When did Wendy's start serving Greens?

It was a natural transition to begin serving greens as a standalone meal in 1979, when Ohio History Central reports that Wendy's became the first fast food restaurant to have a salad bar. The salad bar went against the fast food model, in which restaurants try to get customers in and out as quickly as possible.

Did Wendy's have a salad bar?

The salad bar proved to be so successful that in 1988, Wendy's upped the ante with its new creation, the Superbar. According to The Christian Science Monitor, the Superbar was an amplification of the restaurant's traditional salad bar into, essentially, a full-blown buffet.

When did Wendy's start?

A year after Thomas founded the first Wendy's, a second location opened, also in Columbus. By the late 1970s, the chain was well on its way to becoming a fast-food giant, with more than 1,500 restaurants across North America.