Wendy’s walks out on Japan
Like a red headed slut who can’t get her way, Wendy’s walks out on Japan…
Zensho Group to withdraw from Wendy’s hamburger restaurant chain in Japan
Thu. December 10, 2009; 03:02 PM
…Zensho intends to focus its resources on its core restaurant chains, including the Sukiya chain of “gyudon” beef bowl restaurants.
The Wendy’s Japan chain, which Zensho acquired from struggling retailer Daiei Inc. in 2002, now runs 71 hamburger restaurants…more…
I guess their 99 yen Junior Burger promotion of the past year shown on the left didn’t work.
Wendy’s is no more in Japan.
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December 11th, 2009 at 4:37 pm
Note: The “red headed slut” is a family joke–I am strawberry blond but the rest of my family are platinum blonds.
April 9th, 2012 at 11:26 pm
November 29th, 2012 at 6:19 pm
Hawaiian Ernie Higa Reintroduces Wendy’s Hamburgers to Japan
Forbes | 2012/11/28/
…Wendy’s Japan is being reborn, Higa-style, not as fast food but as “fast casual,” quicker than a table-service restaurant, yet with better quality and atmosphere than fast-food outfits. “The fast-casual category has taken off in the U.S.–Panera Bread, Pollo Loco and so on–but doesn’t exist in Japan,” Higa says. A spiffy new shop design features agreeable lighting, comfortable seating and free Wi-Fi.
Tokyo these days boasts more Michelin three-star restaurants than Paris. So Higa is launching not just fast and casual but “fast-casual gourmet,” with offerings like the Foie Gras Rossini–a burger topped with goose liver pate, priced at 1,280 yen, about $16.30 (or 16 times the 80-yen cost of a plain hamburger at McDonald’s). Other premium items are an avocado-and-wasabi burger, a truffle-porcini-and-chicken sandwich and lobster salad…more…