Melinda Lou Thomas, The Original Wendy of Wendy's Restaurants

Melinda Lou Thomas, The Original Wendy of Wendy's Restaurants

From capitalistchicks.com:

In the case of Wendy’s restaurant, business and family seem to be inevitably linked. When Dave Thomas opened his first Wendy’s in Columbus, Ohio, he named the hamburger restaurant in honor of his eight-year old daughter Melinda Lou “Wendy” Thomas. Wendy was a nickname given to Melinda Lou by her four siblings, and came to be the name that she preferred for herself. Within a few years, Wendy’s restaurants, and the image of eight-year old Wendy herself, became synonymous with fresh made-to-order food. ...

While her father may have become the heart of the company, Wendy Thomas continued to live up to her role as the franchise’s “daddy’s girl” and remained rather active in her father’s business. She owned several Wendy’s restaurants in the Dallas area until 1999. Following her father’s death in 2002, Wendy chose to reenter the business side of her father’s company. She and her siblings ultimately decided that it was only appropriate to carry on their father’s legacy through Wendy’s restaurants.

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