(11) Guarantees and Other Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (Wendy's Restaurants, LLC [Member])	Jul. 03, 2011 Equipment, Purchase and Installation [Member] Payment Guarantee [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 03, 2011 Equipment, Purchase and Installation [Member] Interest Rate Subsidization [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 03, 2011 Equipment, Purchase and Installation [Member] Additional Financing for NonQualifying Franchises [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 03, 2011 Property Lease Guarantee [Member] CAD
Guarantor Obligations [Line Items]
Accrued liability		$ 356,000
Amount of loan guarantees	5,000,000		3,000,000	5,000,000
Guarantor obligations			$ 0	249,000

The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 5
-Paragraph 9
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name FASB Interpretation (FIN)
-Number 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph c
-LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy.

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 460
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6851643&loc=d3e12069-110248

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