A burger without beef? The thought is surely sacrilegious to most Americans.
But Wendy’s is no longer catering to just its home country. With the opening of its first store in Gurgaon, India earlier this month, the company has had to rethink its attachment to the meat that made it famous.
According to a report in Ad Age, Wendy’s is rolling out a menu featuring “spicy aloo crunch burgers and buns sprinkled with chili, turmeric and coriander,” but no beef. That’s because in India, where Hindu is the majority religion, the cow is considered sacred.
Other fast food chains, like McDonald’s, also offer beefless menus, but Wendy’s is differentiating itself in other ways.
According to Ad Age:
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