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title: "Wendy's and REEF To Build 700 Delivery Kitchens by 2025 in the U.K., Canada, & U.S."
url: https://burnaze.com/article/07c7fa3d-753f-472e-b3b7-9b0a58b29d46
source: "Franchising.com"
original_url: https://www.franchising.com/articles/wendys_and_reef_to_build_700_delivery_kitchens_by_2025_in_the_uk_canada__us.html
author: "Eddy Goldberg"
category: "Burger"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Burger"
published: 2021-08-20T09:00:00.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:13:22.362Z
image: https://imgs.franchising.com/art/articles/6206_plate.jpg
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# Wendy's and REEF To Build 700 Delivery Kitchens by 2025 in the U.K., Canada, & U.S.

**TL;DR:** Wendy's and REEF are partnering to build 700 delivery kitchens across the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. by 2025. The agreement follows a successful pilot program in Canada, which began in late 2020.

*By Eddy Goldberg, originally published in Franchising.com on 2021-08-20. [Read the original](https://www.franchising.com/articles/wendys_and_reef_to_build_700_delivery_kitchens_by_2025_in_the_uk_canada__us.html).*

## Story

Building on their successful pilot program in Canada, Wendy’s and REEF announced a new development commitment to build 700 delivery kitchens over the next 5 years across the U.S., Canada, and the U.

K., with 50 open by year-end. The agreement follows the successful test of 8 delivery kitchens in Canada, which began in late 2020.

Through this commitment, REEF will become the first Wendy’s franchisee in the U.K. REEF’s expanding network of delivery kitchens now includes more than 30 cities around the world and is part of a rapidly growing trend, due in part to the rise of delivery that has been accelerated by the global Covid pandemic.

(See “Food for Thought: Are Restaurants Becoming Non-Brick-and-Mortar Service Brands?”) “The demand for convenient delivery solutions means we must look for opportunities beyond our traditional restaurant formats, especially in dense urban areas,” said Abigail Pringle, Wendy’s President, International and Chief Development Officer. “We are proud to partner with Wendy’s to show how a restaurant brand can successfully and conveniently scale with REEF’s delivery kitchen platform to reach more customers faster,” said Michael Beacham, President of REEF Kitchens.

## Entities

- Franchising.com (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- partnership (topic)
- Wendy's (company)
- Eddy Goldberg (person)
- canada (location)
- United States (location)
- U.K. (location)
- Abigail Pringle (person)
- delivery kitchens (topic)

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Originally reported by Eddy Goldberg, Franchising.com (https://www.franchising.com/articles/wendys_and_reef_to_build_700_delivery_kitchens_by_2025_in_the_uk_canada__us.html). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/07c7fa3d-753f-472e-b3b7-9b0a58b29d46).