---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-059785"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEN"
cik: "0000030697"
company_name: "Wendy's Co"
filed_at: "2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T03:15:22.002189+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wendy's posts FY2021 breakthrough results: double-digit same-store sales, margin expansion, 200+ openings

## Summary
- CEO Todd Penegor says 2021 was a breakthrough year with double-digit global same-restaurant sales growth on a one- and two-year basis.
- Company restaurant margins expanded by nearly 200 basis points year-over-year.
- Over 200 new restaurants opened globally, highlighting brand strength and system alignment.
- 2022 priorities: significantly building breakfast daypart, accelerating digital business, and expanding global footprint.
- No EPS or revenue figures provided in this excerpt of the earnings release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-059785
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEN
- cik: 0000030697
- company_name: Wendy's Co
- filed_at: 2022-03-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312522059785/0001193125-22-059785-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312522059785/d315496d8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-059785.txt

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