UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549


                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) January 21, 2003


                             TRIARC COMPANIES, INC.
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 DELAWARE                       1-2207              38-0471180
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 (State or other              (Commission         (I.R.S. Employer
 jurisdiction of              File No.)           Identification No.)
 incorporation of
 organization)


 280 Park Avenue
 New York, NY                                          10017
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 (Address of principal executive office)             (Zip Code)


 Registrant's telephone number, including area code:   (212)  451-3000


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 (Former name or former address,                     (Zip Code)
  if changed since last report)



Item 7.  Exhibit

(c) Exhibit

99.1 Press release dated January 21, 2003.


     Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.

                                      TRIARC COMPANIES, INC.


                                      By:Stuart I. Rosen
                                         ___________________________
                                         Stuart I. Rosen
                                         Senior Vice President
                                         and Secretary


Dated: January 21, 2003




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99.1     Press release dated January 21, 2003.




                                                        EXHIBIT 99.1


                                                       For Immediate Release

CONTACT: Anne A. Tarbell
         Triarc Companies, Inc.
         212/451-3030
         www.triarc.com


               TRIARC EXTENDS $50 MILLION STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM


     New York,  NY,  January  21, 2003 -- Triarc  Companies,  Inc.  (NYSE:  TRY)
announced  today that it has  extended  its current  $50 million  Class A Common
Stock  repurchase  program  until  January 18, 2004 and  replenished  the amount
available  under the  program to permit  Triarc to purchase up to $50 million of
Class A Common Stock on or after January 18, 2003.  Under the existing  program,
Triarc has  repurchased  approximately  438,500  shares at an aggregate  cost of
approximately  $10.5  million.  The  $10.5  million  replenishment  and 12 month
extension  will allow the Company to continue  repurchasing  Class A shares when
and if market conditions warrant and to the extent legally permissible.

     Commenting on the share repurchase program, Nelson Peltz, Triarc's Chairman
and Chief  Executive  Officer,  said:  "We  continue to  carefully  evaluate our
options for the use of Triarc's  significant cash and investment  position.  The
extension of our share repurchase program will allow us to repurchase additional
Triarc shares going forward.  Our goal is to create value for our shareholders."

     Over the last five years, Triarc has repurchased approximately $180 million
of its stock,  including  approximately  2.6 million  Class A Common  Shares for
approximately  $51.1 million and all of the then outstanding  approximately  six
million Class B Common Shares for approximately $127 million.

     Triarc currently has 20,391,770 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding.

     Triarc is a holding company and through its subsidiaries, the franchisor of
the  Arby's(R)  restaurant  system and an operator of  approximately  240 Arby's
restaurants located in the United States.

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                                 Note to Follow




                                      Note

1. There can be no assurance that any share repurchases will be made in the
   future.