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Food Waste

With our focus on fresh ingredients and making our food to order every day, we have developed an efficient  food distribution and operation system to enable our operations to run smoothly. It also means we rarely have significant leftovers to dispose of or donate. We’re committed to further minimizing our waste and developing food waste solutions that will help protect our environment. 


 

U.S. Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champion

In 2019, Wendy’s committed to aim to reduce food loss and waste by 50% by 2030 in Company-operated restaurants in the U.S. This aligns with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Environmental Protection Agency’s national goal, set in 2015, for food businesses and organizations.

Diverting Waste from our Restaurant Support Center

As part of our commitment to quality, Wendy’s assesses our products at our Restaurant Support Center. Continuous improvement projects have reduced the product volume we receive to sample, and unused ingredients that remain after sampling are donated to charitable causes. Our Quality Assurance Kitchen, Innovation Test Kitchen and Wendy's Four Corner Café regularly donate unused product samples to the Mid-Ohio Food Collective and Plain City Food Bank.

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