Arby's Buys Wendy's

It was announced Thursday that Triarc owned Arby's fast food chain bought Wendy's fast food chain in a 2.34 billion dollar stock deal. Dave Thomas (deceased 2002) started Wendy's in 1969 and named it after his youngest daughter 'Melinda Lou' who was nicknamed Wendy. The Thomas daughters Pam Thomas Farber and Wendy are both upset by the sale, claiming that "It's a very sad day for Wendy's and our family" according to the Associated Press.An interesting line in the lengthy Associated Press article reads: Triarc said it will also change its name to include the Wendy's name. Does this mean that Arby's and Wendy's will be sharing a new name? I've sat here playing with trying to combine the name a little bit and their really isn't any way to combine these two old favorite names together unless Arby's would like to become Ardy's.