Debt (Details Textual) (USD $)	3 Months Ended			11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended									12 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 25, 2012	Mar. 28, 2012	Nov. 21, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 25, 2012	Dec. 31, 2013 Wendy's BusinessUnit	Dec. 09, 2013 Wendy's BusinessUnit	Jul. 22, 2013 Wendy's BusinessUnit	Dec. 31, 2013 Revolving Credit Facility		Dec. 25, 2012 Revolving Credit Facility		Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Notes	Dec. 25, 2012 Senior Notes	Mar. 28, 2012 Term Loan	Dec. 31, 2013 Term Loan	Dec. 25, 2012 Term Loan	Dec. 31, 2013 Old Term Loan	Mar. 28, 2012 Revolving Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Revolving Facility	Dec. 25, 2012 Revolving Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Refinancing of Debt Revolving Facility	Dec. 31, 2013 Base Rate Refinancing of Debt Revolving Facility	Dec. 25, 2012 Base Rate Refinancing of Debt Revolving Facility
Debt (Textual) [Abstract]
Borrowing capacity available under our revolving line of credit	$ 110,000,000				$ 110,000,000					$ 84,700,000		$ 81,100,000										$ 100,000,000
Term loan																	375,000,000	375,000,000
Outstanding letters of credit										18,300,000		18,900,000
Line of Credit Facility, Borrowings	565,125,000	558,125,000			565,125,000	558,125,000				7,000,000	[1]	0	[1]	190,000,000	190,000,000		368,125,000	368,125,000
Commitment fee percentage					0.50%
Interest is paid at base rate			4.00%														0.25%	3.25%	3.00%				3.00%
Combined rate			5.25%															4.50%
Interest is paid at LIBOR floor																1.25%	0.25%		1.00%
Basis of spread on base rate change					0.25%	1.75%
Line of credit facility basis of spread on base rate loan																								2.00%	2.25%
Soft call premium			3,800,000			3,700,000
Debt issuance cost	100,000	7,100,000	3,400,000		800,000	2,600,000										3,200,000				1,100,000	900,000	900,000
Debt Extinguishment Expense		2,000,000	1,700,000
Decrease to spread over LIBOR			1.25%			0.75%										0.25%
Extinguishment of debt, amount				5,000,000
Weighted average interest rate	3.17%				3.17%
Increase to borrowing capacity of Revolving Facility	10,000,000				10,000,000																100,000,000
Maturity date of debt instruments senior notes														Jan. 15, 2016
Percentage of premium over the senior notes principal amount														1.00%
Quarterly amortization of term loan					$ 937,500
Amortizes rate of principal amount					1.00%
Interest on senior notes														10.50%
Redemption price as a percentage of senior notes principal amounts														100.00%
Senior note redemption percentage one					105.25%
Senior note redemption percentage two					102.625%
Credit agreement period					95 days
Number of Restaurants, Developed							91	54	22

[1] At December 31, 2013, the Company had $84.7 million of borrowing capacity available under its Revolving Facility, net of $18.3 million of outstanding letters of credit and borrowings of $7.0 million. At December 25, 2012, the Company had $81.1 million of borrowing capacity available under its Revolving Facility, net of $18.9 million of outstanding letters of credit.