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Wendy's gets buyout offer while struggling with beef prices and growing competition

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Wendy’s shares jumped more than 14% Wednesday after noted investor Nelson Peltz made an offer to buy the chain, which has been struggling with high beef prices and aging stores.

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  1. NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

    Wendy's gets buyout offer amid struggles with beef prices and growing competition (opens NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth)

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    NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth's feed description

    BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, UNITED STATES – 2026/08/14: The Wendy’s logo is seen on the outside of the fast food restaurant near Bloomsburg. (Photo by Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

  2. Independent Journal Review

    Trian-Led Group Offers $1.4 Billion for Wendy’s (opens Independent Journal Review)

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    Trian and partners offer $7.35 a share cash, about $1.4 billion, to take Wendy's private; shares jump 15% premarket on the non-binding bid.

  3. Bloomberg

    Peltz’s Trian Offers $1.4 Billion for Wendy’s, WSJ Reports (opens Bloomberg)

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    Bloomberg's feed description

    Nelson Peltz is making a buyout offer for fast-food chain Wendy’s, the Wall Street Journal reported.

  4. Quartz

    Nelson Peltz's Trian submitted a bid of about $1.4 billion to take Wendy's private (opens Quartz)

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    Quartz's feed description

    The non-binding $7.35-a-share cash proposal is about a 20% premium to Tuesday's close, and a special committee is expected to review it

  5. MyNorthwest

    The struggling burger chain Wendy’s has received a buyout offer from an activist investor (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    Shares of Wendy’s jumped 15% before the opening bell Wednesday after noted investor Nelson Peltz made an offer to buy the struggling burger chain. Wendy’s shares are down 25% in the past year following a years-long decline.

  6. Philadelphia Inquirer

    The struggling burger chain Wendy's gets a buyout offer from activist investor Nelson Peltz (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Philadelphia Inquirer's feed description

    Shares of Wendy’s are 15% at the opening bell after noted investor Nelson Peltz made an offer to buy the struggling burger chain

  7. WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg

    Struggling burger chain Wendy's gets buyout offer from activist investor Nelson Peltz (opens WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg)

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    WSPA Greenville-Spartanburg's feed description

    Struggling burger chain Wendy's gets buyout offer from activist investor Nelson Peltz

  8. Triblive

    Wendy’s, struggling with beef prices and growing competition, gets a buyout offer (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    Wendy’s shares jumped 15% at the opening bell Wednesday after noted investor Nelson Peltz made an offer to buy the chain, which has been struggling with high beef prices and aging stores.

  9. New York Post

    Wendy’s stock soars on report struggling chain could go private (opens New York Post)

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    New York Post's feed description

    Its bid marks a roughly 20% premium over Wendy’s closing price on Tuesday of about $1.2 billion, and comes after years of Trian pushing for a sale of the struggling burger franchise.

  10. FOX Business

    Nelson Peltz-led group offers to buy Wendy’s for $1.4B (opens FOX Business)

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    FOX Business's feed description

    Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund Management offered $7.35 per share to take Wendy's private, a 20% premium as the burger chain faces a critical turnaround.

  11. NBC 4 Columbus

    Ohio-based Wendy's receives $1.4 billion purchase offer from Nelson Peltz (opens NBC 4 Columbus)

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    NBC 4 Columbus's feed description

    After a years-long decline in shares for Wendy's, a group of investors spearheaded by billionaire and activist investor Nelson Peltz offered $1.4 billion Wednesday to buy the burger chain, which is headquartered in Dublin, according to filing records.

  12. Cheddar

    Wendy’s Gets a $1.4 Billion Takeover Bid and Wall Street Bites (opens Cheddar)

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    Cheddar's feed description

    Wendy’s shares surged roughly 15% after investor Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management offered to buy the burger chain for approximately $1.4 billion.

  13. MLive

    Group makes $1.4 billion offer to buy struggling fast-food burger chain, make it private (opens MLive)

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    MLive's feed description

    Wendy’s has endured a challenging year.

  14. NJ.com / Star-Ledger

    Group makes $1.4 billion offer to buy struggling fast-food burger chain (opens NJ.com / Star-Ledger)

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    NJ.com / Star-Ledger's feed description

    Wendy’s has endured a challenging year.

  15. The Jewish Voice

    Nelson Peltz’s Trian Leads $1.4 Billion Bid to Take Wendy’s Private as Burger Chain Struggles (opens The Jewish Voice)

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    The Jewish Voice's feed description

    Nelson Peltz’s Trian Leads $1.4 Billion Bid to Take Wendy’s Private as Burger Chain Struggles Nelson Peltz’s Trian Fund Management and a group of investment partners have offered to buy Wendy’s for approximately $1.

  16. WPRI Providence

    Wendy's, struggling with beef prices and growing competition, gets buyout offer (opens WPRI Providence)

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    (AP) — Wendy’s shares jumped more than 14% Wednesday after noted investor Nelson Peltz made an offer to buy the chain, which has been struggling with high beef prices and aging stores. Peltz's Trian Fund Management and several partners are offering Wendy’s $7.

  17. UPI

    Investors offer to buy Wendy's for $1.4B to take it private (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    A group of investors has offered to buy Wendy's for $1.4 billion, a filing said Wednesday. The investors are led by Trian Fund Management.

  18. WFLA

    Wendy's gets buyout offer while struggling with beef prices and growing competition (opens WFLA)

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    WFLA's feed description

    Wendy’s shares jumped more than 14% Wednesday after noted investor Nelson Peltz made an offer to buy the chain, which has been struggling with high beef prices and aging stores.

  19. Forbes

    Peltz Bids $1.4 Billion To Take Wendy’s Private Amid Burger Chain Woes (opens Forbes)

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    Forbes's feed description

    Burger chain Wendy's could be taken private in a $1.4 billion deal but would a conglomerate fare better than a corporation when it comes to flipping the business round.

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