Wendy’s just wrecked rival chain Carl’s Jr. with a single, brutal tweet, adding to its archive of snarky social media commentary
On Tuesday, a Twitter user named Andrew Morgan tweeted to the Wendy’s account asking how it compared to Carl’s Jr..
Carl’s Jr. responded a few hours later saying: ‘LOL they don’t.’
A user tweeted at Wendy’s asking how it compares to competitor Carl’s Jr. and the latter restaurant responded: ‘LOL they don’t’
Wendy’s clapped back at Carl’s Jr. by pointing out that its insulting tweet got very little attention on Twitter
At first, the tweet was mostly ignored, with few people liking or retweeting it.
Then on Wednesday morning Wendy’s clapped back saying: ‘If we were going to diss another restaurant we’d have more than zero likes and RTs after 13 hours.’
Roughly 10 minutes after Wendy’s posted the tweet, it had been liked more than 2,000 times and retweeted more than 700 times.
Seven hours later, it now has 7,000 retweets and nearly 30,000 likes as of 4pm while the Carl’s Jr.’s tweet has 69 retweets and 447 likes.
This is not the first time Wendy’s has used Twitter to shade its competitors.
The account also likes to poke fun at Twitter users as well.
The Wendy’s Twitter account is famous for it’s snarky replies about other restaurants
In the tweet above when a user threatens to eat everything on the menu at McDonald’s, Wendy’s replies ‘Don’t do that to yourself’
When asked what to get at In-n-Out, Wendy’s simply replies: ‘Out’
When a user claims that Burger King is better than Wendy’s, the brand points out that the user didn’t even tag Burger King in the tweet
Wendy’s made fun of a ‘Would You Rather’ question by pointing out that it made no sense
Wendy’s is known for it’s snarky responses, so people often tweet at the account hoping to get a reply, as with the exchange above
Wendy’s refused to give a user relationship advice because it ‘might be doomed’
The popular American restaurant chain claims to use only natural ingredients and ‘fresh never frozen’ beef