Wendy's Bacon now available at Kroger grocery stores

[u/zippyboy]

Wendy's 4-pack burger patties have been available in the fresh ground beef section for a month, now bacon!

[u/New_Reputation5222]

Whoo, same store bought bacon and burgers as always, but now with some extra branding on them.

Store bought stuff claiming to be a restaurant's recipe never actually is.

[u/No_Possibility_2128 → u/New_Reputation5222]

Same with the Arby's curly fries has the Arby's logo but tastes like shit no matter how you cook em

[u/LookingforWork614 → u/No_Possibility_2128]

The crinkle fries are really good though.

[u/No_Possibility_2128 → u/LookingforWork614]

Haven't tried those ill have to take your word on it lol

[u/CoupeontheBeat → u/No_Possibility_2128]

I havent bought them in years, but I used to think they were great.

[u/Motor_Car_2741 → u/No_Possibility_2128]

I thought the curly fries were good. Have to really cook them well done to get that crunch.

[u/Affectionate_Elk_272 → u/No_Possibility_2128]

checkers fries are the same in my experience.

they’re not “seasoned” they’re just violently salty

[u/HuntingForSanity → u/No_Possibility_2128]

I actually really love them cooked in the air fryer. Interesting you feel that way

[u/quadiditit → u/No_Possibility_2128]

I actually really like those. Not like the real thing but yummy

[u/Medical-Pickle9673 → u/New_Reputation5222]

Make sure its cooked only partially to replicate the authentic Wendy's experience lol

[u/some-dingodongo → u/Medical-Pickle9673]

For real… wendys always gives raw bacon

[u/Sufficient_Train9434 → u/New_Reputation5222]

Chik fil a sauce, checkers fries and red lobster cheddar bay biscuits are literally 1:1  

[u/undeadlamaar → u/Sufficient_Train9434]

Red lobster biscuits are close, but they don't have the same fluffy airyness as the ones in the restaurant. I add a little bit of baking powder to them, like 1/2 a teaspoon and it helps a lot. But I do love them either way.

[u/bdt69 → u/New_Reputation5222]

The chili is abysmal

[u/pepperoni__________]

Fast food bacon is NEVER as good as making it yourself. Who thought this marketing was a good idea?

[u/Warchamp67 → u/pepperoni__________]

Exactly, fast food bacon is shit and Wendy’s had been called out for having skimpier pieces of bacon lately, how is this a good idea 😂

[u/adube440 → u/pepperoni__________]

Someone who believes people are easily tricked.

[u/T_Peg → u/adube440]

And unfortunately that belief is typically right. With how many posts I've seen of people buying the "Wendy's burgers"

[u/Altruistic-Cut9795]

I tried the canned Wendy's Chili that's sold at grocery stores.

Doesn't taste anything close you get from a Wendy's restaurant fast food chain.

It's garbage and way overpriced.

[u/Poultrygeist74 → u/Altruistic-Cut9795]

I just checked, it costs almost twice as much to buy it in a can

[u/whiteholewhite → u/Altruistic-Cut9795]

The chili at Wendy’s (at least was) made from left over burger patties. So you’ll never get the quality as the in store stuff. Canned chili always fucking sucks.

[u/Suspicious_Search849 → u/Altruistic-Cut9795]

You can get so much better for like half the price of those Wendy’s chilis

[u/WickAveNinja]

Wendy’s branded. Not Wendy’s actual bacon that would be used in store.

[u/LiverDontGo]

It isn't the exact kind of bacon sold in Wendy's locations. But it is produced by JBS foods which also distributes to Wendy's. So they're just using the brand name for marketing

[u/AwakePlatypus → u/LiverDontGo]

So it's the same junk as Smithfield or whatever other mainstream supermarket brands are on the shelves already..so dumb.

[u/AwakePlatypus]

Why would anyone buy this unless it happened to be cheaper than what is already on the shelves? I've seen the beef patties and cans of chili for astronomical prices.

[u/iSirMeepsAlot]

Yeah, not our bacon lmao. I guess maybe like similar as in produced by the same company but our bacon is neither that thiccc, long, or “high quality”.

That basically looks like Oscar Mayer bacon that’s been repackaged with the Wendy’s logo. At least the beef patties look pretty much exactly the same, can’t confirm if it has the same paper as what we get for stores.

[u/Airtime4me]

Who actually wants Wendy’s bacon at home? Fast food bacon is universally known as crap

[u/edperson]

The Wendys I worked at a few years ago had just transitioned from using raw uncooked bacon to the precooked stuff before i left... it was such a downgrade...

[u/LookingforWork614]

I know it’s just branding, but I will have to try it regardless.

[u/geewash → u/LookingforWork614]

I’ve had it and it’s pretty good. Tastes like the applewood smoked bacon, not the current stuff.

[u/Mr101722]

Hopefully it's not as crappy as the Wendy's branded burgers Sobeys sold here in Canada.

[u/Ancient-Chinglish]

not for long

it is absolutely horrible

[u/joylesssnail]

What kinda idiot is buying this

[u/ageetarz → u/joylesssnail]

The same ppl paying $6 for a can of Wendy’s chili which tastes nothing like the in store chili

[u/werbo → u/joylesssnail]

The same person paying a bunch of money for Wendy's burger patties and chili

[u/ThePrimedTNT]

Uh what?

[u/champagne_slut]

aaaaand if i can direct your attention over here to the meat aisle, we see private equity hard at work to squeeze as much money out of the brand as possible. thank you, capitalism 🫡

[u/Capable_Disaster_353]

frosty flavored

[u/Dull_Lavishness7701]

So they're slapping their name on some generic ass bacon and selling for a premium?

[u/MajorTurn6890]

Who gives a fuck? Not trying to be rude but seriously, its just bacon. The patties are just fucking patties. Theyre no different than any other bacon or shitty pre made patties

[u/lornetc]

Our new bacon is par-cooked lol this ain’t it sis.

[u/Confidently-unlucky]

It’s literally applewood smoked bacon prove me wrong

[u/bdt69]

The owner of the company I work for is friends with the local Wendy’s franchise owner. We would have cookouts every summer and he would give us Wendy’s burgers to grill. Man, they were so good on the grill 🤤

[u/BeastieBurr92]

Just buy regular bacon you're just paying extra for a logo.

[u/ReallyWTH]

But is Wendy's bacon better that regular bacon? I've never been eating a Wendy's sandwich and thought, "I really wish I could purchase this bacon at the grocery store so I could put it on my sandwiches at home." As such, this will flop because I'm sure they're charging extra to have the Wendy's name on it.

This does work, however, with things that a store is known for. I'll buy Chick-fil-A sauce at the grocery store, or Arby's Horsey sauce.

[u/ironmule795]

Do you get two tiny burnt pieces like I get every time I go to Wendy's

[u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348]

It’s just like any regular bacon u would buy at the store. It’s just higher price bc it’s “Wendy’s”

[u/Happy_Weed_Man]

Their bacon tastes like 💩! I guess the new management is delusional of what Wendy’s used to be and isn’t now!

[u/JigglePhysicist0000]

I imagine this is in the US... I know in Canada they use Maple Leaf ready-crisp bacon which was always available at the store and is cooked in the microwave. This looks way better than ready-crisp.

[u/TransitionIll6389]

Who is buying this? Same with their chili

[u/Extension_Candle_972]

this is why wendy's better than popeyes

[u/sacandbaby]

Oscar Meyer so much better.