Wendy’s sales slow in 3rd Q

DUBLIN Ohio Year-to-year same-store sales growth slowed at Wendy’s International Inc. in the third quarter ended Sept. 30, to gains of just 0.2 percent at corporate stores and 1.3 percent at franchised restaurants, the company reported Thursday.

These modest increases compare with jumps of 4.1 percent during the same quarter last year for domestic corporate restaurants and 3.9 percent for franchised outlets.

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