WENDY'S 593

3929 S. FLORIDA AVE, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6301580. 9 inspection visits from 2023-09-16 to 2026-07-24.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-07-24: routine inspection, 0 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 2 basic violations

1 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (5 had none)

0emergency closures recommended at an inspection since July 2023

1inspections prompted by a complaint

Every inspection visit

Newest first. Violations: high-priority / intermediate / basic. County average = high-priority violations at a first routine visit, Polk County, same fiscal year. Codes and descriptions are DBPR's; the inspector's written notes are on DBPR's site only.
Date	Visit	Result	High	Inter.	Basic	County avg	What was cited
2026-07-24	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.43	2 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils
2026-04-07	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.40	1 area 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2025-11-04	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1	0.40	1 area 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2025-02-14	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.39	2 areas 24 Storage/handling of clean equipment, utensils 29 Plumbing installed and maintained
2024-07-16	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean 38 Lighting provided as required. Fixtures shielded
2024-04-24	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	1		1 area 23 Non-food contact surfaces clean
2024-01-25	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	0	0.41	1 area 05 Thermometers provided and conspicuously placed
2023-11-20	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2023-09-16	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	1	1	0.41	3 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed 51 Other conditions sanitary and safe operation

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A routine inspection is one visit on one day. Inspectors in different counties record violations differently, so compare a count with its county average, not with a restaurant in another county. Nothing on this page is a rating. Source: DBPR inspection files, data as of 2026-11-09; DBPR's own record for this licence is the official one.