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(9) Properties

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2012

Properties [Abstract]

Properties



		Year End 2011
		Wendy’s Restaurants				Corporate				The Wendy’s Company
Owned:
Land		$	401,950			$	—			$	401,950
Building and improvements		384,798				—				384,798
Office, restaurant and transportation equipment		352,595				—				352,595
Leasehold improvements		320,202				3,499				323,701
Leased (a):
Capitalized leases and other		27,514				—				27,514
		1,487,059				3,499				1,490,558
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(294,863		)		(3,495		)		(298,358		)
		$	1,192,196			$	4			$	1,192,200



		Year End 2010
		Wendy’s Restaurants				Corporate				The Wendy’s Company
Owned:
Land		$	467,715			$	—			$	467,715
Building and improvements		426,958				—				426,958
Office, restaurant and transportation equipment		454,768				24,434			(b)	479,202
Leasehold improvements		393,904				3,499				397,403
Leased (a):
Capitalized leases		111,622				—				111,622
Sale-leaseback assets		123,791				—				123,791
		1,978,758				27,933				2,006,691
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(436,905		)		(18,525		)		(455,430		)
		$	1,541,853			$	9,408			$	1,551,261

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(a)	These assets principally include buildings and improvements.


(b)	Includes a company-owned aircraft. This aircraft is classified as held-for-sale at January 1, 2012 and is included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets.”

The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets that are used in the normal conduct of business to produce goods and services and not intended for resale. Examples include land, buildings, machinery and equipment, and other types of furniture and equipment including, but not limited to, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment and software. This disclosure may include property plant and equipment accounting policies and methodology, a schedule of property, plant and equipment gross, additions, deletions, transfers and other changes, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, net, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and useful lives, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures.

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