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title: "Wendy's to begin selling Honest Tea nationwide"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/5721d45b-190d-41fe-976b-fc282828cf91
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/wendys-to-begin-selling-honest-tea-nationwide-1578
category: "Coffee & tea"
industry: "Restaurants"
segment: "Coffee & tea"
published: 2015-05-04T20:15:32.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T12:24:32.689Z
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# Wendy's to begin selling Honest Tea nationwide

**TL;DR:** Wendy's will begin selling Honest Tea products nationwide, offering an organic option to appeal to changing food habits. The move is part of Wendy's efforts to include more premium items on its menu.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2015-05-04. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/wendys-to-begin-selling-honest-tea-nationwide-1578).*

## Story

Wendy’s recently announced it is going to begin selling Honest Tea products, a division of Coca-Cola, at locations across the U.S. in an effort to appeal to changing food habits. This move is unique, as Wendy’s is one of the first fast-food chains to offer an organic product nationwide.

Now employees at the third largest U.S. hamburger chain will be brewing the tea on site, adding organic, fair trade sugar and selling the exclusive Honest Tropical Green Tea. Throughout the past few years, Wendy’s has been changing the menu to include more premium items such as fries with potato skin and promoting in-house chopped lettuce.

Sales of traditional soda have been stumbling. Diet Coke has plunged nearly 15 percent the past two years and Coke sales volumes from soda, including Sprite and Fanta, grew just 1 percent in the past two years. Currently Coke is looking to build growth from Honest Tea’s increasing popularity.

This new deal with Wendy’s will bring a new revenue stream and distribution for Honest Tea and the brand hopes to reach $500 million in sales in the next five years.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Restaurants (sector)
- Wendy's (company)
- menu expansion (topic)
- Coke (company)
- Sprite (company)
- beverage sales (topic)
- partnership deal (topic)
- organic options (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/wendys-to-begin-selling-honest-tea-nationwide-1578). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/5721d45b-190d-41fe-976b-fc282828cf91).