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Wendy's Builds Upon Global Next Gen Restaurant Design with New Kitchen Innovation
Created for the digital age, first Wendy's Global Next Gen restaurants open and new high-capacity kitchen design finalized DUBLIN, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2023
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[{"type":"text","content":"Created for the digital age, first Wendy's Global Next Gen restaurants open and new high-capacity kitchen design finalized\nDUBLIN, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wendy's Company announced today 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.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nSince unveiling the Global Next Gen restaurant design standard less than one year ago, the first Wendy's Global Next Gen 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.\n\"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 & 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.\"\nFor 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:\nKitchen Throughput: Dual-sided kitchen design features state-of-the-art equipment and layout to maximize kitchen capacity, providing crew members with the tools they need to deliver exceptional quality efficiently, including additional sandwich production areas, dedicated space for digital orders and more prep area.Operational Efficiencies: Reduced travel distances for crew members with strategically placed front counter, drive-thru and expanded storage capacity to enhance overall...