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Money / PACs

The Wendys Company

The Wendys Company Political Action Committee

Corporate PAC FEC C00369090

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Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count
PAC giving to candidates$83K
Company lobbying, all issues $160K

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the company’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. 1 report listed less than $5,000 and counts as $0 here. This PAC gives money raised from the company’s employees; the company itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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The Wendys Company reported federal lobbying in 2 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

  • Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace2 of 82/8
  • Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)2 of 82/8
  • Banking1 of 81/8
  • Small Business1 of 81/8
  • Trade (domestic/foreign)1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 3 bills, this period

From the filings

“Advocacy in support of H.R. 5267 / S. 3525, the American Franchise Act, as it relates to protecting independent small business franchise operators, establishing clear joint-employer standards under the FLSA and NLRA, and preserving franchisor brand support without imposing joint liability.”
Q3 2026 filing · Small Business
“Lobbied on trade policy provisions, supply chain integrity, and border trade rules under USMCA.”
Q3 2026 filing · Tariff (miscellaneous tariff bills)

Contacted as listed on the filings

  • U.S. House
  • U.S. Senate
  • White House Office
  • Small Business AdministrationSBA
  • Treasury
  • U.S. Trade & Development AgencyUSTDA
  • U.S. Trade RepresentativeUSTR

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 2 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by The Wendys Company, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 24 sitting members of Congress and 1 other candidate in 2025–26.

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