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Double Stack

    Two junior patties with cheese, pickles, onions, ketchup and mustard, Wendy’s answer to the McDouble. It punches above its price and is one of the best-value burgers in fast food. Not exciting, just reliably satisfying, which on a value menu is the highest praise there is.

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    The story

    The Double Stack is a product of the 2008 recession. In 2007 Wendy’s had put a cheap double cheeseburger called the Stack Attack on its value menu, dressed with ketchup and mayonnaise; on 28 August 2008 it replaced it nationally with the 99-cent Double Stack, two junior patties with cheese, ketchup, mustard, pickles and onion. The burger had already been sold in some local markets for years, but this was its first national launch, part of a push to keep cash-strapped customers coming in for a dollar.

    What’s inside

    Make it at home

    There is no copycat of the Double Stack yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.

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    Built around the same things as the Double Stack.

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    About Wendy's

    • United States
    • Since 1969
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    Dave Thomas opened the first Wendy’s in Columbus, Ohio, in November 1969 and named it after his daughter Melinda, whose childhood nickname was Wendy. His big idea was that fast food did not have to mean frozen and flavourless, and his most visible idea was the square patty: the corners stick out past the round bun so you can see the beef, and the company still repeats his line that Wendy’s does not cut corners.

    Around 7,000 restaurants, most of them in the United States, and a growing presence in the UK.

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