Food & BeverageBurger KingWendy's®
Food & BeverageBurger KingWendy's®

Battle for Number Two

Will Burger King or Wendy's grow sales faster this week?

Burger King took back the number two spot. Wendy's pulled its outlook, cut its dividend, and saw takeover talk collapse on August 26. The filings said the gap opened. This week says whether it keeps widening.

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Odds at Close

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Burger King59%
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Wendy's41%
Awaiting Resolution
Graduation Progress14%
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$7of $50 to graduate

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Odds at Close

B
Burger King59%
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Wendy's41%
Awaiting Resolution
Graduation Progress14%
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$7of $50 to graduate

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MARKET WINDOW

August 31 to September 6, compared against the August 24 to 30 prior week.

DEFINITIONS & SCOPE

Sales are total verified consumer dollars processed under each merchant's descriptor during the window, all channels. Growth is the percentage change in each merchant's sales versus the prior week.

RESOLUTION METHOD

The merchant with the higher week-over-week sales growth rate wins. Resolution requires a minimum of 10,000 qualifying transactions per side. In the event of a tie, all positions are refunded in full.

DATA SOURCE

Powered by verified transaction data from American Spend's oracle. Anonymized, aggregated, and secured. Real, objective, verified proof of spend sourced from a representative sample of consumer spending.

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