{"id":258620,"date":"2026-05-05T01:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258620\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T01:21:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T01:21:17","slug":"tallahassee-loses-another-wendys-amid-nationwide-closures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/258620\/","title":{"rendered":"Tallahassee loses another Wendy\u2019s amid nationwide closures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The fast food joint known for its &#8220;fresh, never frozen&#8221; square burgers, chili, Frostys and more has permanently closed yet another one of its Tallahassee locations.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, May 3, Tallahassee resident and radio personality Greg Tish notified residents with a picture of a white note taped to the drive-thru speaker reading &#8220;Permanently Closed.&#8221; It also encouraged patrons to visit the nearest location on Thomasville Road.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden shuttering of Wendy&#8217;s Bradfordville location on 3451 Bannerman Road is in line with the company&#8217;s strategy to close &#8220;underperforming units.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Fast food joint Wendy's Bradfordville Tallahassee location suddenly shutters.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"699\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/d1abf8e225cbb9d41daa40beb2fe52fc.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fast food joint Wendy&#8217;s Bradfordville Tallahassee location suddenly shutters.<\/p>\n<p>According to a transcript reported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/transcripts\/earnings-call-transcript-wendys-q3-2025-earnings-beat-forecasts-stock-surges-93CH-4343040\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Investing.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Investing.com<\/a> Wendy&#8217;s interim CEO and chief financial officer, Ken Cook announced in an earnings call Nov. 7 that with the closure of the underperforming units \u2014 up to 360 stores nationwide \u2014 is intended to boost sales for remaining locations in the market.<\/p>\n<p>Tallahassee has already felt that impact. In late 2025, the Wendy&#8217;s on Ocala and Pensacola Street, directly across from the WestEnd Square shopping center closed. By April 2026, the Bradfordville location followed. The Wendy\u2019s at 2122 Capital Circle NE is also listed as permanently closed.<\/p>\n<p>Documents show each Tallahassee location was owned by separate entities.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Fast food joint Wendy's Bradfordville Tallahassee location suddenly shutters.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"699\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e04628bd43725f0e604a454f406cc6de.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Fast food joint Wendy&#8217;s Bradfordville Tallahassee location suddenly shutters.<\/p>\n<p>What Wendy&#8217;s locations remain in Tallahassee?<\/p>\n<p>Wendy&#8217;s lists a total of 5,659 restaurants nationwide on its website as of May 4 including 475 throughout Florida. Eight of them are still serving in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">3030 West Pensacola Street<\/p>\n<p>This article includes previously reported information.\u00a0Kyla A Sanford covers dining and entertainment for the Tallahassee Democrat. New restaurant opening up, special deals, or events coming up? Let me know\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/entertainment\/restaurants\/2024\/07\/10\/get-a-taste-of-summer-new-limited-time-menu-items-in-tallahassee\/74197991007\/KSANFORD@TALLAHASSEE.COM\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ksanford@tallahassee.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">ksanford@tallahassee.com.<\/a>\u00a0You can also email your suggestions for a future\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/news\/local\/2024\/06\/09\/welcome-to-local-spotlight-recognizing-homegrown-restaurants\/73990316007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TLH Eats;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">TLH Eats<\/a>\u00a0restaurant profile.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tallahassee.com\/story\/entertainment\/restaurants\/2026\/05\/04\/tallahassee-loses-another-wendys-amid-nationwide-closures\/89931991007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tallahassee loses another Wendy\u2019s amid nationwide closures;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Tallahassee loses another Wendy\u2019s amid nationwide closures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The fast food joint known for its &#8220;fresh, never frozen&#8221; square burgers, chili, Frostys and more has permanently&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233,112081],"class_list":["post-258620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-wendy39s-locations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}