(23) Lease Commitments (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jan. 01, 2012

Lease Commitments [Abstract]

Schedule of Rent Expense

	2011
	Wendy’s Restaurants			Corporate			The Wendy’s Company
Minimum rentals	$	69,329		$	1,149		$	70,478
Contingent rentals	10,468			—			10,468
	79,797			1,149			80,946
Less sublease income	(13,746		)	(1,338		)	(15,084		)
	$	66,051		$	(189	)	$	65,862

	2010
	Wendy’s Restaurants			Corporate			The Wendy’s Company
Minimum rentals	$	67,587		$	1,262		$	68,849
Contingent rentals	10,033			—			10,033
	77,620			1,262			78,882
Less sublease income	(12,769		)	(1,506		)	(14,275		)
	$	64,851		$	(244	)	$	64,607

	2009
	Wendy’s Restaurants			Corporate			The Wendy’s Company
Minimum rentals	$	69,602		$	1,723		$	71,325
Contingent rentals	10,664			—			10,664
	80,266			1,723			81,989
Less sublease income	(13,877		)	(1,580		)	(15,457		)
	$	66,389		$	143		$	66,532

Schedule of Future Minimum Rental Payments for Operating Leases and Capital Leases

	Rental Payments								Rental Receipts
Fiscal Year	Sale- Leaseback Obligations			Capitalized Leases			Operating Leases (a)		Sale- Leaseback Obligations		Capitalized Leases		Operating Leases (a)		Owned Properties
2012	$	95		$	2,779		$	75,161	$	117	$	536	$	6,433	$	3,968
2013	103			2,480			67,035		117		536		5,231		3,666
2014	106			2,442			61,581		117		536		4,645		3,576
2015	120			2,464			57,115		117		536		4,159		3,539
2016	111			2,073			52,890		117		536		3,665		3,492
Thereafter	2,699			19,882			644,883		1,464		4,630		24,826		36,007
Total minimum payments	3,234			32,120			$	958,665	$	2,049	$	7,310	$	48,959	$	54,248
Less amounts representing interest, with interest rates between 3% and 33%	(1,768		)	(16,898		)
Present value of minimum sale leaseback and capitalized lease payments	$	1,466		$	15,222

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(a) In addition to the amounts presented in the table above, The Wendy’s Company will have rental payments of $711 and rental receipts of $580 in 2012 under the lease for The Wendy’s Company’s former corporate headquarters and from the sublease for office space on two of the floors covered under the lease to a management company formed by our Chairman, who was our former Chief Executive Officer, our Vice Chairman, who was our former President and Chief Operating Officer, and a director, who was our former Vice Chairman (the “Management Company”).

Schedule of Properties Under Capital Leases and Operating Leases, Subleased

	Year End
	2011			2010
Land	$	24,211		$	27,434
Buildings and improvements	58,505			64,825
Office, restaurant and transportation equipment	4,377			4,133
	87,093			96,392
Accumulated depreciation and amortization	(20,019		)	(18,344		)
	$	67,074		$	78,048