On the call: Wendy's/Arby's Group CEO Roland Smith

By The Associated Press

Wendy's/Arby's Group Inc. has a lot on its plate.

The fast food chain announced an effort to revitalize its sagging Arby's chain by adding a dollar menu and renovating many of its locations. While Arby's is faring far worse than Wendy's, there's also menu changes afoot there, too.

CEO Roland Smith updated investors during Thursday's fourth-quarter earnings conference call, saying the company expected to add grilled egg sandwiches, oatmeal bars, roasted potatoes and fresh fruit to menus by the end of the next year.

QUESTION: What's planned for Wendy's menu?

RESPONSE: This year, we plan to introduce our newly developed breakfast menu into three existing test markets and expand it to two to four additional markets later in the year. We're excited about this new breakfast menu. We plan to test and further refine (it) in 2010 with a goal of launching breakfast nationwide in late 2011.