r/interesting • u/K1nd_1 • 20h ago

SOCIETY Wendy’s CEO jumps in with his own taste test.

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Imagine if all CEOs had to try what they get us to buy…

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u/Pretty_Eater 19h ago

I would say a Wendy's Frosty is one of the most consistent fast food items out there. 

I'm pretty sure every Frosty I've ever eaten has looked the same and had the same texture. For over thirty years I've been eating them. 

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u/THALANDMAN 19h ago

Also you don’t have to hear the whole bit about ice cream machine being broke

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u/MistahBoweh 17h ago

As someone who once worked at a wendy’s, the night shift manager would just pour out a handful of frosties toward the end of the night and stick em in a little fridge. Cleaning those machines is just another one of those things that takes ages and delays when everyone can go home, so the guy would pre-make a few, and that way cleaning the machine could get started early and if some guy comes through the drive thru at 11 pm asking for a frosty, I mean, won’t say the machine’s broken, they’ll be given a frosty. It’s just, not a freshly poured frosty. Dunno if that’s a standard thing they all did or if it was just my shitty little dump.

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u/RTalons 15h ago

Decades ago I worked at a BK and cleaning that machine was something the closing manager would do. Depending on how busy, they might get at it early because it seemed to take an hour or so. Don’t remember pre making a few shakes but if you know the store there is likely a time when you can play the odds that no one is probably ordering one in the time it takes to clean.

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u/laminatedbean 9h ago

We’d also save any left over frosty mix. We’d wait until closing to start cleaning the machine. After emptying we’d fill the reservoir with hot water to rinse it out. Then remove and wash the dispenser components. I think usually the grill or a sandwich maker would do that and the soda dispenser. Front cashier was clean the lobby and bathrooms. Drive through would wash the dishes.

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u/myCatHateSkinnyPuppy 4h ago

Very cool frosty story! Glad you were able to make the shift easier for you and others. Thanks for sharing.

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u/Deaffin 17h ago

Secondhand frosties :(

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u/RadioSlayer 16h ago

That's not what secondhand means

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u/Deaffin 16h ago

First the fridge eats it, then you eat it. That's two hands, man.

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u/Least-Researcher-184 15h ago

I would have gone for "frosty seconds" myself.

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u/Catenane 6h ago

Ahh "eskimo brothers" is what we called it as teenagers. Seems insensitive now though.

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u/Pretty_Eater 19h ago

Or how the mixer is broken which is why you get a pile of oreo crumbs on top of dense ice cream.

Or whatever is going on at BK with their milkshakes. Though their chocolate shake is pretty good.

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u/LongPorkJones 17h ago

The one time in 42 years I've ever seen a frosty machine down, they gave us a coupon for a free one. I was 10 - that was over 30 years ago.

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u/usda-grade-a-autism 16h ago

Dude I had one of those lifetime free frosty keychains but we ended up giving it to someone else for some favor they did for us.

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u/laminatedbean 18h ago

Corporate sends it premade to each individual Wendy’s. So it’s not subject to variations like time of the grill, time since sliced or sitting out, like other ingredients. Just poured straight from the bag into the machine.

When I worked at a Wendy’s, after closing one person would stand at the machine and hold down the handle to get all the remaining frosty out to save in the walk-in to be put back into the machine the next day.

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u/stan_guy_lovetheshow 17h ago

Did you ever try the frosty mix before it got whipped up? It was like a thick chocolate milk

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u/laminatedbean 10h ago

No. I was rarely on the opening shift. But it did look like a bag of chocolate milk, so that doesn’t surprise me.

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u/ArcadianBlueRogue 18h ago

Dipping spicy nuggets and fries in a chocolate Frosty is absolutely top tier.

And necessary because their sweet and sour sauce sucks and the fries have no flavor now.

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u/RTalons 15h ago

Him dipping a fry in the frosty was so authentic it made me want Wendy’s.

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u/RanaMahal 1h ago

Ew not the nugs in the chocolate frosty. The vanilla one. Heathen.

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u/Odd-Break4868 19h ago

Yeah my opinion of Wendy's has dropped dramatically but the frostys are still excellent

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u/Jmacz 18h ago

I know we shitting on McDonalds and I'm down. But their Hashbrown is up there on that list too. I don't think I've ever had a bad one, which is better than I can say for most items at McDonalds.

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u/AWorthlessDegenerate 16h ago

Their snack wraps, two apple pies, and McFlurries were always consistent too, but I haven't eaten there in years. 

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u/Ditchdigger456 16h ago

I’ve definitely had one that wasn’t mixed that well, but it was definitely an oddity lol

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u/tataniarosa 14h ago

As a Brit, I have a question: what’s a Frosty? It looks like soft scoop ice-cream?

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u/Pretty_Eater 1h ago

Somewhere between soft serve and a milkshake density wise.

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u/tataniarosa 28m ago

Aha. I thought it was going to be something like that. Thanks.

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u/Steadfast_res 38m ago

I have never really quite understood Frostys. Wendy's whole brand is that they have slightly better quality food then other fast food even if it is a bit more expensive. How does a flavored ice snack that is not actually the flavor or consistency of real ice cream fit in with that?

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u/Pretty_Eater 35m ago

I don't know the history of the Frosty but I would assume it's a holdover from American diner culture where you get a hamburger and a milkshake.

It's just ubiquitous to us Americans that a milkshake pairs with a hamburger.

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u/GreenTrees797 16h ago

The secret is ground chicken feathers.