Wendy's new Asian Cashew Chicken and BBQ Ranch Chicken Salads add variety to the company's salad menu.
According to a press release the salads launched Monday give customers options that normally only on more formal restaurants.
"Wendy's is a leader in the salad business and we are very excited to raise the bar even higher," Craig Bahner chief marketing officer at Wendy's said in a statement. "Our latest premium salad innovations feature unique fusions of flavor, made with high-quality, contemporary ingredients. And as always, our salads are freshly prepared every day in our restaurants. These two new additions to our salad line prove, once again, that we are serious about elevating our salad line," Bahner said in the statement.
The 380 calorie asian cashew chicken salad resembles those of the continent's cuisine. and has packaged fruit, ginger dressing, edamame, red peppers, roasted garlic cashews, onion, sea salt, light spicy Asian chilli vinaigrette with chili garlic sauce, roasted peanuts, soy sauce, lime juice, brown sugar, cut cucumbers, and a mixture of lettuce with 11 types covered over a cut chicken breast fillet the press release reported. .A half-size of the salad contains 240 calories.
The BBQ Ranch Chicken Salad has BBQ ranch dressing, parmesean cheese, ancho chili pepper, honey, brown sugar, chicken breast fillet with honey BBQ sauce over several veggies, shredded cheddar cheese, and 11 types of lettuce the press release reported.
"When it comes to salads, consumers don't want to compromise. They want great new tastes and nutritious options. They want high quality ingredients but at a fair price," Bahner said in a statement. In fact, these salads cost about 25% less than our fast casual competitors."
"We continue to develop core menu and limited-time only product innovations that our customers love. Menu innovation is a central part of our brand transformation that we intend to continue to execute at a high level in 2014 to grow sales and profits," Bahner said in the statement.
