Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2013	Dec. 30, 2012	Jan. 01, 2012
Revenues:
Sales	$ 2,165,829	$ 2,198,323	$ 2,126,544
Franchise revenues	321,581	306,919	304,814
Total revenues	2,487,410	2,505,242	2,431,358
Costs and expenses:
Cost of sales	1,839,740	1,881,248	1,816,109
General and administrative	293,792	287,808	292,390
Depreciation and amortization	182,359	146,976	122,992
Facilities action charges, net	10,856	41,031	45,711
Impairment of long-lived assets	15,879	21,097	12,883
Impairment of goodwill	9,397	0	0
Other operating expense, net	245	4,335	4,152
Costs and Expenses	2,352,268	2,382,495	2,294,237
Operating profit	135,142	122,747	137,121
Interest expense	(69,012)	(98,604)	(114,110)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt	(28,563)	(75,076)	0
Investment income, net	23,565	36,243	484
Other (expense) income, net	(2,080)	1,565	945
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	59,052	(13,125)	24,440
(Provision for) benefit from income taxes	(14,154)	21,083	(6,528)
Income from continuing operations	44,898	7,958	17,912
Discontinued operations:
(Loss) income from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	(266)	1,951	762
Loss on disposal of discontinued operations, net of income taxes	0	(442)	(8,799)
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations	(266)	1,509	(8,037)
Net income	44,632	9,467	9,875
Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests	855	(2,384)	0
Net income attributable to The Wendy’s Company	$ 45,487	$ 7,083	$ 9,875
Basic income (loss) per share attributable to The Wendy’s Company:
Continuing operations	$ 0.12	$ 0.02	$ 0.04
Discontinued operations	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ (0.02)
Net income	$ 0.12	$ 0.02	$ 0.02
Diluted income (loss) per share attributable to The Wendy's Company:
Continuing operations	$ 0.11	$ 0.02	$ 0.04
Discontinued operations	$ 0.00	$ 0.00	$ (0.02)
Net income	$ 0.11	$ 0.02	$ 0.02