Wendy's International Inc. has recently announced that it will close its first outlet at Ohio Statehouse due to drooping sales. According to the spokesperson Denny Lynch, the first outlet decorated with memorabilia and photographs of the late Wendy's founder, Dave Thomas is going to close down soon.

Dave Thomas, who died of liver cancer in 2002, first opened his Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers in 1969. He named it after his 8-year-old daughter Melinda Lou, nicknamed Wendy and soon he became famous with television commercials.

The original restaurant which is only few blocks from the Ohio Statehouse, is failing with dropped sales at night and during weekends when the government buildings are closed. The restaurant has no drive-in windows and limited parking and would have soon required some building improvements.

The spokesperson has also made it clear that employees will be placed at other job locations. Wendy’s have some 6600 restaurants operating in the United States and abroad.
 
In 2010, Wendy’s became the third largest hamburger fast food chain after McDonald's and Burger King. In 2008, it merged with Triarc, the parent company of Arby's and came to be known as Wendy's/Arby's Group, a publicly traded company.

Wendy’s menu consists of chicken sandwich, hamburgers, French fries and beverages which included the Frosty. The chain of restaurants is known for its square hamburgers and the Frosty which is a soft serve ice cream mixed with frozen starches. It was in the 1980s, when Wendy’s became the first fast-food chain to introduce the salad bar. The Garden Sensations salads were introduced in 2002. 

When there was a slowdown in 1986, Wendy’s renovated its cleanliness standards, operational details and the menu to meet the standards of the parent company.