Help Wendy’s Fight Diabetes, Eat More Frostys!!
September 1st, 2009
Every once in a while you find a news story that is so absurd you think it must be a joke; here is one of the best I’ve seen for quite some time.
Piscese Foods, the owners of 31 Wendy’s franchises in Austin, Texas raised over $72,000 for the Austin chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. While that is an incredibly notable cause, especially since type 1 diabetes is an incurable disease that can be a major obstacle in a person’s life, you won’t believe how they raised the money.
“2009’s donation was raised through a one-month promotion beginning in mid-July in which customers at participating Austin area Wendy’s restaurants could purchase a Frosty Coupon Book for $1.00. Each book included four (4) coupons, good for either a Free Small Frosty and Frosty-Cino. Customers have been very excited about the value of the Frosty Coupon Book, where for only $1.00 they receive four (4) free Frosty’s.”
According to the Wendy’s site, a small Frosty-Cino contains 52 grams, or roughly 12 1/2 teaspoons of sugar. A small original chocolate Frosty, on the other hand, contains 41 grams, or roughly 10 teaspoons, or sugar. So, for only $1.00, you can feed your sugar addiction and have either 50 or 40 teaspoons of sugar respectively.
So, to recap, they thought it was a good idea to fight type 1 diabetes by pushing a sugar-loaded dessert that leads to type 2 diabetes; BRILLIANT!
Now, that’s waaaay smarter than fast food. It’s Wendy’s. 
Posted in Diabetes, Fast Food, Sugar Addiction | 1 Comment »
October 12th, 2009 at 9:17 pm
52 grams is about a soda. They are not “pushing” anything. You can’t get upset with them for this now if you weren’t upset before. They always were high in sugar, and when they’re trying to donate to diabetes research, that’s when you get upset?
You think people were not buying Frosties before? Come on.