Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Apr. 01, 2012	Apr. 03, 2011
Revenues:
Sales	$ 519,929	$ 509,286
Franchise revenues	73,258	73,179
Revenues	593,187	582,465
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	455,467	438,871
General and administrative	72,304	74,685
Depreciation and amortization	32,311	30,314
Impairment of long-lived assets	4,511	7,897
Facilities relocation and other transition costs	5,531	0
Transaction related costs	612	1,884
Merger restructuring	4,890
Other operating expense, net	1,535	797
Costs and expenses	572,271	554,448
Operating profit	20,916	28,017
Interest expense	(28,235)	(29,442)
Investment income (expense), net	27,407	0
Other income, net	1,524	253
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	21,612	(1,172)
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes	6,878	(876)
Income (loss) from continuing operations	14,734	(296)
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	0	(1,113)
Net income (loss)	14,734	(1,409)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(2,384)	0
Net income (loss)	12,350	(1,409)
Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share attributable to The Wendy's Company:
Continuing operations	$ 0.03	$ 0.00
Discontinued operations	$ 0.00	$ 0.00
Net income (loss)	$ 0.03	$ 0.00
Dividends per share:	$ 0.02	$ 0.02
Wendy's Restaurants, LLC [Member]
Revenues:
Sales	519,929	509,286
Franchise revenues	73,258	73,179
Revenues	593,187	582,465
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	455,467	438,871
General and administrative	70,080	71,939
Depreciation and amortization	32,308	29,849
Impairment of long-lived assets	2,883	7,897
Facilities relocation and other transition costs	5,531	0
Transaction related costs	612	1,279
Other operating expense, net	1,571	742
Costs and expenses	568,452	550,577
Operating profit	24,735	31,888
Interest expense	(28,073)	(29,215)
Other income, net	1,575	213
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	(1,763)	2,886
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes	(1,036)	748
Income (loss) from continuing operations	(727)	2,138
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	0	(1,113)
Net loss from discontinued operations		(1,113)
Net income (loss)	$ (727)	$ 1,025