(2) Discontinued Operations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 02, 2011

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The following table details Arby’s revenues and (loss) income from operations which have been reported in discontinued operations:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	October 2, 2011			October 3, 2010			October 2, 2011			October 3, 2010
Revenues	$	—		$	260,506		$	546,453		$	782,826
Loss from discontinued operations, net of      income taxes:
(Loss) income from discontinued operations before      income taxes	$	(2,287	)	$	(4,549	)	$	1,992		$	(11,492	)
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes	846			4,397			(874		)	5,929
	(1,441		)	(152		)	1,118			(5,563		)
Loss on disposal, net of income taxes	(5,069		)	—			(8,849		)	—
Loss from discontinued operations	$	(6,510	)	$	(152	)	$	(7,731	)	$	(5,563	)

The following table sets forth the effect of the sale of Arby’s on certain information of Wendy’s Restaurants as of January 2, 2011 as disclosed in the combined notes to our consolidated financial statements included in the Form 10-K:

	Applicable to
	Discontinued Operations		Continuing Operations
Total future operating lease commitments:
Rental payments	$	729,940	$	958,872
Rental receipts	33,016		52,516
Future rental receipts on owned properties	24,985		53,907
Pledged assets	325,774		2,557,456
Future purchase and capital commitments:
Beverage agreements	52,301		175,249
Capital expenditures	5,316		12,879