Are Wendy's and Arby's going to beef up menu prices?

Rising beef and bacon costs are creating uncertainty between the buns and on the bottom line for Arby's and Wendy's, signaling that menu prices might go up at the aligned fast food outlets -- and perhaps elsewhere.

Combined with lingering unemployment, the situation is creating a recipe that is "troublesome," Wendy's/Arby's Group chief financial officer Steve Hare warned at an investor conference. People out of work tend not to go out for lunch, Hare explained in a Vance Publishing story that was posted on cattlenetwork.com.