Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012	Oct. 02, 2011	Sep. 30, 2012	Oct. 02, 2011
Revenues:
Sales	$ 558,335	$ 534,525	$ 1,644,380	$ 1,588,048
Franchise revenues	77,973	76,891	230,983	228,292
Total revenues	636,308	611,416	1,875,363	1,816,340
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	478,425	458,000	1,416,972	1,361,669
General and administrative	72,175	66,006	217,824	215,147
Depreciation and amortization	41,878	30,816	110,136	90,972
Impairment of long-lived assets	0	0	7,781	8,262
Facilities relocation and other transition costs	11,285	0	26,242	0
Transaction related costs	145	23,839	1,319	30,762
Other operating expense, net	1,217	365	4,599	1,687
Costs and expenses	605,125	579,026	1,784,873	1,708,499
Operating profit	31,183	32,390	90,490	107,841
Interest expense	(21,566)	(28,384)	(77,803)	(85,915)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(49,881)	0	(75,076)	0
Gain on sale of investment, net	0	0	27,407	0
Other income, net	900	304	3,064	894
(Loss) income from continuing operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	(39,364)	4,310	(31,918)	22,820
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes	12,672	(1,766)	14,467	(9,198)
(Loss) income from continuing operations	(26,692)	2,544	(17,451)	13,622
Discontinued operations:
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	784	(1,441)	784	1,118
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(254)	(5,069)	(254)	(8,849)
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations	530	(6,510)	530	(7,731)
Net (loss) income	(26,162)	(3,966)	(16,921)	5,891
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	0	(2,384)	0
Net (loss) income attributable to The Wendy's Company	$ (26,162)	$ (3,966)	$ (19,305)	$ 5,891
Basic and diluted (loss) income per share attributable to The Wendy's Company:
Continuing operations	$ (0.07)	$ 0.01	$ (0.05)	$ 0.03
Discontinued operations	$ 0.00	$ (0.02)	$ 0.00	$ (0.02)
Net (loss) income	$ (0.07)	$ (0.01)	$ (0.05)	$ 0.01
Dividends per share	$ 0.02	$ 0.02	$ 0.06	$ 0.06