Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2013	Apr. 01, 2012
Revenue
Sales	$ 530,673	$ 519,929
Franchise revenues	73,009	73,258
Total revenues	603,682	593,187
Costs and Expenses
Cost of sales	460,828	455,467
General and administrative	65,310	72,304
Depreciation and Amortization	51,797	32,311
Impairment of long-lived assets	0	4,511
Facilities relocation costs and other transactions	3,038	6,143
Other operating expense, net	245	1,535
Costs and expenses	581,218	572,271
Operating profit	22,464	20,916
Interest Expense	(20,964)	(28,235)
Other expense, net and investment income, net	(2,271)	28,931
(Loss) Income before income taxes and noncontrolling interests	(771)	21,612
Benefit from (provision for) income taxes	2,904	(6,878)
Net income	2,133	14,734
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	0	(2,384)
Net income attributable to The Wendy's Company	$ 2,133	$ 12,350
Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted
Basic and diluted net income per share attributable to The Wendy's Company	$ 0.01	$ 0.03
Dividends per share	$ 0.04	$ 0.02