Soda cups get how much ice?

By Robert Dean

Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s, built an unlikely empire. This guy managed to stay in business selling salads, square burgers, chili, and potatoes, while up against Big Macs and Whoppers. Now, Wendy’s is bigger than ever, even beating Burger King for the number-two chain in America. Is it because at some point in the early 1990s someone suggested to Thomas that he make Wendy’s training videos “cool”? I like to think so.

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