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): August 11, 2005

                             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 Number)              Identification No.)
    Incorporation)

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

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

                                       N/A
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    (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 2.02.         Results of Operations and Financial Condition

     On August 11, 2005, Triarc  Companies,  Inc. (the "Company") issued a press
release announcing its results for the fiscal quarter ended July 3, 2005. A copy
of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K.

     The  information in this Current Report on Form 8-K,  including the exhibit
furnished pursuant to Item 9.01, shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of
Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise  subject to the
liabilities  under that Section.  Furthermore,  the  information in this Current
Report on Form 8-K, including the exhibit furnished pursuant to Item 9.01, shall
not be deemed to be  incorporated  by reference  into the filings of the Company
under the Securities Act of 1933.

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits

(c)          Exhibits

99.1         Press release of Triarc Companies, Inc. dated August 11, 2005.


                                    SIGNATURE

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

                                       TRIARC COMPANIES, INC.


                                       By: /s/STUART I. ROSEN
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                                           Stuart I. Rosen
                                           Senior Vice President and
                                           Secretary

Dated:   August 11, 2005







                             EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit                   Description
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99.1     Press release of Triarc Companies, Inc. dated August 11, 2005