Question: The fast-food restaurant chain that sells the Baconator sandwich was founded by who?
Context: The Burger King Specialty Sandwiches are a line of sandwiches developed by the international fast-food restaurant chain Burger King in 1978 and introduced in 1979 as part of a new product line designed to expand Burger King's menu with more sophisticated, adult oriented fare beyond hamburgers.  Additionally, the new line was intended to differentiate the company from other fast food hamburger restaurants at the time.  Since the line's introduction, the other sandwiches have been discontinued, leaving the chicken offering, the Original Chicken Sandwich (abbreviated as OCS), as the primary product left.  Additionally, other sandwiches that utilize the same roll as the chicken sandwich have been introduced to the company's menu both domestically and internationally since the original product line was introduced. Hillbilly's Fried Chicken, or Hillbilly's as it is more commonly known, is an Irish-owned fast-food restaurant chain with restaurants located across Ireland.  The restaurant chain specializes in fried chicken and poultry products as the name suggests, although the company does provide a number of confectionery food items as part of its broad menu. McDonaldization is a term used by sociologist George Ritzer in his book "The McDonaldization of Society" (1993).  He explains that it becomes manifested when a society adopts the characteristics of a fast-food restaurant.  McDonaldization is a reconceptualization of rationalization and scientific management.  Where Max Weber used the model of the bureaucracy to represent the direction of this changing society, Ritzer sees the fast-food restaurant as having become a more representative contemporary paradigm (Ritzer, 2004:553).  The process of McDonaldization can be summarized as the way in which "the principles of the fast-food restaurant are coming to dominate more and more sectors of American society as well as of the rest of the world." International fast-food restaurant chain Burger King and its Australian franchise Hungry Jack's have had a variety of fish sandwiches in their product portfolio since 1975.  The Whaler sandwich was the first iteration, designed to compete with rival burger-chain McDonald's Filet-O-Fish sandwich.  With the addition of the company's Specialty Sandwich line in 1978, the sandwich was reformulated as the Long Fish sandwich.  With the discontinuation of the Specialty Sandwich line, the sandwich was returned to its original recipe and name.  With the introduction of the company's BK Broiler chicken sandwich in 1990, the fish sandwich became tied to the development cycle of the broiled chicken sandwich and was again reformulated and renamed as the Ocean Catch Fish fillet.  When the broiled chicken sandwich underwent another reformulation in 2002, the fish sandwich was also redone and renamed as the BK Big Fish sandwich.  By 2015, the sandwich had undergone several more modifications and went through a series of names including the BK Fish and Premium Alaskan fish sandwich.  It is currently sold as the BK Big Fish sandwich in the United States and Canada.  Internationally the fish sandwich is also known as the BK Fish, BK Fish'n Crisp burger and Fish Royale in those markets. Dicos (stylized as dico͘s, ) is a Chinese fast-food restaurant chain owned by the Tianjin Ding Qiao Food Service.  The chain ranks third among China's top three fast-food enterprises, as it has almost as many restaurants as McDonald's.  The chain was founded in 1994 in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The Baconator sandwich is a hamburger sold by the international fast-food restaurant chain Wendy's. International fast-food restaurant chain Burger King and its Australian franchise Hungry Jack's have had a variety of grilled chicken sandwiches in their product portfolio since 1990.  The BK Broiler was the first iteration, and was one of the most successful product introductions in the fast food industry to that point in time.  However sales dropped in the following two years, and the product was reformulated and renamed to the Chicken Whopper to align the product with the company's Whopper Sandwich.  A change of ownership of Burger King in 2004 prompted another reformulation of the product into the BK Baguette product line that focused on a more health-oriented product.  This new formulation proved unpopular and was replaced in 2005 with the TenderGrill chicken sandwich.  The TenderGrill sandwich was introduced as part of a series of sandwiches designed to expand Burger King's menu with both more sophisticated, adult oriented fare and present a larger, meatier product that appealed to 24- to 36-year-old males.  Burger King was the first major fast food chain to introduce a grilled chicken sandwich to the marketplace, beating rivals Wendy's by six months and McDonald's by four years.  These two chains also went through a series of reformulations and naming schemes for their grilled chicken products. Wendy's is an American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio, United States.  The company moved its headquarters to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006.  As of 2016, Wendy's was the world's third largest hamburger fast food chain with 6,500+ locations, following Burger King and McDonald's.  On April 24, 2008, the company announced a merger with Triarc Companies Inc., a publicly traded company and the parent company of Arby's.  Despite the new ownership, Wendy's headquarters remained in Dublin.  Previously, Wendy's had rejected more than two buyout offers from Triarc.  Following the merger, Triarc became known as Wendy's/Arby's Group, and later as The Wendy's Company. McDonald's Canada (French: "Les Restaurants McDonald du Canada Ltée" ) is the Canadian master franchise of the fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's, owned by the American parent McDonald's Corporation.  One of Canada's largest fast-food restaurant chains, the franchise sells food items, including hamburgers, chicken, French fries and soft drinks all across the country.  McDonald's is known for its high fat and calorie foods, but it also has alternatives such as salads, juices and milk.  McDonald's was previously Canada's largest food service operator before being overtaken by Tim Hortons in 2005.  The slogans used in Canada are "i'm lovin' it" (in English) and "c'est ça que j'm" (in French). The Big Classic sandwich was a hamburger sold by the international fast-food restaurant chain Wendy's.  The sandwich was intended to present a larger, meatier burger that appealed to the 18- to 36-year-old male demographic that desired a "heartier" product.  It is one of only two named hamburger products sold by the company and was designed to compete against the Burger King Whopper sandwich.
Answer: Dave Thomas