WENDY'S 594

2240 GRIFFIN ROAD, LAKELAND, Polk County. DBPR licence 6307558. 9 inspection visits from 2023-09-05 to 2026-10-21.

Passed, no follow-up neededLast visit, 2026-10-21: routine inspection, 1 high-priority, 0 intermediate, 1 basic violations

2 of 6routine inspections with more high-priority violations than the Polk County average that year (4 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
2026-10-21	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	1	0	1	0.43	2 areas 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated 35 Presence of insects/rodents. Animals prohibited. Outer openings protected from insects, rodent proof
2026-01-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.40	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 16 Dishwashing facilities designed, constructed, operated
2025-09-05	Follow-up visit	Corrected at follow-up DBPR: Call Back - Complied	0	0	0
2025-08-28	Routine inspection	Warning: inspector to return DBPR: Warning Issued	1	0	1	0.40	2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean
2025-03-17	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.39	2 areas 33 Containers covered, adequate number, insect and rodent proof, emptied at proper intervals, clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved
2024-08-26	Licensing inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2		2 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2024-02-19	Complaint inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	1	1		2 areas 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located 31 Toilet and hand-washing facilities, number, convenient, designed, installed
2024-01-30	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.41	2 areas 10 In use food dispensing utensils properly stored 14 Food contact surfaces designed, constructed, maintained, installed, located
2023-09-05	Routine inspection	Passed, no follow-up needed DBPR: Inspection Completed - No Further Action	0	0	2	0.41	2 areas 22 Food contact surfaces of equipment and utensils clean 36 Floors properly constructed, clean, drained, coved

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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.