Wendy's 60th Anniversary Celebration Discounted Menu is a Hoax

In an email circulating around the web, readers are informed that Wendy's Restaurant Chain is celebrating its 60^th anniversary with a 25 cent Wendy's hamburger. The email is completely fictitious and was apparently originated by unknown hoaxsters. Even a basic amount of research shows that Wendy's Restaurant is still decades away from any Wendy's 60^th anniversary celebration. Presumably in response to a horde of hungry customers showing up at local Wendy's locations, Wendy's Restaurants has issued the following official statement:

"There is an email on the internet stating that Wendy's restaurants are offering discounted food in honor of a 60th anniversary. This is a fake email by individuals creating a scam. First of all, Wendy's is only 39 years old, and does not offer coupons on the internet."

Wendy's 60^th Anniversary Hoax Sinks Website

The email has been circulating for days, and has received so much attention that the official Wendy's Restaurant website was unresponsive and sluggish on October 22^nd, the date mentioned in the email as the date of Wendy's 60^th anniversary celebration. The lack of access to the official Wendy's website could only exacerbate the situation as people cannot go to the official source to determine whether the email they have received about Wendy's 25 cent hamburger is genuine.

Email Misrepresents Wendy's Menu Prices

According to the website urbanlegends.com, the hoax email read offers Wendy's menu items at the following prices "All hamburgers will be sold for 25 cents, Cheeseburgers 30 cents, Fries 15 cents, and drinks are 10 cents!!!" Furthermore, the site claims, the same hoax is being perpetrated with In-N-Out Burger for the very same day.

In-N-Out Burger in Same Boat as Wendy's Restaurants

In-N-Out Burger responded to the anniversary celebration hoax emails with this statement "You may be aware of a rumor about our menu prices being lowered for our anniversary on October 22nd. This rumor is untrue. We've always tried to keep our prices as low as possible in order to give our customers the greatest value. One of the ways we accomplish this is by not discounting and our anniversary is no exception."

There is no Wendy's 60^th Anniversary Celebration Discounted Menu

Neither in-N-Out Burger nor Wendy's Restaurant locations will be offering a special 60^th anniversary discount on October 22^nd, despite any emails you may have received to the contrary. Even news reporters have been fooled by the Wendy's Restaurant 60^th Anniversary celebration hoax; the Fredricksburg, Virginia, Free-Lance Star, even had to print a retraction after reporting the discount. If you fell for the hoax, you are not alone, but you're not getting a discount off the Wendy's menu price either.

Sources:

fredericksburg.com/News/Web/2008/102008/1022wendys

urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/10/20/wendys-60th-anniversary-not-even-close.htm