{"id":2541,"date":"2026-03-05T01:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=2541"},"modified":"2026-03-05T01:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T01:27:08","slug":"wendys-president-joins-fast-food-ceo-viral-video-feud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cupcake.website\/?p=2541","title":{"rendered":"Wendy\u2019s President Joins Fast Food CEO Viral Video Feud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-journey-body=\"standard-article\">\n<div class=\"css-hl6xtf e1wzc3k51\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.delish.com\/_assets\/design-tokens\/fre\/static\/icons\/clock-regular.4ddebeb.svg\" alt=\"Estimated read time\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><span class=\"css-ihlrqz e1wzc3k50\">2 min read<\/span><\/div>\n<ul data-node-id=\"0\" class=\"css-kw9lqy emevuu60\">\n<li data-node-id=\"0.0\">A video of McDonald&#8217;s CEO Chris Kempczinski went viral after the way he ate the chain&#8217;s newest burger.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.1\">Executives at other chains, like Burger King and Wendy&#8217;s, have chimed in with response videos shading the Golden Arches.<\/li>\n<li data-node-id=\"0.2\">Social media fans are taking sides, making comparisons, and predicting which chains will get involved next.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr data-node-id=\"1\" class=\"css-18pb4rg emevuu60\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"2\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">In the midst of major geopolitical turmoil, there\u2019s another conflict brewing: a civil war among fast-food executives. <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"3\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">McDonald\u2019s CEO Chris Kempczinski has been under widespread public scrutiny after tentatively tasting the chain\u2019s newest burger. Fans accused Kempczinski of looking \u201cdisgusted\u201d after taking a tiny bite and mocked his awkward use of the word \u201cproduct\u201d to describe the food.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"4\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">It should come as no surprise that other executives have capitalized on the backlash. Just yesterday, Burger King posted a video of its president, Tom Curtis, taking a messy, enthusiastic bite of the chain\u2019s new-and-improved Whopper. When a social media account directly compared the two viral videos on X, BK\u2019s official account responded with some subtle-but-not-subtle shade:  <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"watch-next\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-17\" data-node-id=\"5\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<section data-embed=\"x\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-18\" data-node-id=\"6\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"7\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">And now, the beef continues\u2014and this time, it\u2019s fresh, never frozen. Wendy\u2019s U.S. President Pete Suerken appeared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/wendys-international_peteknows-activity-7434960151893200896-gMPz\" target=\"_blank\" data-vars-ga-outbound-link=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/wendys-international_peteknows-activity-7434960151893200896-gMPz\" data-vars-ga-ux-element=\"Hyperlink\" data-vars-ga-call-to-action=\"video\" data-node-id=\"7.1\" class=\"body-link css-8bav6j emevuu60\">video<\/a> in which he made his own Baconator, then took not one but four bites of it on camera.<\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"8\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Suerken escalated things further by directing even more shade at McDonald\u2019s. \u201cIs this set up today?\u201d he asked about the Frosty dispenser in the Wendy\u2019s kitchen. \u201cOh, wait\u2014our machines are always working!\u201d  <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"9\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">And the ever-sassy Wendy\u2019s X account had to get a lick in, too: <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"x\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-19\" data-node-id=\"10\" class=\"embed\"\/>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"11\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Public reactions have already started flooding in. Some people have astutely noted that all three executives look\u2026 strikingly similar. \u201cThey look like the same person,\u201d one Reddit user wrote, while another joked that they were all grown in the same \u201cgeneric CEO factory.\u201d Until someone other than a graying white guy joins the fray, we\u2019re inclined to believe it.  <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"12\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">Others are busy predicting how more chains might get involved. \u201cWould love to see the CEO of Five Guys step in and see what he\u2019s got,\u201d one user wrote. Another added, \u201cStill waiting for the Taco Bell CEO to blackout with a Crunchwrap.\u201d <\/p>\n<p data-journey-content=\"true\" data-node-id=\"13\" class=\"css-6wxqfj emevuu60\">At this rate, we can probably expect several other fast-food chains to follow suit. And like any other viral trend that gets co-opted by corporate executives, it\u2019ll probably get old fast.  <\/p>\n<section data-embed=\"editorial-link\" data-lazy-id=\"P0-20\" data-node-id=\"14\" class=\"embed\">\n<aside class=\"css-1hu65xl e94w1mj1\"\/><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 min read A video of McDonald&#8217;s CEO Chris Kempczinski went viral after the way he ate the chain&#8217;s newest burger. Executives at other chains, like Burger King and Wendy&#8217;s, have chimed in with response videos shading the Golden Arches. 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