Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
	Jul. 01, 2012	Jul. 03, 2011	Jul. 01, 2012	Jul. 03, 2011
Revenues:
Sales	$ 566,116	$ 544,237	$ 1,086,045	$ 1,053,523
Franchise revenues	79,752	78,222	153,010	151,401
Revenues	645,868	622,459	1,239,055	1,204,924
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	483,080	464,798	938,547	903,669
General and administrative	73,345	74,456	145,649	149,141
Depreciation and amortization	35,947	29,842	68,258	60,156
Impairment of long-lived assets	3,270	365	7,781	8,262
Facilities relocation and other transition costs	9,426	0	14,957	0
Transaction related costs	562	5,039	1,174	6,923
Other operating expense, net	1,847	525	3,382	1,322
Costs and expenses	607,477	575,025	1,179,748	1,129,473
Operating profit	38,391	47,434	59,307	75,451
Interest expense	(28,002)	(28,089)	(56,237)	(57,531)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(25,195)	0	(25,195)	0
Gain on sale of investment, net	0	0	27,407	0
Other income, net	640	337	2,164	590
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	(14,166)	19,682	7,446	18,510
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes	8,673	(8,308)	1,795	(7,432)
(Loss) income from continuing operations	(5,493)	11,374	9,241	11,078
Discontinued operations:
Income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	0	3,672	0	2,559
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations, net of income tax benefit	0	(3,780)	0	(3,780)
Net loss from discontinued operations	0	(108)	0	(1,221)
Net (loss) income	(5,493)	11,266	9,241	9,857
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	(2,384)	0
Net (loss) income attributable to The Wendy's Company	$ (5,493)	$ 11,266	$ 6,857	$ 9,857
Basic and Diluted (loss) income per share attributable to The Wendy's Company:
Continuing operations	$ (0.01)	$ 0.03	$ 0.02	$ 0.03
Discontinued operations	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ (0.01)
Net income (loss)	$ (0.01)	$ 0.03	$ 0.02	$ 0.02
Dividends per share	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.04	$ 0.04