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title: "Wendy’s reaches milestone 1000th store"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/dea99bde-5f35-4604-ae01-5b934bf1a723
source: "Global Franchise"
original_url: https://www.global-franchise.com/news/wendys-reaches-milestone-1000th-store
author: "Raghav Patel"
category: "Restaurants"
industry: "Restaurants"
published: 2021-11-16T16:09:22.000Z
modified: 2026-10-31T16:23:45.689Z
image: https://cdn.global-franchise.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Wendys_burger.png
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# Wendy’s reaches milestone 1000th store

**TL;DR:** Wendy's has announced the opening of its 1000th restaurant, located in Croydon, south of London in the U.K. The brand has enjoyed numerous global growth initiatives, including recent openings in Canada and the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa region.

*By Raghav Patel, originally published in Global Franchise on 2021-11-16. [Read the original](https://www.global-franchise.com/news/wendys-reaches-milestone-1000th-store).*

## Story

Wendy’s has announced the opening of its 1000th restaurant, located in Croydon, south of London in the U.K. Wendy’s has enjoyed numerous global growth initiatives and recently celebrated the 400th Canadian restaurant opening in Ottawa and 300th restaurant opening across the Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) region opening in India. This is Wendy’s fourth company-owned location in the U.K. after first making the trip over the Atlantic in June, this year.

“We are extremely proud of the progress we are making against our strategic growth pillar of expanding our global footprint,” said president and CEO, Todd Penegor.

“Our 1,000th international restaurant opening marks an exciting milestone for Wendy’s and our growth plans in the United Kingdom and beyond.”

The Wendy’s brand was founded in 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. After enjoying domestic expansion, the brand opened its first international location in Canada in 1975.

“It’s an exciting time to be a part of Wendy’s and we are proud to achieve this significant growth milestone with the help of our franchise partners, dedicated restaurant crew, support center team and supplier partners around the globe,” said president, international and chief development officer, Abigail Pringle.

“Together, we have built a solid foundation, great momentum and have a very bright future ahead.”

In addition to its unit ambitions, Wendy’s has invested strongly in the future of non-traditional locations.

## Entities

- Restaurants (sector)
- unit expansion (topic)
- Global Franchise (publication)
- international expansion (topic)
- Wendy's (company)
- canada (location)
- Raghav Patel (person)
- U.K. (location)
- Todd Penegor (person)
- global growth (topic)
- Abigail Pringle (person)
- Croydon (location)

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Originally reported by Raghav Patel, Global Franchise (https://www.global-franchise.com/news/wendys-reaches-milestone-1000th-store). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/dea99bde-5f35-4604-ae01-5b934bf1a723).