Wendy’s: shows new »Global Next Gen High-Capacity Kitchen« design

Dublin / OH. (twc) The Wendy’s Company announced the opening of the first »Global Next Gen« restaurants, while also finalizing a new »Global Next Gen High-Capacity Kitchen« design option for the highest customer demand. Both digital-first designs were created to enhance customer, crew and franchisee experiences, accelerating growth across »Wendy’s« global restaurant footprint.

Since unveiling the »Global Next Gen restaurant design« standard less than one year ago, the first new restaurants are now open in Kansas and Oklahoma, with more than 200 Global Next Gen restaurants slated to open through 2024. Wendy’s »Global Next Gen« restaurants feature a sleek and modern design with an optimized layout and next-generation technology to deliver more Wendy’s to more people with an emphasis on convenience, speed and accuracy across drive-thru, dine-in and digital order pick-up.

»The Global Next Gen future-forward design unlocks 400 times the capacity for digital orders, accelerating the System’s digital growth,« said Wendy’s President, International and Chief Development Officer Abigail Pringle. »By bringing Global Next Gen from cutting-edge blueprints to successful openings in less than one year, Wendy’s global structure is enabling System-wide expansion optimized to the digital age.«

For restaurants with the highest customer demand, Wendy’s developed a new »Global Next Gen High-Capacity Kitchen«, which is estimated to deliver nearly a 50% increase in kitchen output capacity compared to the »Global Next Gen« standard. The new high-capacity kitchen leverages the »Global Next Gen« design, with the added benefits of a dual-sided kitchen layout and increased equipment capacity:

The »Global Next Gen High-Capacity Kitchen« design standard incorporates »Global Next Gen« restaurant innovations to meet shifting customer preferences, including increasing digital order capacity:

»The new high-capacity kitchen design maximizes kitchen throughput for restaurants with the highest volume using Global Next Gen design innovation as the foundation for success,« said Pringle. »We are excited to harness both design and technology to unlock digital and global growth to meet the demands of our customers today and tomorrow« (Photos: Wendy’s Company).