food culture is very different.
I was taken to lunch my a guy who was very wealthy….but took me to this little restaurant because it had the best onion rings. (They were deep fried).
I have no doubt they were the best onion rings…. But I wouldn’t have minded and expected something a bit nicer.
It was not for business.
Krispy Kreme and Gelatissimo spring to mind. People acting like it was the second coming of Christ initially before losing interest.
KK is ultra-ordinary, even by US standards, maybe on par with Baskin Robbins or Ben & Jerry's?
Gelatissimo is not in USA IIRC, so no comparison, maybe compare with Shortstop?
I've heard from many people that our fast food is better, McDonald's, hungry jacks, subway, KFC etc.
Yeah I realised that with Carls Jr - the high prices and average quality got old really quickly!
What happened to in and out burger?
Yeah, not really a fan of paying double the price (than Americans) for an inferior product.
Having lived in the US for about 12 months, I can say the only thing I want downunder is Chick-fil-A!
Wendy's was meh….
Yes! Chick-fil-A is incredible! Absolutely love it.
Think it's a very religious outfit though and unlikely to expand internationally unfortunately.
Leave it to Scomo.
For some reason he avoids McDonalds these days.
You're sh!tt!ng me!
I don't understand why them being 'religious' would stop expansion to Australia?
I don't know all the facts but they get specific conditions of operation like agreements on land from quite influential religious orgs like LDS and hiring younger staff (even 14 year olds), do not open on Sundays at all, have peculiarities during Lent and allegedly owners are anti-same-sex marriage etc which would not go down well here at all.
Too many heathens.
Popeyes > Chick-fil-A
yeah popeyes chicken, and their biscuits, is freaking delicious
KFC biscuits are freaking delicious too.. why the hell don't they sell them here!?
Don’t know why you were downvoted. KFC and Popeyes biscuits are seriously good and the best thing in their US menu. No clue why it’s not sold here.
@kiitos: Biscuits with butter and honey… ate so many of those when I was in the US before Christmas!!
Popeyes has the superior sandwich, and also their tenders are on another level. KFC in Australia is abysmal in comparison.
Raising Canes > the rest
Agreed. Good value and very good tasting food.
Chick-fil-A's were so popular in the states I worked in during my time in the US, that it wasn't uncommon to see lines of over 50 people in anything even approaching lunch or dinner times. Their product hasn't changed or dropped in quality or taste over the years, either.
Yes, they love lining up in the USA.
Ozbargainers: did somebody say KFC.