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Oh, so the CEO doesn't understand what words mean?
He literally said raising prices when they were busier to make people pay more for the same product.
To offer a discount, you would have to raise prices across the board then offer a discount program like you describe. Gas stations aren't allowed to charge fees or extra for using credit cards for payment, so they called it a "cash discount" and were fine legally.
We don't need CEO apologists here gaslighting us about what the words they said actually mean.
Yes, I totally remember reading that too, but Wendy's is probably scrubbing the internet trying to take down that quote (about charging more at the crowded lunchtime). Dynamic pricing, for the customer, is really surge pricing. They already use coupons and promos to reduce prices at low times. Now with digital menu boards, they can change the price at a press of a button and then claim 'it was always $10 for that burger'. Yah, right. They won't go below their regular price point, they'll always go above it. They're just back-peddling like crazy because of the backlash, but they will still implement the digital menu boards and change prices as they see fit.
"Dynamic pricing, as defined by our friends at Investopedia, allows companies to set variable pricing that can fluctuate up and down throughout the day, depending on demand. For example, if you've ever seen "surge pricing" on your Uber app, this is dynamic pricing.
"This means a Wendy's burger may sell at a higher price point during a busy lunch rush, then come down in price during an afternoon lull, and go back up again at dinner time. And it's not just Wendy's who is thinking of adopting the practice. As Nation's Restaurant News previously reported, during the 2022 Restaurant Finance and Development Conference, there was an entire panel discussion on how the restaurant industry could better adopt the system. The only caveat being, if customers will love it or loathe it.
"Wendy's foray into dynamic pricing is a bold experiment that could help the chain be more efficient and ultimately profitable if it works, " said Caleb Silver, editor in chief of Investopedia, shared with Food & Wine. "But, it does run the risk of angering and losing customers since they actually have many choices, unlike the rideshare industry."
"For us, it was all about consumer reaction. The concern was if you're going to raise prices, you're going to sell less product, and it turns out that really wasn't the case," Faizan Khan, a Dog Haus franchise owner, said at the Restaurant Finance and Development Conference. "I think there's a lot of room for consumers in terms of price amounts they're going to accept. Generationally, I think we're seeing this being acceptable."
Good for dine-in or pickup. Not good for delivery, of course. Almost $7 in service fee and delivery fee. Right now, I'm taking advantage of Arby's free sandwich and free delivery.
Take advantage? How many did you get?
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Oh, so the CEO doesn't understand what words mean?
He literally said raising prices when they were busier to make people pay more for the same product.
To offer a discount, you would have to raise prices across the board then offer a discount program like you describe. Gas stations aren't allowed to charge fees or extra for using credit cards for payment, so they called it a "cash discount" and were fine legally.
We don't need CEO apologists here gaslighting us about what the words they said actually mean.
Whether they raise prices across the board and then offer Dave's Happy Hour Discount at 3PM, or just charge Dave's Screw You Prices at 12PM, is literal semantics. People will be outraged at the second one and think the first one is nice while paying the same average price whichever way. And that price will be as much as Wendy's decides it can possibly charge without customers leaving for McDonalds.
And they don't need any excuse or trick to hide a price increase across the board, they've only jacked up prices about ten times in the last few years of inflation. In California the 4-for-4 deal just started costing $5 one day and they didn't even bother renaming it. They literally still call it the 4-for-4 and it rings up as $5. Talk about gaslighting.
If they raise the price of everything by 30 cents and then start "discounting" a month later, you'll be in a straightjacket screaming "No, it's not a discount! It's a lieee!" while the average customer won't even notice.
Did a quick search, it happened more or less around the same date. The deal does seem like it came about a day before the news came out.
However, getting a 2nd round of these deals so soon seems too convenient.
They really shouldn't have used the term "surge pricing", which to me sounds like the price will increase during busier hours of the day. Should have called it "Dynamic Discounts" or "Dave's Discounts"...just use the word discounts and they'd be golden
Good points....but they dropped that crazy idea like one of their just baked hot potatoes!🥔 BTW, this promo was originally intended to start on 3/1. It's clear that they rushed it out a few days earlier as a result of the backlash over their "surge pricing" nonsense....which they're now pretending wasn't even going to happen (since they think that we're all idiots)!
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Every time I try and use the app it says online ordering is currently down. Anyone else have this issue? Tried making new account, deleting and redownloaded app.
I don't know what area you're in (or if that even matters) but this is a frequent problem for me as well (in the NYC area)! It could be intentional. This way you must pay full price at the restaurant (no coupons available) at random times and they get to blame it on an "uncontrollable technical glitch". I had this same experience the other night. The next morning, it worked fine. No "surge pricing", but perhaps "disable the app at certain times pricing"?Just speculation, but it's occurring much too frequently for me to not be at least somewhat skeptical about this!
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Only for the stupid people. Surge pricing is the correct term. They will be raising prices for busy times.
Actually, they won't. Way too much backlash, and now, instead of being honest and transparent, they're falsely claiming that it was never their intention to do this! Hmmm?....are their corporate offices located at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave?
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He literally said raising prices when they were busier to make people pay more for the same product.
To offer a discount, you would have to raise prices across the board then offer a discount program like you describe. Gas stations aren't allowed to charge fees or extra for using credit cards for payment, so they called it a "cash discount" and were fine legally.
We don't need CEO apologists here gaslighting us about what the words they said actually mean.
"Dynamic pricing, as defined by our friends at Investopedia, allows companies to set variable pricing that can fluctuate up and down throughout the day, depending on demand. For example, if you've ever seen "surge pricing" on your Uber app, this is dynamic pricing.
"This means a Wendy's burger may sell at a higher price point during a busy lunch rush, then come down in price during an afternoon lull, and go back up again at dinner time. And it's not just Wendy's who is thinking of adopting the practice. As Nation's Restaurant News previously reported, during the 2022 Restaurant Finance and Development Conference, there was an entire panel discussion on how the restaurant industry could better adopt the system. The only caveat being, if customers will love it or loathe it.
"Wendy's foray into dynamic pricing is a bold experiment that could help the chain be more efficient and ultimately profitable if it works, " said Caleb Silver, editor in chief of Investopedia, shared with Food & Wine. "But, it does run the risk of angering and losing customers since they actually have many choices, unlike the rideshare industry."
"For us, it was all about consumer reaction. The concern was if you're going to raise prices, you're going to sell less product, and it turns out that really wasn't the case," Faizan Khan, a Dog Haus franchise owner, said at the Restaurant Finance and Development Conference. "I think there's a lot of room for consumers in terms of price amounts they're going to accept. Generationally, I think we're seeing this being acceptable."
It's a LOT of Wendy's lately, hahaha!
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He literally said raising prices when they were busier to make people pay more for the same product.
To offer a discount, you would have to raise prices across the board then offer a discount program like you describe. Gas stations aren't allowed to charge fees or extra for using credit cards for payment, so they called it a "cash discount" and were fine legally.
We don't need CEO apologists here gaslighting us about what the words they said actually mean.
And they don't need any excuse or trick to hide a price increase across the board, they've only jacked up prices about ten times in the last few years of inflation. In California the 4-for-4 deal just started costing $5 one day and they didn't even bother renaming it. They literally still call it the 4-for-4 and it rings up as $5. Talk about gaslighting.
If they raise the price of everything by 30 cents and then start "discounting" a month later, you'll be in a straightjacket screaming "No, it's not a discount! It's a lieee!" while the average customer won't even notice.
However, getting a 2nd round of these deals so soon seems too convenient.
They really shouldn't have used the term "surge pricing", which to me sounds like the price will increase during busier hours of the day. Should have called it "Dynamic Discounts" or "Dave's Discounts"...just use the word discounts and they'd be golden
Good points....but they dropped that crazy idea like one of their just baked hot potatoes!🥔 BTW, this promo was originally intended to start on 3/1. It's clear that they rushed it out a few days earlier as a result of the backlash over their "surge pricing" nonsense....which they're now pretending wasn't even going to happen (since they think that we're all idiots)!
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