(1) Basis of Presentation	6 Months Ended
Jul. 03, 2011
Basis of Presentation [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	Basis of Presentation On July 5, 2011, and as a result of the sale of Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (“Arby’s”) as discussed in Note 2, Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. changed its name to The Wendy’s Company (“The Wendy’s Company” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) and Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC, a 100% owned subsidiary of The Wendy’s Company, changed its name to Wendy’s Restaurants, LLC (“Wendy’s Restaurants”). The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (the “Financial Statements”) of The Wendy’s Company and Wendy’s Restaurants have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In our opinion, the Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly our financial position as of July 3, 2011 and the results of our operations for the three months and six months ended July 3, 2011 and July 4, 2010 and our cash flows for the six months ended July 3, 2011 and July 4, 2010. The results of operations for the three months and six months ended July 3, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full 2011 fiscal year. These Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for The Wendy’s Company and Wendy’s Restaurants, and combined notes thereto, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”). Following the sale of Arby’s, The Wendy’s Company and Wendy’s Restaurants (together, the “Companies”) manage and internally report their business in one segment: the operation and franchising of Wendy’s^® restaurants through a wholly owned subsidiary Wendy’s International, Inc. (“Wendy’s”), including its wholesale bakery operations. References herein to The Wendy’s Company corporate (“Corporate”) represent The Wendy’s Company parent company only functions and their effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition. We report on a fiscal year consisting of 52 or 53 weeks ending on the Sunday closest to December 31. All three month and six month periods presented herein contain 13 weeks and 26 weeks, respectively. All references to years and quarters relate to fiscal periods rather than calendar periods.

Basis of Presentation

On July 5, 2011, and as a result of the sale of Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. (“Arby’s”) as discussed in Note 2, Wendy’s/Arby’s Group, Inc. changed its name to The Wendy’s Company (“The Wendy’s Company” and, together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”) and Wendy’s/Arby’s Restaurants, LLC, a 100% owned subsidiary of The Wendy’s Company, changed its name to Wendy’s Restaurants, LLC (“Wendy’s Restaurants”).

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (the “Financial Statements”) of The Wendy’s Company and Wendy’s Restaurants have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and, therefore, do not include all information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In our opinion, the Financial Statements contain all adjustments necessary to present fairly our financial position as of July 3, 2011 and the results of our operations for the three months and six months ended July 3, 2011 and July 4, 2010 and our cash flows for the six months ended July 3, 2011 and July 4, 2010. The results of operations for the three months and six months ended July 3, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full 2011 fiscal year. These Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for The Wendy’s Company and Wendy’s Restaurants, and combined notes thereto, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2011 (the “Form 10-K”).

Following the sale of Arby’s, The Wendy’s Company and Wendy’s Restaurants (together, the “Companies”) manage and internally report their business in one segment: the operation and franchising of Wendy’s^® restaurants through a wholly owned subsidiary Wendy’s International, Inc. (“Wendy’s”), including its wholesale bakery operations. References herein to The Wendy’s Company corporate (“Corporate”) represent The Wendy’s Company parent company only functions and their effect on the Company’s consolidated results of operations and financial condition.

We report on a fiscal year consisting of 52 or 53 weeks ending on the Sunday closest to December 31. All three month and six month periods presented herein contain 13 weeks and 26 weeks, respectively. All references to years and quarters relate to fiscal periods rather than calendar periods.