Wendy's

Wendy's is a chain of fast food restaurants founded in 1969 in Columbus, Ohio by Dave Thomas, and named for his daughter, Melinda ("Wenda"). The business maintains a local corporate office at 400 Century Park South in Hoover. Another franchiser, Stanley Rubinstein's BSD Foods, has offices in the Garvin Building at 3900 Montclair Road.

In September 1978 the U.S. Department of Labor filed a lawsuit against five Wendy's restaurants in Birmingham, claiming that they required employees to work more than 40 hours per week without paying overtime, and that they failed to keep up-to-date wage and hour records as required under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

In 2009 Wendy's merged with Arby's

In 2012 Cullman native and Birmingham-Southern College graduate Morgan Smith was cast as the brand's national spokesperson in a campaign that continued through 2016.

Birmingham area locations

• 345 Valley Avenue, Glen Iris (1978)
• 9870 Parkway East, Roebuck (1978)
• Riverchase Crossings, 1791 Montgomery Highway, Hoover (1978)
• 2727 U.S. Highway 280, Mountain Brook (burned 2005, rebuilt 2006)
• 4671 Highway 280, Inverness
• 16056 U.S. Highway 280, Chelsea
• 2327 7th Avenue South, Southside
• 213 State Farm Parkway, Wildwood
• 901 Bankhead Highway, Thomas
• 104 Bessemer Super Highway, Midfield
• 2931 Morgan Road, Bessemer
• 800 Academy Drive, Bessemer
• 579 Cahaba Valley Road, Pelham
• 2045 Village Drive, Leeds
• 1101 North Chalkville Road, Trussville
• 2170 Kent Dairy Road, Alabaster
• 170 Vaughan Lane, Pell City

Former locations

• 2009 6th Avenue South, Southside (1978-1989)
• 1009 Fulton Avenue, Gardendale (1978–2020)
• 7724 Crestwood Boulevard, Eastwood (1978)
• Century Plaza, Eastwood

References

• "Wendy's charged with overtime violations." (September 12, 1978) Birmingham Post-Herald, p. 3