Swiss Re

In October 2003 it announced that it would become a carbon neutral business within ten years.[1]. . Its new London headquarters are located in the award-winning 30 St Mary Axe tower, completed in 2004. The chain is also famous for its chili and its Frosty dairy desserts. It was founded in 1863 by the forerunner of Credit Suisse. In 1999 it pulled out of London and Hong Kong (the Hong Kong chain, located in Wan Chai, however, has already been closed). It employs around 8500 people. After international expansion in the 1980s, the chain retrenched in the late 1990s.

The company's headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland. Peller, aged 84, was dropped from the campaign in 1985 because she performed in a commercial for Prego spaghetti sauce, saying she "finally found" the beef. Swiss Re is the world's second-largest reinsurance company (after Munich Re/ Münchener Rück), and the world's largest life and health reinsurer. Her famous line quickly entered the American pop culture (it was even used to devastating effect by Walter Mondale in defeating Gary Hart in the Democratic primary election) and served to promote Wendy's hamburgers. Starting on January 9, 1984, elderly actress Clara Peller was featured in the successful "Where's the Beef?" North American commercial campaign for Wendy's. The restaurant chain was named after Dave Thomas' 8-year old daughter, Melinda, who had the nickname of "Wendy." The corporate headquarters is located in Dublin, Ohio.

By 1989, Dave Thomas came out of retirement and started doing commericals for Wendy's and helped rebuild the restaurant until his death. However, by the mid-80's some Wendy's restaurants became underperforming and closed. The first Wendy's restaurant was opened in Columbus, Ohio on November 15, 1969, and grew rapidly to open over 3,000 stores by 1985. Wendy's is a chain of fast-food restaurants founded by the late Dave Thomas and owned by the United States corporation, Wendy's International, Inc.

2005: "Do what tastes right". Circa 2004: "Eat great, even late". 2004: "It's better here". Circa 1990: "The best burgers and a whole lot more".

1984: "Where's the beef?". 1969: "Quality is Our Recipe".