Wendy's hires 20K new workers

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Wendy's plans to launch breakfast offerings like the honey butter chicken biscuit and breakfast bacon at all 6,000 American restaurants next year – and it needs 20,000 new employees to serve them. The fast food chain currently serves breakfast in around 300 locations. CEO Todd Penegor said Monday that breakfast will provide "incredible growth opportunities," but the launch won't be cheap, CNN reports. The company, which plans to spend around $ 20 million on breakfast expansion, has lowered its financial outlook for 201[ads1]9. USA Today notes that Wendy's was a holdout while other chains expanded the morning menus, even though they experimented with a nationwide breakfast menu featuring items such as French toast and omelets in the mid-1980s. (Read more Wendy's stories.)