---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-128125"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WEN"
cik: "0000030697"
company_name: "Wendy's Co"
filed_at: "2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T01:01:11.262148+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "low"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Wendy's Q1 2024: same-store sales accelerate, breakfast grows, margin expands; no P&L details in filing

## Summary
- Global same-restaurant sales growth accelerated 120 bps on a two-year basis vs prior quarter.
- U.S. breakfast sales increased high-single digit YoY; digital sales mix reached nearly 17%.
- U.S. company-operated restaurant margin expanded 60 bps YoY.
- CEO Kirk Tanner reaffirms 2024 outlook and highlights momentum.
- Full income statement figures not provided in the available press release excerpt.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-128125
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WEN
- cik: 0000030697
- company_name: Wendy's Co
- filed_at: 2024-05-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: low
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312524128125/0001193125-24-128125-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312524128125/d817704d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-128125
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-128125.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-24-128125.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  Wendy's Co reported financial results for first quarter ended March 31, 2024.
  - Period: first quarter ended March 31, 2024
  - Result: reported results
  source text: On May 2, 2024, The Wendy’s Company (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting its financial results for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2024 and other information.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/30697/000119312524128125/0001193125-24-128125-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.