{"id":7697,"date":"2010-11-11T00:08:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T10:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=7697"},"modified":"2023-08-25T20:34:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-26T06:34:19","slug":"news-wendys-goes-all-what-not-to-wear-on-their-fries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/11\/news-wendys-goes-all-what-not-to-wear-on-their-fries\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: Wendy&#8217;s Goes All &#8216;What Not To Wear&#8217; (Or Insert Any Other Makeover Show Here) On Their Fries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;padding-left:10px;border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/newswendysfries.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week, Wendy&#8217;s announced a nationwide rollout of its new natural-cut fries with sea salt.  After 41 years of their classic fries, which taste great dipped in a Frosty, Wendy&#8217;s decided it was time to give them a makeover.  <\/p>\n<p>Hmm\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6an attempt at a makeover after 41 years?  Sounds like a particular French fry is having a mid-life crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The fries are made using Russet potatoes that are sliced &#8220;natural-style&#8221; with the skins left on for additional texture and taste.  Then they are cooked in a proprietary oil that contains no allergens and has 0 grams of trans fat.  Sea salt is sprinkled to enhance the flavor.  The fries are designed to be hotter, crispier and tastier than the original version.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy&#8217;s Natural-Cut Fries with Sea Salt will be priced the same as their current French fries and offered in the same sizes.\u00c2\u00a0The nationwide rollout begins November 11th.<\/p>\n<p><small>Image via Wendy&#8217;s<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Wendy&#8217;s announced a nationwide rollout of its new natural-cut fries with sea salt. After 41 years of their classic fries, which taste great dipped in a Frosty, Wendy&#8217;s decided it was time to give them a makeover. Hmm\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6an attempt at a makeover after 41 years? Sounds like a particular French fry is having [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7848,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2010\/11\/30\/review-wendys-natural-cut-fries-with-sea-salt\/","url_meta":{"origin":7697,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: Wendy&#8217;s Natural Cut Fries with Sea Salt","author":"Marvo","date":"November 30, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"A sleeve of Wendy's new Natural Cut Fries with Sea Salt is a lot like a European nude beach, because both contain lots of long, golden brown things with their skins left on. 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