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Season 12023

Weird History Food · S1E37 — Dave Thomas The Man Behind Wendy's

Season 1 episodes

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Synopsis

Dave Thomas is renowned for founding Wendy's, the hamburger chain established in Columbus, Ohio. He became the company’s television spokesman in 1989. He opened his first restaurant, also named Wendy's after his eight-year-old daughter, on November 15, 1969. The concept proved immediately popular, and within a decade, Wendy's had expanded into a franchise with over a thousand locations.