Legal, Environmental and Other Matters	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Legal and Environmental Matters [Abstract]
Legal, Environmental and Other Matters	Legal, Environmental and Other Matters We are involved in litigation and claims incidental to our current and prior businesses. We provide reserves for such litigation and claims when payment is probable and reasonably estimable. As of March 31, 2013, the Company had reserves for all of its legal and environmental matters aggregating $5,799. We cannot estimate the aggregate possible range of loss due to most proceedings being in preliminary stages, with various motions either yet to be submitted or pending, discovery yet to occur, and significant factual matters unresolved. In addition, most cases seek an indeterminate amount of damages and many involve multiple parties. Predicting the outcomes of settlement discussions or judicial or arbitral decisions is thus inherently difficult. Based on currently available information, including legal defenses available to us, and given the aforementioned reserves and our insurance coverage, we do not believe that the outcome of these legal and environmental matters will have a material effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations. The Company had previously described in the Form 10-K a dispute between Wendy’s and Tim Hortons Inc. related to a tax sharing agreement entered into in 2006. The dispute was resolved by mutual agreement of the parties on April 25, 2013 and was recorded in the first quarter 2013 Financial Statements contained herein. The terms of the agreement were not material to the Company.

Legal, Environmental and Other Matters

We are involved in litigation and claims incidental to our current and prior businesses. We provide reserves for such litigation and claims when payment is probable and reasonably estimable. As of March 31, 2013, the Company had reserves for all of its legal and environmental matters aggregating $5,799. We cannot estimate the aggregate possible range of loss due to most proceedings being in preliminary stages, with various motions either yet to be submitted or pending, discovery yet to occur, and significant factual matters unresolved. In addition, most cases seek an indeterminate amount of damages and many involve multiple parties. Predicting the outcomes of settlement discussions or judicial or arbitral decisions is thus inherently difficult. Based on currently available information, including legal defenses available to us, and given the aforementioned reserves and our insurance coverage, we do not believe that the outcome of these legal and environmental matters will have a material effect on our consolidated financial position or results of operations.

The Company had previously described in the Form 10-K a dispute between Wendy’s and Tim Hortons Inc. related to a tax sharing agreement entered into in 2006. The dispute was resolved by mutual agreement of the parties on April 25, 2013 and was recorded in the first quarter 2013 Financial Statements contained herein. The terms of the agreement were not material to the Company.