Wendy's founder Dave Thomas spent his early years growing up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Thomas credits local burger joint Kewpee Hamburgers as the inspiration to create Wendy's.
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Dave Thomas as a infant and toddler once lived in Kalamazoo, according to a biography documenting his early life. It states how he got his beginnings as an orphan and eventually made his way to Southwest Michigan