(12) Long-Term Debt (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2012

Long-term Debt, Unclassified [Abstract]

Schedule of long-term debt

	Year End
	2011			2010
Senior Notes, due in 2016 (a)	$	554,901		$	553,258
Term Loan, due in 2017 (b)	466,062			495,226
6.20% senior notes, due in 2014 (c)	224,643			217,855
7% debentures, due in 2025 (d)	82,342			81,204
Capitalized lease obligations, due through 2040	15,222			86,670
Sale-leaseback obligations, due through 2029	1,466			121,884
Other	1,060			3,634
	1,345,696			1,559,731
Less amounts payable within one year	(5,137		)	(17,047		)
Total Wendy’s Restaurants long-term debt	1,340,559			1,542,684
6.54% aircraft term loan, due in 2013 (e)	11,303			12,671
Less amounts payable within one year	(1,460		)	(1,368		)
Total The Wendy’s Company long-term debt	$	1,350,402		$	1,553,987

Schedule of maturities of long-term debt

Aggregate annual maturities of long-term debt, excluding the effect of purchase accounting adjustments, discounts and interest rate swaps, as of January 1, 2012 were as follows:

Fiscal Year	Wendy’s Restaurants		Corporate		The Wendy’s Company
2012	$	5,137	$	1,460	$	6,597
2013	5,967		9,843		15,810
2014	231,011		—		231,011
2015	5,637		—		5,637
2016	570,430		—		570,430
Thereafter	557,442		—		557,442
	$	1,375,624	$	11,303	$	1,386,927