Huge, multinational corporations often had humble beginnings as a single store or restaurant, and are sometimes named after a single person. We look at 10 and discover which ones have a real face behind the name.
Wendy’s
We know who was the favourite child of Wendy’s restaurant chain founder Dave Thomas. He named his burger joints after his fourth child, Melinda Lou, whose nickname was Wendy, after trying all five of his kids’ names. The young girl on the logo with red braids was created to look like her.
The first restaurant opened in 1969 in Columbus, OH, and the chain’s infamous “Where’s the Beef” commercial aired in 1984.