Wendy’s plans to close hundreds of US restaurants over the next few months in an effort to boost its profit and make its remaining stores more appealing.

The Dublin, Ohio-based chain said during a conference call with investors Friday that it planned to begin closing restaurants in the fourth quarter of this year. The company said it expected a “mid-single-digit percentage” of its US stores to be affected, but it didn’t give any more details.

Wendy’s ended the third quarter with 6,011 US restaurants. If 5% of those locations were impacted, it would mean 300 store closures.

Wendy’s has revealed plans to close hundreds of US restaurants in an effort to increase profit and make its remaining restaurants more appealing. Oksana – stock.adobe.com

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